Senior. Platform Engineer (onsite)

Senior Platform Engineer

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.

Raytheon brings the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today's mission and stay ahead of tomorrow's threat. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedom and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Platform Engineer to support one of our premier programs. In this role, you will collaborate with a cross-disciplinary team of platform engineers and systems administrators, driving innovation in ground systems solutions.

In this critical role, you will lead the implementation and advancement of DevOps practices, ensuring the seamless integration of cutting-edge tools, cloud technologies, and processes within our program. You will collaborate with a cross-disciplinary team to drive innovation and efficiency in our development, security, and operations functions.

What You Will Do

• Serve as Senior Platform Engineer for the team, creating co-creating feature designs, and ensuring alignment with program objectives and delivery commitments
• Work with the Scrum Master to execute Agile development, to deliver 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 DevOps 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

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 minimum 5 years of related work experience
• Hands-on 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
• DoD 8570 IAT Level II compliance (e.g., Security+ CE or equivalent)
• Active and Current TS/SCI w CI Poly Security Clearance is required Day 1. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Qualifications We Prefer

• Strong working knowledge in infrastructure of servers, 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 used for automation and operational workflows
• Experience designing and delivering solutions within a DevOps framework, including security integration throughout the software lifecycle
• Strong AWS experience, including architecture, deployment, and security of services such as EC2, EKS, S3, CloudWatch, IAM, and VPC, with an 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 toolchains to support application teams
• Experience integrating and supporting COTS and FOSS products in secure or regulated environments
• Experience in the installation, configuration, and maintenance of RedHat Linux operating systems
• Working knowledge of CI/CD concepts and toolchains (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, GitLab, Artifactory, Helm) from a user and integrator perspective

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