Senior Platform Engineer

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At RTX the world largest aerospace and defense company 185000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the worlds 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 todays mission and stay ahead of tomorrows threat. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression creating a safer more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

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 todays mission and stay ahead of tomorrows threat. Our team solves tough meaningful problems that create a safer more secure world.

Raytheon has an opportunity for a Senior Platform Engineer with well-rounded Infrastructure Platform Engineering expertise to join an agile product team. The Ideal candidate will have experience in both traditional infrastructure design provisioning and deployment of compute storage and networking resources and emerging modern Infrastructure as Code (IaC) automation technologies.

The Senior Platform Engineer would be involved with development implementation of traditional compute network storage systems and related deployments as well as support improving the program platforms over-arching design through new emerging technologies. This includes existing operating systems and server hardware designs as well as supporting the design and development of new modernized system architectures through automation tools.

What You Will Do

• You will leverage company and industry best practices and capabilities to assist with deployment implementation modernization and support of IAC solutions

• Write Infrastructure as Code (IaC) in support of transitioning a system that is tightly coupled to the underlying infrastructure to a modern platform infrastructure

• You will assist with design architecture development and support of build/test pipelines and optimizing integration for performance and scalability across physical or virtualized based computing environments

• You will support software tool customization and automation including deployment of templates dashboards and scripts to support program needs utilizing Ansible Playbooks

• Collaborate with DT GSS Security software and system engineers to design and implement development and mission solutions

• Integrate security and compliance into the platform with services such as encryption and access management

• Provide operational support for the platform

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a degree in Science Technology Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience.

• Experience with infrastructure automation and configuration management tools such as Terraform and/or Ansible

• Experience with Linux/Windows Operating Systems and Virtualization technologies

• Experience with software deployment and integration

• Experience with Agile Development Methodologies e.g. Scrum and SAFe

• Current CompTIA Security 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

• This job is onsite in Plano TX; applicants must be in the area or willing to relocate to it.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Experience deploying configuring and supporting CI/CD Pipelines tools (E.g. Jira Confluence Bit Bucket Jenkins Artifactory Gitlab)

• Background in COTS/FOSS product installation configuration and integration

• Experience designing implementing and integrating platform infrastructure services using infrastructure as code (IaC)

• Multi-disciplined infrastructure experience and expertise (Server Storage Network Hardware)

• Experience with programming languages (E.g. Python Java Ruby Bash C C# Go).

• Experience troubleshooting performance reliability and availability issues across Linux/Windows based platforms and infrastructure services

• Experience with containerization using technologies such as Kubernetes Docker Podman Helm Rancher

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 Offered Based on 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 primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees as they are essential to the development of our products.

• Clearance Information: This position requires a 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: Information: This position is onsite at our campus in beautiful Plano TX. part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process candidates may be asked to attendselect steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site hybrid or remote.

  The salary range for this role is 86800 USD - 165200 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer including but not limited to the role function and associated responsibilities a candidates work experience location education/training and key skills.
  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 companys performance.
  This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.
  RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

  RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability or veteran status or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act.

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