Application Engineer - DevOps & Engineering Tools

Location:

US-VA-REMOTE

Position Role Type:
Remote

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 RTX, the world 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.

At RTX we value:
Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.

Application Engineer - Dev Ops & Engineering Tools to join our agile team! In this role you will deploy, administer, and support new and existing enterprise-wide COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) software engineering and Dev Sec Ops  applications, leveraging containerized solutions (where possible) to optimize deployments and administration across our classified and unclassified environments. You will join a diverse, regionally distributed team supporting core Software Configuration Management (SWCM) and build capabilities.

Additionally, you will drive software modernization and cloud adoption by partnering with engineering teams to migrate legacy technologies to container-based, cloud-hosted, Git-based solutions.

The position is remote but may require occasional travel to on-site locations to support programs in the following cities/regions:
El Segundo CA, Dallas, TX, Tucson AZ, or Boston Area.

• Application Lifecycle:
  Deploy, sustain, and support enterprise shared software applications on-premise and in cloud environments using Dev Sec Ops  principles
• Automation & Orchestration:
  Develop and maintain software deployment automation, container orchestration scripts, and infrastructure-as-code templates
• Security & Compliance:
  Configure, harden, and maintain the cybersecurity and compliance posture of all hosted solutions
• Pipeline Support:
  Assist engineering teams with the support, optimization, and integration of software build/test pipelines
• Incident Resolution:
  Resolve application service incidents and collaborate with Level-1 helpdesk teams to develop internal knowledge base articles
• Legacy Migration:
  Partner with engineering stakeholders to plan and execute migrations off legacy systems to modern platforms
• Architecture & Leadership:
  Develop enterprise-based solution architectures and present performance metrics and demonstrations to leadership
• Stakeholder Engagement:
  Partner with programs and stakeholder groups to align and support application deployments
• Monitoring & Operations:
  Implement and maintain service monitoring scripts and tools to streamline operations and maximize uptime

• 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 minimum 5 years experience.
• Strong Linux system administration experience.
• Experience deploying and managing server-based hosted COTS applications in an enterprise environment using on-prem and Cloud (AWS, Azure) infrastructure services (applications such as Jira, GITLAB, Jenkins, etc)
• Hands-on experience using Docker and/or Podman
• Ability to develop automation scripts using Bash, Python, and/or PERL
• Troubleshooting network and Web/HTTP concepts (SSL, certificates, proxy, REST) to…