Senior. Principal Platform Engineer Pipeline; Onsite

Position Title

Senior Principal Platform Engineer – Pipeline

Aurora, CO

Active TS/SCI clearance is required on day one, U.S. citizenship required. U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.

Design, architect, and develop CI/CD pipelines, automation, and tool chains that enable secure, reliable, and scalable software delivery across a hybrid‑cloud enterprise. This includes creating core pipeline services using tools such as AWS, RHEL, Ansible, Artifactory, Jenkins, Git Lab, Terraform, and supporting our Infrastructure as Code and secure software supply chain objectives.

• Design, architect, and modernise end‑to‑end CI/CD pipelines ensuring secure, automated, repeatable software delivery.
• Architect and manage enterprise pipeline tools, including Artifactory repositories, Jenkins automation frameworks, and Git Lab CI/CD pipelines, developing custom integrations, plugins, and configurations.
• Develop software packages using Maven, Docker, Helm, PyPI, YUM, Conan, and similar tools to support automated build, test, and release workflows.
• Integrate Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs) into automated pipeline processes to support supply‑chain security.
• Design automated hybrid‑cloud workflows with Ansible and Terraform.
• Build, package, and deploy containerised applications into Kubernetes environments, troubleshooting container images, Helm charts, and deployment manifests within the pipeline.

• BS/BA in STEM (Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Physics, etc.) and minimum ten (10) years of related work experience.
• Experience architecting, developing, automating, and maintaining enterprise‑scale CI/CD systems including Artifactory, Jenkins, and Git Lab (design and implementation).
• Experience building, packaging, and deploying containerised applications with CI/CD workflows integrated with Kubernetes environments.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and Ansible;
  Docker or Podman;
  Kubernetes or Rancher orchestration.
• Active U.S. citizenship and current TS/SCI security clearance required on day one.

• Experience designing and operating large‑scale CI/CD pipelines and software delivery ecosystems.
• Expert‑level knowledge of Git and modern branching strategies.
• Experience with RHEL Linux systems.
• Experience implementing Scaled Agile Frameworks.
• Programming experience with Python, Bash, Ruby, or related languages.
• Background in installing, configuring, automating, and integrating COTS/FOSS products (Artifactory, Jenkins, Git Lab).
• Creative problem‑solving skills.
• Knowledge of problem management practices and Service Now.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or similar on‑prem/self‑hosted infrastructure.

Salary range: 132,400 USD – 251,600 USD. Benefits include 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. Annual incentive compensation may be available depending on level and collective bargaining agreement.

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status. 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.