Date Posted:
2026-05-04
Country:
United States of America
Location:
US-CO-AURORA-S75 ~ 16800 E Centretech Pkwy ~ BLDG S75
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 without Polygraph
Security Clearance Status:
Active and existing security clearance required on day 1
As a Senior. Principal Platform IAC Engineer, you will be leading a small technical team and supporting the development and maintenance of our modern Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solution in our environment. These environments, a mix of servers, workstations, storage, networks, and custom hardware, provide the enterprise hybrid-cloud backbone for product development and testing for a large Project producing a critical, strategic national asset. This will include a mixture of hands-on keyboard engineering work as well as documentation and baseline control.
The Senior Principal Platform IAC Engineer will be well versed in maintaining COTS/FOSS products and use of tools such as LDAP, RHEL, Tenable, Consul, Ansible, Terraform to implement and support the Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solution for our programs.
Note This position is based in Aurora CO. and work will be performed at the onsite Facility requiring occasional travel to the customer site for upgrade and implementation activities as necessary.
What You Will Do
- You will leverage company and industry best practices and capabilities to assist with deployment, implementation, modernization, and support of IAC solutions
- You will lead a small team of engineers that develop software customization and automation including deployment of templates, dashboards, and scripts to support program needs utilizing Ansible Playbooks
- You will lead the integration of the selected platform Container development and orchestration (E.g. Kubernetes/Docker)
- You will lead the design/architecture/development and support of build/test pipeline and integration, optimizing for performance and scalability across on premise or virtualized / Cloud based computing environments
- You will assist engineers with specialized tool usage and issues, leveraging standards and best practices towards the solution
Qualifications You Must Have
- Typically requires BS/BA Degree in Science, Technology Engineering Math (STEM) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or Physics and a minimum10 years of related work experience
- Experience with Integration, Cloud, Kubernetes, Containerization, Infrastructure/Platform as a Service, Linux Development, Microservices
- Experience with Linux System Administration (E.g. RHEL 6.0+)
- Experience with Agile Development Methodologies (E.g. scrum, SAFe)
- A current TS/SCI Security Clearance is required on day 1. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
Qualifications We Prefer
- Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
- Experience with application deployments to Kubernetes
- Experience with Atlassian Tool Suite, Cucumber, Eclipse, GIT
- Experience with Implementing Scaled Agile Frameworks
- Experience with Ansible automation frameworks
- Experience deploying, configuring, and supporting CICD Pipelines tools (E.g. Jira / Jira Service Management, Confluence, Bit Bucket, Jenkins, Artifactory)
- Experience with programming languages (E.g. Python, Java, Ruby, Bash, C++, C#, Go)
- Experience with Postgres, SonarQube
- General working knowledge of networks, storage, and virtualization
- Background in COTS/FOSS product installation, configuration, and integration
- Current CompTIA Security+ or ability to obtain
What We Offer
- 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 Eligibility
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- Please consider the following role type definition as you apply for this role
- Onsite Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products
This position requires 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 Department of State government website here:
Location: Aurora, CO
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 132,400 USD - 251,600 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.
