Senior Software Engineer - DevSecOps

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Country: United States of America

Location: US-CA-SAN JOSE-826 ~ 200 Holger Way ~ BLDG 826, Ast

Position Role Type: Onsite

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: TS/SCI with Polygraph

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

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.

Collins Aerospace is a leader in technologically advanced, intelligent solutions that help redefine the aerospace and defense industry. With a comprehensive portfolio and deep technical expertise, we help customers meet the demands of the global market. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

Applied Signal Technology (AST) is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with specialization in Development, Security, and Operations (Dev Sec Ops ) who strives for excellence and has a passion to be part of a team that strengthens our nation and improves the security of our world. AST provides trusted strategic and tactical SIGINT solutions that secure the interests of the U.S. and its partners.

AST’s work in areas such as high-capacity broadband communications, signal processing and analysis, tactical SIGINT, and wireless communications continually challenges our extraordinary engineers to resolve problems and make the world a safer place. AST’s work environment is passionate, highly collaborative and provides engineers with the freedom to strengthen and expand their skills, explore new and creative ideas, and work closely with our nation’s finest service members all while embracing integrity, innovation, and work-life balance.

This is an ONSITE position based out of our San Jose, CA location.

• Drive and manage the AST’s Dev Sec Ops  development environment, tooling, and process workflows.
• Coach, mentor, and enable engineering teams to adopt and utilize AST’s Dev Sec Ops  ecosystem and workflows.
• Oversee the installation, configuration, and maintenance of enterprise Dev Sec Ops  applications, including:
  • Application and plugin installations/deployments, upgrades, patches, and configurations.
  • System migrations and cross-application integrations.
  • User provisioning, access management, and permissions.
• Provide project and technical user support, including:
  • Project onboarding and custom support requests.
  • Day-to-day troubleshooting, documentation of best practices, and template creation.
• Collaborate closely with project managers, engineering leadership, and development teams within the Engineering organization.
• Travel up to 25% to other AST locations and customer sites within the U.S.

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience managing and/or supporting the following enterprise applications:
  • Atlassian Jira/Confluence
  • Gitlab
  • Cloudbees CI (Jenkins)
  • Artifact repositories (JFrog Artifactory, Sonatype Nexus Repository, Pulp)
  • Software Supply Chain Security tools (JFrog Xray, Sonatype Lifecycle, Black Duck)
  • Container and Orchestration tools (Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, Helm)
  • Secrets management tools (AWS Secrets Manager, Git Guardian)
• Experience with managing and developing CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with scripting languages (Python, Go, Groovy, Bash, Perl, etc.).
• Experience with Linux System Administration and Red Hat (or compatible variants) based distributions (RHEL, Fedora, CentOS, Rocky).
• Experience with virtualization technology (KVM, VMWare, Hyper‑V).
• Ability to work collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams.
• Ability to…