Principal Site Reliability Engineer - Connected Aviation (Remote)

RTX

105d • $101,000 - $203,000

About The Position

Are you motivated to work on a team that supports the backbone of the connected aviation ecosystem? Connected Aviation is a strategic unit within Collins Aerospace, and no competitor can match our innovative and dynamic product portfolios ready for the future of aviation technology. Our Messaging and Flight Ops Engineering team is responsible for developing cutting-edge services and infrastructures to ensure you, your family, your friends, and passengers around the globe arrive at their destination on time. Site Reliability Engineers at Collins are responsible for service availability, performance, monitoring, incident response, and capacity planning. You should be experienced in finding problems in software and writing code to fix them. The right candidate has worked on scalable AWS environments for publicly available websites. We’re searching for someone who enjoys collaborating with a cross-functional team to develop real-world solutions and positive user experiences for every interaction.

Requirements

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience.
• U.S. Person - Job requires access to ITAR or 600/500-series EAR information or hardware (directly or indirectly) and the company will not seek an export authorization for this role.
• Flexibility to be available for team meetings as early as 9:00 AM Eastern to accommodate team members in the UK and India.
• Software engineering background or a good level of coding skills in an OO language (with either .NET or Python being advantageous) in relation to managing infrastructure as code using AWS CDK.
• Experience managing AWS ECS clusters and working with systems hosted in SQL based databases like PostgreSQL, and RabbitMQ message brokers.
• Experience with Bash and/or Powershell scripting of new parts of infrastructure.
• Experience with system design consulting, platform management, and capacity planning for AWS & CloudFormation experience.
• Experience with Docker containerization & Git.

Nice To Haves

• Having a dual background in both systems infrastructure and software engineering.
• Experience with reporting and monitoring using industry standard tools and techniques.
• Experience with Azure Dev Ops and Pulumi.
• Experience with SCRUM (and Scaled Agile Framework as a bonus).
• A desire to automate as much as possible and proficiency with automation tools.
• Understanding of network segmentation, routing and VPNs.
• Security knowledge: can work with our cyber teams and understand their recommendations.
• Communication skills – be able to thoroughly document and articulate what you have built clearly and concisely to team members and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own one or more AWS hosted infrastructures delivering products to our commercial customers in a B2B model.
• Manage, enhance, and troubleshoot our AWS environments, ensuring that as we develop new features, we are following best-in-breed industry patterns for continuous integration and deployment of new product/infrastructure releases.
• Deliver using an agile pattern with our customers, working on features for continuous test and release.
• Help and influence other members of the team in using the right AWS tools to scale the features we are delivering for our customers.
• Drive the migration of a significant multi-tenant Connected Aviation web application from on-premise into the AWS cloud.
• Be part of the on-call roster supporting critical service incidents.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees.
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option.
• Tuition reimbursement program.
• Student Loan Repayment Program.
• Life insurance and disability coverage.
• Optional coverages you can buy: pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection.
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits.
• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning.
• Adoption Assistance.
• Autism Benefit.
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions.
• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program.
• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits.
• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services.
• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees