Platform Operations Engineer

Date Posted:

Country:

United States of America

Location:

US-MA-MARLBOROUGH-MA2 1001 Boston Post Rd BLDG 2

Position Role Type:

Hybrid

U.S. Citizen U.S. Person or Immigration Status Requirements:

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

Security Clearance Type:

Security Clearance Status:

Not Required

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.

The Platform Reliability Engineer will report to the Digital Infrastructure Services organization and support the design implementation and maintenance of enterprise-wide orchestration and container management platforms based on Kubernetes. These platforms support program software solutions and products across the organization.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Implement support and optimize Kubernetes-based container orchestration platforms across both unclassified and closed-area systems
• Collaborate with engineering program teams and cross-functional partners to improve platform usage and identify enhancements
• Diagnose and resolve complex Kubernetes-related issues in partnership with internal teams and stakeholders
• Support escalation and resolution of higher-severity platform issues in alignment with established processes
• Develop and enhance observability and monitoring capabilities to support error detection defect reduction and improved system performance
• Improve Mean Time to Detect (MTTD) Mean Time to Resolve (MTTR) service availability and customer experience
• Implement and maintain monitoring tools dashboards and alerting systems aligned with operational best practices
• Work with infrastructure networking and application teams to forecast capacity scaling requirements and system demand

What You Will Do:

The Raytheon Orchestration and Container Kubernetes Service (ROCKS) team provides a standardized container management platform built on Kubernetes. ROCKS supports:

• A secure enterprise container orchestration foundation for the Digital Ecosystem
• Deployment in air-gapped classified environments
• Non-production services in shared unclassified environments
• Integration across cloud and on-premises environments

• Advanced knowledge of Kubernetes architecture operations and supporting tools
• Experience deploying configuring maintaining and supporting Kubernetes clusters
• Experience in cloud and hybrid environments including AWS GovCloud Azure Government VMware bare metal and restricted networks
• Experience with highly available and resilient cluster design and operations
• Experience implementing observability monitoring and alerting solutions for distributed systems

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires Bachelors in science Technology Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) or equivalent experience and a minimum of 5 years prior relevant experience or An Advanced Degree in a related field and a minimum of 3 years experience.
• Experience installing deploying monitoring and supporting Kubernetes clusters in on-premises and cloud environments
• Experience with Kubernetes platforms including Rancher RKE2 upstream Kubernetes OpenShift Container Platform VMware VKS/Tanzu or similar Kubernetes distributions
• Experience with Kubernetes-related tools and technologies including Terraform Helm Python Go and Bash
• Experience with observability and monitoring tools including Grafana Prometheus Alert manager and Loki
• The ability to obtain and maintain a US security clearance. U.S. citizenship is required as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Deploying cloud native platforms and systems in classified and unclassified environments
• Designing and operating scalable secure high-performance systems platforms and Kubernetes clusters
• Working with VMware AWS GovCloud and Azure Government environments
• Oral and written communication
• Executing projects within schedules and budgets
• Translating business and functional requirements into technical requirements and tasks
• Documenting and diagramming technical systems
• Working with CNCF Kubernetes components including service mesh service discovery package management observability and monitoring runtimes and security
• Working with GitOps and Kubernetes package management tools including ArgoCD Packer Helm and Kustomize
• Working in Agile environments with product owners and scrum masters
• Implementing Kubernetes in air-gapped and regulated network environments
• Root cause analysis of distributed system failures
• Monitoring CNCF ecosystem developments and applying technologies to Kubernetes platforms

What We Offer:

• Whether youre just starting out on your career journey or are an experienced professional we offer a total rewards package that goes above and beyond with compensation; healthcare wellness retirement and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs.
• Some of the benefits we offer include parental (including paternal) leave flexible work schedules achievement awards educational assistance and child/adult backup care.

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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: Clearance Information: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: 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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