Platform Engineer II

RTX • Mckinney, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world. The Software organization develops the applications that drive missiles, launchers, radars, naval systems, fire control and other complex systems, as well as the integration and test software. These applications integrate firmware, operating systems, device drivers, networking, and control software to bring together sensor, guidance, and flight control capabilities to complete the mission. The Software org is made up of several Centers located across the country, responsible for all aspects of the software development lifecycle. Our 4000+ software engineers design, develop, and build innovative solutions for our customers. Join our fast-paced agile teams on the leading edge of technology. We have an exciting opportunity for a Platform Engineer II to join our Electro-Optical & Infrared (EO/IR) Solutions Engineering Team in McKinney, TX, which is part of our Advanced Products & Solutions group. In this role you will design, implement, test, and maintain the infrastructure and tooling that enables the development of Electro-Optical & Infrared Solutions software for Raytheon’s Advanced Products & Solutions group. This is a great opportunity for an individual who is looking to help us accelerate our time to market, improve the velocity and reduce the cognitive load of the development teams, and standardize workflows across a growing organization allowing us to scale efficiently.

Requirements

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 2 years of prior relevant experience
• Experience with container orchestration: Kubernetes, Docker, Podman, Helm
• Experience with computer scripting languages such as Bash, Perl, or Python and Experience with the Linux operating system
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Experience with CICD pipeline implementation using GitLab, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or similar tools
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced experience troubleshooting performance, reliability, and availability issues across Linux-based platforms and infrastructure services
• Experience configuring and deploying Kubernetes applications with Helm
• Hands on experience building container images
• VM and container hardening and vulnerability analysis experience
• Repository management experience with tools such as Artifactory or Nexus
• Familiar with Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi
• Software development experience in at least one major programming language such as C++, Java, Go, Rust, or Python
• Working knowledge of Monitoring/Observability frameworks such as Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog
• Package management experience with tools such as npm, Conan, Maven, or Cargo
• Experience with Static Code Analysis tools such as SonarQube and Coverity
• Familiar with relational databases: SQLite, MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.
• AWS experience, including services such as EC2, IAM, EKS, S3, CloudWatch, and VPC
• Hands-on experience with Git for version control and GitLab for repository management.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with cyber security, software engineers, systems engineers, and implementation teams to ensure security, performance, and deployment compliance.
• Develop modern, robust DevOps strategies, practices, and tools to accelerate software deployment, development, and verification.
• Automate the deployment of cloud resources using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to eliminate manual processes
• Standardize, optimize and maintain CICD pipelines to ensure efficient and reliable build, test and analysis automations
• Work directly with DevOps, infrastructure software, and cloud services such as Helm, Golang, GitLab CI/CD, Terraform, Podman, Kubernetes, and AWS GovCloud.
• Improve Developer Experience (DevEx) by providing easy to use tools and documentation

Benefits

• Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays.
• Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees