Principal Site Reliability Engineer

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🕒 July 15

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

💵 $107.5k - $204.5k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

⛑ DevOps & Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

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RTX

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10,000+ employees

Founded 2020

🏭 Manufacturing

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

Manufacturing • Consulting • Logistics

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

• Automate and improve reliability while advancing ARINCDirect infrastructure • Manage service availability, performance, monitoring, incident response, and capacity planning • Create, improve, and manage environments using accurate, data-driven insights for resource allocation, problem identification, and capacity planning • Maintain physical infrastructure using Linux • Facilitate migration toward Kubernetes and declarative infrastructure • Influence technology decisions and direction to grow and support the ARINCDirect platform • Collaborate with SREs and other teams to design dependable and scalable solutions and services • Identify, implement, and champion process improvements to enhance productivity, collaboration, and delivery efficiency • Gain understanding of networking, operating systems, databases, and related technologies supporting ARINCDirect applications and services • Design and maintain high-availability architectures for critical systems • Develop automation and scripting skills to streamline operational tasks • Participate in the shared SRE on-call rotation

🎯 Requirements

• 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, or in absence of a degree, 12 years of relevant experience • Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without company immigration sponsorship now or in the future • Experience as an SRE, Platform Engineer, or related position within a Linux or UNIX environment • Experience working on large, complex infrastructures and/or projects using Docker and Kubernetes • Experience automating configuration and infrastructure with SaltStack, Ansible, Terraform, or other declarative languages • Experience with hardware, including servers, network switches, and cabling • Experience managing infrastructure using GitOps with continuous delivery pipelines preferred • Proficiency in Python and/or Linux Shell (bash, awk, sed) preferred • Experience with PostgreSQL or equivalent RDBMS and SQL in general preferred • Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, ideally AWS preferred • Understanding of SRE principles, observability solutions, metrics, SLOs, and KPIs preferred • Understanding of DNS, DHCP, LDAP, and NFS preferred • Understanding of network segmentation, routing, and VPNs preferred • No security clearance required

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance • Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees • Generous 401(k) plan with 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 pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, and ID theft protection • Birth, adoption, and 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 • Flexible work schedules • Employee Scholar Program • Paid time off and holidays • Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be available; payments are not guaranteed