Sr. Principal DevOps Architect (Remote)

Date Posted:

2026-06-23

Country:

United States of America

Location:

US-CA-SAN JOSE-826 ~ 200 Holger Way ~ BLDG 826, Ast

Position Role Type:

Remote

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.​ U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Security Clearance Type:

DoD Clearance: Top Secret

Security Clearance Status:

Active and existing security clearance required after day 1

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.

Collins Aerospace is a leader in technologically advanced, intelligent solutions that help redefine the aerospace and defense industry. With a comprehensive portfolio and deep technical expertise, we help customers meet the demands of the global market. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

At Applied Signal Technology (AST), the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world. AST is seeking a Sr. Principal DevOps Architect to join our team. 

This is a REMOTE role at Applied Signal Technology (AST).   To learn more about AST, click the following link >> Who We Are

What You Will Do:

• Collaborate with Cyber teams to maintain and monitor system availability, performance, and logs using enterprise tools. 

• Leverage industry standards to build out automation workflows

• Travel up to 10% (domestic) to other RTX locations

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience.

• Experience supporting engineers in software, simulations, and hardware development.

• Experience integrating and maintaining DevSecOps process using the following tools or similar: Atlassian Jira/Confluence, Gitlab, Cloudbees CI (Jenkins), JFrog Artifactory

• Knowledge of successfully implementing in-process automated testing to the CI/CD pipeline

• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, Helm

• Strong foundation in Agile software development

• Familiarity with compliance with key U.S. government cybersecurity regulations and standards such as NIST 800-171, FIPS, and DFARS

• Cross-platform development, focusing on RHEL (CentOS / Rocky) 8+ and Windows

• Experience with artifact repositories (JFrog Artifactory, Sonatype Nexus, Pulp), supply chain security scanning (JFrog Xray), and secrets management

• Skilled in cloud deployment, virtualization, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) automation using Terraform modules and Ansible playbooks

• Experience with scripting languages such as Python, Bash, Groovy, and Ruby

• Excellent written and oral communication skills and ability to work with engineers and leadership at every level

• Ability to work collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued Top Secret (TS) security clearance is required after start.

• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Linux OS Certificate (RHCSA / LPIC)

• Experience with Splunk/Zabbix

• Experience with High Performance Computing (HPC) Environments

• Scripting Experience (Bash, Python, Ansible) and Kickstart

• Hold professional certifications with a background in managing enterprise-grade virtualization and cloud infrastructure

• Experience leading and developing junior software engineers

• Experience interpreting Standards

• Experience working with bit-level data