Specialist, Information Systems Security
About L3Harris
L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.
L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.
Job Details
Job Title: Specialist, Information Security Systems Engineer
- Job Code: 34753
- Job Location: Melbourne, Florida
- Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off
Job Description
L3Harris is seeking a skilled technical professional with experience in virtualization infrastructure and system administration, with a general focus on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Windows. Join our team of Information Security Systems Engineers (ISSEs) to support Managed Network Infrastructures and Services for federal government customers. The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of security protocols, virtualization technologies, and advanced system administration practices.
- This position is ONSITE and is located at L3Harris offices located in Melbourne, Florida.
- This position requires the ability to support on-call and shift rotations.
- This position requires travel to disaster recovery site and support as needed.
Essential Functions
- Act as primary engineering support for enterprise security gateway access control, baseline configuration management and system performance testing to ensure requirements compliance
- Conduct and analyze network packet captures, interpreting the data and communicating the results to stakeholders
- Supports full program development lifecycles of new Security products and services including concept, design, test, installation, operations, maintenance and disposal.
- Experience in collecting and analyzing system logs and event data, with a focus on conducting root cause analysis using device logs or SIEM tools to document findings
- Intermediate Red Hat Linux troubleshooting and support
- System management with Red Hat Satellite
- Red Hat Ansible script development and script administration
- Familiarity with VMware/Omnissa Horizon Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) deployments using Windows and Red Hat instant clone desktops
- Basic understanding of Horizon AppVols and application management
- Monitor and maintain remote geographically distributed hyperconverged VMware vSphere infrastructures utilizing vSAN
- Resolve issues within the environment by coordinating with internal and external groups, supporting stakeholder meetings, and maintaining regular customer interactions to ensure effective problem resolution
- Demonstrate experience in administering Microsoft Windows domains and services, including system administration tasks and maintenance
- Develop, maintain, and publish up-to-date technical documentation of designs and configurations in accordance with L3Harris Systems Engineering processes
- Support other tools and applications as needed, focusing on application administration/management
- Ability to obtain FAA Public Trust Clearance.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.
Preferred Additional Skills
- 1 - 2 years of Red Hat or equivalent Linux operating system administration experience
- 1 year of VMware Horizon virtual windows or red hat desktop support with desktop pools, instant clones, golden images
- 1 year of VMware Horizon Virtual Desktop Infrastructure support with vCenter, ESXi, Connection Server, Unified Access Gateway (UAG), AppVols, Horizon Administration
- 1 year of command line experience in Linux
- Information Security experience.
- Security+ Certification or equivalent certification preferred.
- Understanding of system vulnerabilities and exploitation.
- Understanding of vulnerability mitigation.
- Knowledge of SIEM functions threat hunting, correlation of events, and metrics development.
- Experience with Cisco UCS servers, UCS fabrics
- Basic SQL administration
- Experience working with Bash, and Ansible
- Experience with Microsoft ADFS
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