Principal Software Platform Engineer; Onsite

Date Posted:  Country:
United States of America

Location:

US-TX-PLANO-465 ~ 465 Independence Pkwy ~ INDEPENDENCE Position Role Type:
Onsite U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:
Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance Security Clearance Type:
Top Secret - Current Security Clearance Status:
Active and existing security clearance required on day 1

• Lead a multidisciplinary team of SW platform, DT and GSS engineers (15+) and direct the day-to-day execution of the team members
• Serve as technical lead with hands‑on expertise in architecting, designing, implementing, and integrating infrastructure platform services on Linux and Windows based Operating Systems.
• Delivering schedule milestones defined in the environment recovery plan.
• Providing training, mentoring, and technical oversight for their teams.
• Offering design guidance and leading design reviews for next‑generation development environments.
• Ensuring compliance with both RTN and customer cyber security standards and implementation requirements.
• Managing budget authority for assigned platform initiatives

This job is onsite in Plano, TX; applicants must be in the area or willing to relocate to it.

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant engineering experience.
• Experience with infrastructure automation and configuration management tools such as Terraform and/or Ansible.
• And experience with software deployment and integration.
• Experience with Linux/Windows Operating Systems and Virtualization technologies.
• Experience with Agile Development Methodologies, e.g., Scrum and SAFe.
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued Top Secret security clearance is required prior to start date.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

• Active and transferable U.S. government issued Top Secret security clearance with Special Program Access.
• Current CompTIA Security+ Experience deploying, configuring, and supporting CI/CD Pipelines tools (E.g. Jira, Confluence, Bit Bucket, Jenkins, Artifactory, Gitlab).
• Experience running technical teams.
• Background in COTS/FOSS product installation, configuration, and integration.
• Experience designing, implementing, and integrating platform infrastructure services using infrastructure as code (IaC).
• Multi-disciplined infrastructure experience and expertise (Server, Storage, Network Hardware).
• Experience with programming languages (E.g. Python, Java, Ruby, Bash, C++, C#, Go).
• Experience troubleshooting performance, reliability, and availability issues across Linux/Windows based platforms and infrastructure services.
• Experience with containerization using technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, Podman, Helm, Rancher.

Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value:
Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.

Relocation Offered Based On Eligibility

Please consider the following role type definition as you apply for this role:

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.

This position requires a 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…