Senior Principal Engineer, Infrastructure Platform Architect (Onsite)

RTX•Independence, MO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Platform Engineering group is seeking a Senior Principal Engineer, Infrastructure Platform Architect to ensure the successful delivery of enterprise Infrastructure for one of our premier programs. The role's core responsibility revolves around architecting an infrastructure platform that is consistent, scalable, efficient, and reduces overall program deployment times. You will be on a team that is responsible for development and operational environments consisting of a mix of servers, workstations, storage, networks, and custom hardware. These environments provide the enterprise backbone for product development and testing for a large program. You will operate at the intersection of product, platform, and users — translating developer needs into usable platform capabilities. The role requires strong frontend engineering instincts, backed by solid backend infrastructure knowledge.

Requirements

Typically requires a Bachelor’s in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM preferred) and a minimum of 10 years of prior engineering experience.
Experience Architecting, designing, implementing, and integrating infrastructure platform services on Linux and Windows based Operating Systems
Experience with infrastructure automation and configuration management tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and/or Chef
Experience working in a technical environment interfacing with systems and software engineering disciplines
Minimum of eight years’ experience communicating technical and project information clearly and effectively to peers, management, and external stakeholders, including breaking down complex ideas into easy-to-understand tasking.
Eight years’ experience or more with multi-discipline s: Compute, Network, Storage, Operating Systems, and Virtualization technologies in an enterprise and/or mission environment
Current CompTIA Security+ Certification or ability to obtain within 90 days
Active and transferable U.S. government issued Top Secret security clearance is required prior to start date.
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Nice To Haves

Experience with Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE) concepts
Experience implementing Scaled Agile Frameworks
Experience deploying, configuring, and supporting CI/CD Pipelines tools (E.g. Jira, Confluence, Bit Bucket, Jenkins, Artifactory, Gitlab)
Experience with containerization using technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker
Experience developing, testing & delivering applications w/in a DevSecOps framework
Background in COTS/FOSS product installation, configuration, and integration
Advanced experience troubleshooting performance, reliability, and availability issues across Linux/Windows based platforms and infrastructure services
Working knowledge of scripting languages such as Python and/or Bash used for automation and operational workflows

Responsibilities

Leverage company and industry best practices and capabilities to architect, develop and implement modern platform solutions
Collaborate cross-functionally, building, and refining solutions that align with tech standards, timelines, and budgets
Investigate and present technology solutions to improve performance
Design and implement automation and orchestration solutions
Identify gaps and opportunities for improvement of existing solutions
Work with engineering teams to translate operational and technical requirements into implementable system architectures and solution designs
Act as the technical liaison between program leadership, engineering, Digital Technology (DT) and Global Security Services (GSS) Cybersecurity, ensuring technical vision, priorities, deliverables and integration requirements are clearly communicated and understood
Coordinate with DT and GSS Cybersecurity, to ensure delivered components and systems meet performance, reliability, security, and interoperability requirements across platforms and environments
Develop and maintain a technical roadmap that keeps the platform aligned with modern DevSecOps practices, infrastructure architectures, and relevant COTS solutions
Use Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE) concepts and processes to design and develop solutions