Senior Automation Engineer

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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: DoD Clearance:
Secret

Security Clearance Status: Active and existing security clearance required after day 1

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 today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world.

• Infrastructure Automation & Deployment.
• Work with requirements to design and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Ansible for provisioning across multiple platforms:
• VMware vCenter:
  Automated VM provisioning, template management, network configuration, and storage allocation.
• Bare Metal: PXE boot automation, hardware configuration, BIOS/firmware management, and OS deployment.
• Cloud Environments: AWS, Azure, and/or GCP resource provisioning, configuration management, and orchestration.
• Design reusable, modular Ansible roles and collections that support consistent deployment patterns across target environments.
• Development & Integration.
• Write custom Ansible modules, plugins, and filters using Python to extend platform capabilities.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for testing, validating, and deploying automation code.
• Integrate automation solutions with source control (Git), secrets management, and monitoring platforms.
• Develop RESTful API integrations to connect automation workflows with enterprise systems.
• Operations & Continuous Improvement.
• Create documentation including runbooks, architecture diagrams, and operational procedures.
• Monitor automation execution, troubleshoot failures, and implement improvements for reliability and performance.
• Participate in on-call rotation for critical automation infrastructure support.
• Track and report on automation metrics including deployment frequency, success rates, and time savings.

• Typically requires a University degree or equivalent experience and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and a minimum of 5 years experience.
• Experience with Ansible including but not limited to playbooks, roles, collections, inventories, and vault.
• Strong Python development experience.
• Infrastructure Platforms VMware vSphere/vCenter administration and automation experience.
• 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.

• REST API development and consumption.
• Experience with configuration files (YAML, JSON, INI).
• Desired State Configuration (DSC).
• Active Directory and Group Policy automation experience.
• Experience with Linux system administration (RHEL/CentOS).
• Experience with Windows Server administration (2019/2022).
• Experience with operating system security principles, hardening techniques, and compliance frameworks.
• Experience with system internals, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
• VM lifecycle management and template creation.
• Network and storage configuration.
• Bare metal provisioning experience including PXE, Kickstart/Preseed, and hardware management.
• Experience developing custom Ansible modules, plugins, callbacks, and filters.
• Experience with Ansible Galaxy and creating/publishing reusable collections.
• Experience with Jinja2 templating and YAML best practices.
• Experience with Ansible execution environments and containerized automation.
• Programming & Scripting experience.

Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value:
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