Principal Software Engineer (Onsite)

RTX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market. The C2BMC Next Program, based in Huntsville AL, is seeking a Software Engineer to design, write and maintain templates for Windows and Linux platforms using Ansible, Packer, Python and other scripting languages. Your primary responsibilities will include building and operating an end-to-end automation pipeline that provisions, hardens and configures systems for the C2BMC program. As a Software Engineer, you will Develop reusable Ansible playbooks and custom scripts that automatically apply the DoD STIG baseline to C2BMC systems.

Requirements

Experience applying extensive expertise in solving complex problems that require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity, scalable and maintainable proofs of concept with production implementations in an Agile/Scrum environment
Experience in project leadership roles and represents the organization as prime customer contact on significant technical matters on contracts, developing and maintain building systems for external images using technologies
Experience leading a software team using Agile software development practices.
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.
Active and transferable Secret U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date

Nice To Haves

Proficiency in Project Management Tools: Experience using Microsoft Project, Jira, or similar platforms for scheduling, task management, and tracking project progress.
Agile Methodology Expertise: Strong understanding and application of Agile methodologies, including SCRUM, for iterative development and team collaboration.
Risk Management: Skilled in identifying potential risks, developing mitigation strategies, and implementing proactive solutions to ensure project success.
Requirements Management: Experience in decomposing, prioritizing, and managing technical and functional requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
Cross-Functional Leadership: Proven ability to collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring alignment across engineering, operations, and program leadership to achieve objectives.

Responsibilities

Integrate automated testing, vulnerability scanning, and compliance verification into the stack.
STIG Baseline Hardening Automation, Develop reusable Ansible playbooks and custom scripts that automatically apply the DoD, STIG baseline to C2BMC systems. Track and remediate any compliance drift on an ongoing basis
Configuration-Management Baseline. Establish a single source of truth for all configuration data (inventory, variables, secrets) that feeds the Ansible automation.
Implement secure secret management (Vault Azure Key Vault. AWS Secrets Manager, etc.)
Containerization –building. packaging, and deploying containerized applications (Docker)
Scripting Languages - Expert-level scripting experience in Python and Bash
Cl/CD Platforms - Hands-on experience with Gitlab Cl/CD (or Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub)
Experience with Version Control & Collaboration - Mastery of Git workflows.
Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code Tools
Proficiency with Terraform/Packer
Monitoring & Observability- Experience configuring telemetry (Prometheus, Grafana.)

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
And more!