Principal Platform Engineer (Onsite)

RTX•Richardson, TX

13d•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. 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 interface with the Program’s Sr. Management for Technical Exchange Meetings (TEMs) and project status as required. Note This position is based in Richardson TX and will be working within a Secure Compartmented Integration Facility (SCIF) and may require some travel (10% or less) to customer sites for support and possible on call support/overtime.

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
Hands on Experience with Linux Operating System
Scripting skills: Bash, Python, Java, Perl, Ruby, Tcl/Tk
Experience with markup languages: YML, XML, JSON
Current TS/SCI & CI Poly issued security clearance is required day 1.
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Nice To Haves

Experience with container orchestration: Kubernetes, Docker, Podman, Helm, Rancher
Experience with Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
Experience with Information Technology Service Management tools: ServiceNow, Atlassian (Jira, Confluence)
Experience with Agile project management, Scrum methodology
A Background in Systems Operations or Engineering; supporting large complex Information Technology environment
Experience as a part-time Scrum Master is desired
Proficient with MS Office suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio
Experience with software deployment and integration

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