Senior Automation Engineer

RTX • Marlborough, MA

22h • Hybrid

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. What You Will Do: Infrastructure Automation & Deployment. Work with requirements to design and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Ansible for provisioning across multiple platforms: VMware vCenter: Automated VM provisioning, template management, network configuration, and storage allocation. Bare Metal: PXE boot automation, hardware configuration, BIOS/firmware management, and OS deployment. Cloud Environments: AWS, Azure, and/or GCP resource provisioning, configuration management, and orchestration. Design reusable, modular Ansible roles and collections that support consistent deployment patterns across target environments. Development & Integration. Write custom Ansible modules, plugins, and filters using Python to extend platform capabilities. Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for testing, validating, and deploying automation code. Integrate automation solutions with source control (Git), secrets management, and monitoring platforms. Develop RESTful API integrations to connect automation workflows with enterprise systems. Operations & Continuous Improvement. Create documentation including runbooks, architecture diagrams, and operational procedures. Monitor automation execution, troubleshoot failures, and implement improvements for reliability and performance. Participate in on-call rotation for critical automation infrastructure support. Track and report on automation metrics including deployment frequency, success rates, and time savings.

Requirements

• Typically requires a University degree or equivalent experience and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and a minimum of 5 years experience.
• Experience with Ansible including but not limited too playbooks, roles, collections, inventories, and vault.
• Strong Python development experience.
• Infrastructure Platforms VMware vSphere/vCenter administration and automation experience.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
• Active and existing security clearance required after day 1

Nice To Haves

• REST API development and consumption.
• Experience with configuration files (YAML, JSON, INI).
• Desired State Configuration (DSC).
• Active Directory and Group Policy automation experience.
• Experience with Linux system administration (RHEL/CentOS).
• Experience with Windows Server administration (2019/2022).
• Experience with operating system security principles, hardening techniques, and compliance frameworks.
• Experience with system internals, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
• VM lifecycle management and template creation.
• Network and storage configuration.
• Bare metal provisioning experience including PXE, Kickstart/Preseed, and hardware management.
• Experience developing custom Ansible modules, plugins, callbacks, and filters.
• Experience with Ansible Galaxy and creating/publishing reusable collections.
• Experience with Jinja2 templating and YAML best practices.
• Experience with Ansible execution environments and containerized automation.
• Programming & Scripting experience.

Responsibilities

• Infrastructure Automation & Deployment
• Work with requirements to design and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Ansible for provisioning across multiple platforms: VMware vCenter: Automated VM provisioning, template management, network configuration, and storage allocation. Bare Metal: PXE boot automation, hardware configuration, BIOS/firmware management, and OS deployment. Cloud Environments: AWS, Azure, and/or GCP resource provisioning, configuration management, and orchestration.
• Design reusable, modular Ansible roles and collections that support consistent deployment patterns across target environments.
• Development & Integration
• Write custom Ansible modules, plugins, and filters using Python to extend platform capabilities.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for testing, validating, and deploying automation code.
• Integrate automation solutions with source control (Git), secrets management, and monitoring platforms.
• Develop RESTful API integrations to connect automation workflows with enterprise systems.
• Operations & Continuous Improvement
• Create documentation including runbooks, architecture diagrams, and operational procedures.
• Monitor automation execution, troubleshoot failures, and implement improvements for reliability and performance.
• Participate in on-call rotation for critical automation infrastructure support.
• Track and report on automation metrics including deployment frequency, success rates, and time savings.

Benefits

• Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, 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, and holidays.
• Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.
• Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.
• Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

What This Job Offers

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