Principal Platform Engineer

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🍂 Massachusetts – Remote

🍂 Massachusetts – Remote

💵 $107.5k - $204.5k / year

⏰ Full Time

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🏗️ Platform Engineer

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RTX

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10,000+ employees

Founded 2020

🚀 Aerospace

Aerospace • Defense • Sustainability

RTX is a globally recognized aerospace and defense company dedicated to transformative technologies and era-defining innovation. It operates through various businesses, including Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon, with a focus on sustainable, connected flight and smarter defense systems. RTX is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion across the company and aims to solve the world’s most complex problems with cutting-edge technology and talent. Additionally, RTX is involved in significant projects like upgrading the F135 Engine Core and developing missile-defense systems. The company emphasizes corporate responsibility and sustainable practices.

📋 Description

• Own the platform architecture and define modernization strategies for C5I mission systems • Lead the development of resilient, scalable, and secure platform environments using Linux, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Ansible, Artifactory, and related technologies • Influence program‑level decisions involving hardware/software trade‑offs, COTS selection, platform reuse, and requirements synthesis • Architect end‑to‑end DevSecOps workflows to support high‑frequency, high‑quality deployments across MDS programs • Oversee CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD) to ensure secure, automated build, test, and release processes at scale • Drive initiatives that raise DevSecOps maturity, expand Infrastructure‑as‑Code adoption, and increase automation coverage • Lead cross‑program integration efforts spanning Software, Systems Engineering, Cybersecurity, Platform and Integration & Test teams • Conduct advanced debugging and performance optimization across distributed and containerized environments • Establish platform engineering standards and best practices across multiple MDS and C5I product lines • Represent the platform engineering discipline in major design reviews, customer meetings and technical boards • Mentor and guide Platform Engineers, providing technical direction and fostering a culture of learning and collaboration • Provide leadership in Agile Scrum/Kanban environments, supporting planning, estimation and technical execution

🎯 Requirements

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) • Minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws/regulations • Expert‑level experience in Linux platform engineering and administration • Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible and virtualization tools such as VMware/KVM • Experience with scripting and automation tools such as Python, Bash and PowerShell • Experience with CI/CD systems (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD) and secure build/deployment architectures • Experience architecting or leading mission‑critical platform or DevSecOps environments for distributed or real‑time systems • Technical leadership experience, including task delegation, decision‑making, and cross‑team collaboration • Ability to obtain U.S. government issued Secret security clearance is required after start date.

🏖️ Benefits

• 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 • holidays