Cloud Engineer

Date Posted:  Country:
United States of America

Location:

US-CA-REMOTE Position Role Type:
Remote

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.

Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

The following position is to join our RTX Corporate Enterprise Services team:
Provide services for infrastructure provisioning, application deployment, and general IT support to enable the Enterprise Services SIOP application suite. Participate in support, planning, definition of best practices, and collaborative meetings in support of these goals.

As a Cloud Engineer, you will be responsible for provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware and software related to a Windows/Linux infrastructure in the cloud (Azure or AWS) environments.

Duties include, but are not limited to, server management; storage management (logical and physical); cross platform authentication and access management; software and license configuration.

Important Note:

During the first few months, this role will require working occasional non-standard or off-hours shifts. You will partner closely with another team member to help automate existing manual tasks currently performed during off-hours. Once these processes are fully automated, off-hours support will no longer be required on a regular basis.

• Work with a small team on cloud projects and system support.
• Deliver practical solutions to complex problems.
• Design and support new and existing cloud applications infrastructure.
• Oversee cloud operations and designing infrastructure for new workloads.
• Continuously improve and mature cloud services.
• Provide IT systems administration in a heterogeneous Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Microsoft Windows environment.
• Work in both cloud (Azure or AWS) and on-prem environments.
• Create and maintain system documentation, including best practices, procedures, and policies.
• Work effectively in a geographically distributed team environment.
• Engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Work independently with users to define concepts.
• Systems are operational 24x7 and occasionally require work effort beyond standard work hours.

• Minimum Education is BS in MIS, Computer Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) or with 5 years of work experience or related field or equivalent combination of related work experience and schooling in lieu of degree.
• Over 5 years of experience in deploying and managing cloud-based solutions on Azure and/or AWS, including expertise in administering both Windows and Linux server operating systems.
• Possesses a robust understanding of computers, networks, servers, storage, and databases, along with experience in server architecture and troubleshooting methodologies with experience developing solutions and documenting various technical issues.
• Proficient with technologies such as Active Directory, WSUS, VMware, and possesses prior experience in systems and networking administration beyond basic account maintenance and demonstrates strong scripting skills (e.g., Power Shell, Terraform/HCL) for automating tasks and developing custom scripts to optimize Azure infrastructure management and deployment processes.
• Proven experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to translate business requirements into…