Principal Platform Software Engineer (Onsite)
About The Position
Raytheon is seeking a Principal Platform Software Engineer with infrastructure platform engineering expertise to join an agile product team. The role combines traditional infrastructure design, provisioning, and deployment of compute, storage, and networking resources with modern Infrastructure as Code (IaC) automation. The engineer will support existing operating systems and server hardware designs, contribute to modernized system architectures, and implement automation technologies for program and mission-critical systems. The position is onsite in Plano, Texas. The engineer will work with an Infrastructure Architect and collaborate with software developers, program subject matter experts, Digital Technology, Cybersecurity, customers, and program leadership. The role serves as the platform engineering technical lead and subject matter expert, with responsibility for technical standards, delivery practices, and mentoring junior team members.
Requirements
- Typically requires a STEM degree and at least 8 years of prior relevant engineering experience.
- Expertise architecting, designing, documenting, implementing, deploying, and integrating software and infrastructure platform services on Linux and Windows operating systems and virtualization technologies using Infrastructure as Code.
- Experience with infrastructure automation and configuration management tools such as Terraform and/or Ansible.
- Experience with Agile development methodologies, such as Scrum or SAFe.
- Active and transferable Top Secret U.S. government-issued security clearance required before the start date; U.S. citizenship is required.
Nice To Haves
- Active and transferable U.S. government-issued Top Secret security clearance with Special Program Access.
- Current CompTIA Security+ certification or ability to obtain it within 90 days.
- Experience deploying, configuring, and supporting CI/CD pipeline tools such as Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Artifactory, or GitLab.
- Background installing, configuring, and integrating COTS/FOSS products.
- Multidisciplined infrastructure experience and expertise with server, storage, and network hardware.
- Experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, Ruby, Bash, C++, C#, or Go.
- Experience troubleshooting performance, reliability, and availability issues across Linux- and Windows-based platforms and infrastructure services.
- Experience with containerization technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, Podman, Helm, or Rancher.
Responsibilities
- Work with the Infrastructure Architect to design, develop, and maintain platform architecture.
- Implement modernization strategies for the Program Work Environment and mission-critical systems.
- Serve as the Platform Engineering team technical lead and subject matter expert for the design, development, implementation, deployment, and integration of software and infrastructure platform services on Linux- and Windows-based operating systems.
- Write Infrastructure as Code to support transitioning systems tightly coupled to underlying infrastructure to a modern platform infrastructure.
- Contribute to the design, implementation, and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines to improve platform engineering development and delivery processes.
- Collaborate with software developers, program subject matter experts, Digital Technology, and Cybersecurity teams to implement and maintain reliable, secure, and compliant solutions across multiple environments.
- Establish platform engineering standards and best practices to improve DevSecOps maturity, expand Infrastructure-as-Code adoption, and increase automation coverage.
- Provide mentoring and technical oversight for junior platform engineering team members.
- Communicate technical concepts to external customers, program leadership, and development teams.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 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
- Potential annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation, subject to eligibility and applicable factors
- Relocation offered based on eligibility
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
