01882937 Principal Platform IAC Engineer (Onsite)

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

Raytheon brings 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. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedom and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

As a Principal Platform IAC Engineer , you will play a critical role in developing, maintaining, and modernizing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions within a hybrid-cloud environment. This position involves hands-on engineering work as well as documentation and baseline control to support the development of a strategic national asset. You will apply your expertise in automation, containerization, and cloud technologies to deliver secure and scalable solutions.

Note This position will be filled onsite at the RTX Facility Aurora, CO.

What You Will Do

• Leverage company and industry best practices to deploy, implement, modernize, and support IaC solutions.
• Customize and automate software tools, including the deployment of templates, dashboards, and scripts using frameworks such as Ansible and scripting languages like Python.
• Integrate container development and orchestration solutions, including Kubernetes and Docker.
• Design, architect, develop, and support build/test pipelines optimized for performance and scalability across on-premises, virtualized, and cloud-based environments.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to engineers on specialized tool usage and issue resolution, ensuring adherence to standards and best practices.
• Apply advanced knowledge of Python development, Helm chart engineering, and Kubernetes operations to enhance secure deployment solutions.
• Document engineering processes and maintain baseline control for the program environment

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a bachelor’s degree in science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience
• Experience with integration, cloud technologies, containerization, Infrastructure/Platform as a Service, Linux development, and microservices
• Experience with automation frameworks such as Ansible, Chef, or similar toolsets
• Experience with Agile Development Methodologies (e.g., Scrum, SAFe)
• Active and Current TS/SCI security clearance is required Day 1. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Qualifications We Prefer

• Experience with application deployments to Kubernetes.
• Experience with Atlassian Tool Suite, Cucumber, Eclipse, GIT
• Experience implementing Scaled Agile Frameworks
• Experience deploying, configuring, and supporting CI/CD pipeline tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Artifactory)
• Experience with programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, Ruby, Bash, C++, C#, Go)
• General working knowledge of networks, storage, and virtualization
• Background in COTS/FOSS product installation, configuration, and integration
• Security Plus Certification
• Current / Existing CI Poly is highly preferred

What We Offer

• Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation
• Relocation Eligibility

Learn More & Apply Now!

• Please consider the following role type definition as you apply for this role
• Onsite Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products

This position requires security clearance. DCSA Consolidated Adjudication Services (DCSA CAS), an agency of the Department of Defense, handles and adjudicates the security clearance process. More information about Security Clearances can be found on the US Department of State government website here:

Location: Aurora, CO.

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