Senior. Platform DevOps Engineer (Onsite)
About The Position
RTX is seeking a Senior Platform DevOps Engineer to support a premier program, working with a cross-disciplinary team of platform engineers and systems administrators on ground systems solutions. The role involves designing, developing, implementing, integrating, and sustaining compute, network, and storage infrastructure. It also supports platform modernization by incorporating emerging technologies to optimize performance and efficiency. Using DevOps and DevSecOps methodologies, tools, and automation, the engineer will help streamline processes, enhance collaboration, and accelerate software release cycles. The role contributes to development and operational environments for a large-scale program supporting a critical national asset, with a focus on reliability and innovation aligned with mission objectives. This position is onsite at RTX's Aurora, Colorado facility.
Requirements
- Typically requires a bachelor's degree in a STEM field such as Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or Physics, and at least 5 years of related work experience.
- Experience installing, configuring, and maintaining Red Hat Linux operating systems.
- Experience implementing infrastructure or platform pipelines that result in deployed services (CI/CD).
- Experience with automation frameworks such as Terraform, Ansible, and Chef.
- Must meet DoD 8570 Information Assurance Technical Level II requirements, such as holding Security+ CE or an equivalent certification.
- Willingness and ability to pass a polygraph.
- Current, active TS/SCI security clearance required on day one; U.S. citizenship is required for security clearance eligibility.
Nice To Haves
- Background managing and troubleshooting servers, networks, storage, and virtualization technologies.
- Proficiency developing, testing, and delivering applications within a DevSecOps framework.
- Cybersecurity knowledge and experience with system implementation or design decomposition.
- Proficiency designing, implementing, and integrating platform infrastructure services using containerization technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, and/or Podman.
- Hands-on experience deploying, configuring, and supporting CI/CD pipeline tools such as Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, Artifactory, GitLab, and Helm.
- Experience installing, configuring, and integrating Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) and Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) products.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the architecture, design, integration, and support of platform and infrastructure environments across build, integration and test, and production stages.
- Optimize cloud-based environments for performance, reliability, and scalability.
- Apply industry and company best practices to improve scalability, consistency, and infrastructure efficiency, reduce deployment time, and automate configuration management.
- Collaborate with software engineers, data scientists, and other agile development teams to design and implement resilient, scalable platform solutions.
- Integrate security and compliance measures into the platform, including encryption and access management.
- Provide ongoing operational support to maintain platform stability, functionality, and performance.
- Design, develop, implement, integrate, and sustain compute, network, and storage infrastructure.
- Support platform modernization by incorporating emerging technologies.
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, depending on position level and collective-bargaining coverage
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
