Date Posted:
2026-06-11
Country:
United States of America
Location:
US-FL-LARGO-382SS ~ 7887 Bryan Dairy Rd. ~ BLDG 100
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:
TS/SCI - Current
Security Clearance Status:
Active and existing security clearance required on day 1
The Strategic Defense Solutions Software Center is seeking a Section Leader/Manager to lead members of our cyber engineering team located onsite in Largo, FL.
The selected applicant will split duties as a Section Leader, providing oversight of People & Process, and as a domain lead or senior individual contributor within the supported program. The Section Leader plays a significant role in the career growth and development of employees, helping to align program tasking with career goals and maximizing the potential of each employee through skill development and process adherence. As a domain lead or senior individual contributor, this candidate will make a significant impact to the program’s execution, working with the Project Engineers (Cost Account Managers and Integrated Product Team Leads) to execute the development and deployment of program products and services.
Specifically, this candidate could be assigned to a team with one or more of the following responsibilities:
- supporting cyber engineering and IT/DT activities, including requirements development, integration, and verification
- developing solutions to meet customer requirements
- enhancing and maintaining several COTS applications and services, in an enterprise environment
- scanning for vulnerabilities and integrating, configuring, testing, and deploying software updates
- ensuring all National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM) requirements are implemented, documented, and deployed using the Risk management Framework (RMF)
- supporting various computer hardware and operating systems in both stand-alone and LAN/WAN configurations
- developing solutions using network fundamentals, such as OSI layers, IP addressing, sub-netting, TCP/IP stack, VLANS, and DHCP
- working in a virtualized environment using VMWare products
Sign-on Bonus Eligible
What You Will Do:
Spend ~10-20% of your time as a Section Leader of approximately 10-16 employees
- Evaluate staffing supply to meet the program staffing demand
- Hold meaningful performance Impact Discussions to achieve maximum employee potential
- Conduct promotion and compensation planning
- Coordinate with staffing demand owners to manage staffing needs, including interviewing candidates
- Provide career guidance and development through gap analysis and skill assessments
- In concert with the Department Leader, explain and enforce policies and process
- Empower employees, lead and motivate teams, and foster collaboration
- Exercise effective communication with interpersonal and decision-making skills
Spend ~80-90% of your time as a domain lead or senior individual contributor
- Use technical skills and experience to execute domain related tasks, such as leading and participating in the internal review of work products, systems, and tasking
- Assist Project Engineers to define technical solutions and execution strategies
- Be a force multiplier, helping others become independent contributors through knowledge sharing and formal/informal mentoring
- Leverage domain knowledge and expertise to improve productivity and identify innovative solutions to routine tasks
- Manage multiple and competing priorities and adjust promptly to change of priorities
Qualifications You Must Have:
- Knowledge and experience leading or contributing to development efforts mentioned above involving some combination of Cybersecurity, Risk Management Framework, Information Assurance, Infrastructure Engineering, Vulnerability Assessments and Mitigations, and Patch Management
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills, including ability to produce technical documentation, and the desire to learn new technologies and tools.
- Demonstrated success in prior leadership roles
- Active and transferable Top Secret U.S. government issued security clearance with SCI eligibility is required prior to start date.
- A current DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certification
- Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience
Qualifications We Prefer:
- Agile Development Techniques such as Scrum or Kanban, using Atlassian Tool Suite (Jira, Confluence, Mattermost)
- Sound foundation in Data Management and Configuration Management principles, process, and concepts
- Earned Value Management, Cost Account Management, Rick & Opportunity Management
- Experience with DevSecOps, Digital Technology or Information Systems, specifically IT networks and enterprise applications.
What We Offer:
Some of our competitive benefits package includes:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
- Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Student Loan Repayment Program
- Life insurance and disability coverage
- Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
- Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
- Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
- Adoption Assistance
- Autism Benefit
- Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
- Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
- Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
- Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
- Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
- Eligible for relocation
- And more!
Learn More & Apply Now!
Do you want to be a part of something bigger? A team whose impact stretches across the world, and even beyond? At Collins Aerospace, our Mission Systems team helps civilian, military and government customers complete their most complex missions — whatever and wherever they may be. Our customers depend on us for intelligent and secure communications, missionized systems for specialized aircraft and spacecraft and collaborative space solutions. By joining our team, you’ll have your own critical part to play in ensuring our customer succeeds today while anticipating their needs for tomorrow. Are you up for the challenge? Join our mission today.
*Please ensure the role type (defined below) is appropriate for your needs before applying to 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.
At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form – with our customers and with each other -- propel us all higher, again and again.
Apply now and be part of the team that’s redefining aerospace, every day.
Employee Referral Eligible
As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.
The salary range for this role is 107,500 USD - 204,500 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.
Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, 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. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.
Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.
This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.
RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.
