Principal Platform Engineer (Onsite)

RTX • Garland, TX

10h • Onsite

About The Position

Raytheon Technologies (RTX) is seeking a Principal Platform Engineer with well-rounded Linux Infrastructure Engineering expertise to join an agile product team. The Ideal candidate will have experience in both traditional infrastructure design; provisioning of platform, storage, and networking resources for existing on-premises infrastructure that ideally also has experience in emerging DevOps/DevSecOps & Modernized technologies. The Principal Platform Engineer would be engaged in the design and implementation of the system updates and upgrades with Focus on the Linux Server / Linux OS expertise and will support Technical Exchange Meetings (TEMs) and provide project status as required.
The Principal Platform Engineer would be involved with development, implementation of traditional compute/network/storage systems and related deployments, as well as support improving the program platform’s over-arching design through new emerging technologies. This includes existing operating systems and existing server hardware designs, as well as supporting the design and development of new modernized system architectures through Automation tools.
Note This position will be filled onsite at an RTX Facility in Richardson TX.

Requirements

• Typically requires BS/BA Degree in Science, Technology Engineering Math (STEM) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or Physics and a minimum 8 years of related work experience
• Experience with Scripting skills: Bash, Python, Java, Perl, Ruby, Tcl/Tk
• Experience with markup languages: YML, XML, JSON
• Experience with MS Office suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio
• Ability to obtain a TS/SCI issued security clearance is required after day 1. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Nice To Haves

• Familiar with container orchestration: Kubernetes, Docker, Podman, Helm, Rancher
• Familiar with Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
• Familiar with Information Technology Service Management tools: ServiceNow, Atlassian (Jira, Confluence)
• Familiar with Agile project management, Scrum methodology
• A Background in Systems Operations or Engineering; supporting large complex Information Technology environment
• Experience with automation tools: Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, Bitbucket
• Hands on Experience with Linux Operating System
• Experience with software deployment and integration
• A Current Poly Is strongly desired for this role to get Privilege User access to systems

Responsibilities

• You will leverage company and industry with the best practices and capabilities to develop and communicate implementation, of infrastructure solutions
• You will maintain existing systems through Linux Based Tools and manage the COTS stack on the system to support program needs
• You will Utilize various scripting and Automation tools to develop and maintain the program’s infrastructure
• You will ensure that the COTS stack and versioning is consistent across the platform; and will work with the team to make updates as necessary

Benefits

• 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
• holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level