Senior. Platform Engineer; OnSite

Senior Platform Engineer

Location: Richardson, TX

Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI with Polygraph; U.S. citizenship required; security clearance on Day 1.

The role is onsite at the RTX Facility in Richardson, TX.

• Serve as Senior Platform Engineer for the team, creating capability and feature designs, ensuring alignment with program objectives and delivery commitments.
• Work with the Scrum Master to execute Agile development, delivering high-quality, cloud-enabled capabilities on schedule.
• Support delivery and selloff of completed work to customers, ensuring technical acceptance and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Support and maintain a technical roadmap that keeps the platform aligned with modern Dev Ops practices, cloud-native architecture, and relevant COTS solutions.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, cloud services, and industry trends to continuously improve platform capabilities, security posture, and team effectiveness.

• BS/BA in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or Physics, and a minimum of 5 years of related work experience.
• Experience in the installation, configuration, and maintenance of Red Hat Linux operating systems.
• Experience designing, implementing, and integrating cloud infrastructure solutions, preferably with AWS.
• Experience with infrastructure automation and configuration management tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and/or Chef.
• Active and current TS/SCI CI Poly security clearance; U.S. citizenship required.

• Strong working knowledge of server, networking, storage, and virtualization technologies in enterprise or mission environments.
• Advanced experience troubleshooting performance, reliability, and availability issues across Linux-based platforms and infrastructure services.
• Working knowledge of scripting languages such as Python and/or Bash for automation and operational workflows.
• Experience designing and delivering solutions within a Dev Ops framework, including security integration throughout the software lifecycle.
• Strong AWS experience, including architecture, deployment, and security of services such as EC2, EKS, S3, Cloud Watch, IAM, and VPC, with emphasis on scalability and cost optimization.
• Container and platform engineering experience using Kubernetes and container runtimes such as Docker or Podman.
• Working knowledge of integrating CI/CD pipelines and tool chains to support application teams.
• Experience integrating and supporting COTS and FOSS products in secure or regulated environments.
• DoD 8570 IAT Level II compliance (e.g., Security+ CE or equivalent).
• Working knowledge of CI/CD concepts and tool chains such as Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, Git Lab, Artifactory, Helm from a user and integrator perspective.

86,800 USD - 165,200 USD

Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term and 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. Additional benefits may vary by business unit and collective-bargaining agreements.

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. 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.