Senior Principal Lead Platform Engineer (ONSITE)

Date Posted:

2025-09-22

Country:

United States of America

Location:

MA311: Woburn MA 225 Presidential 225 Presidential Way Goddard Building 27, Woburn, MA, 01801 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

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:

DoD Clearance: Secret

At Raytheon, 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. We bring 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. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world.

The Raytheon team is looking for a Lead Platform Engineer to support the AN/TPY-2 missile defense program and the Missile Defense Sensors (MDS) Software (SW) Department.  The MDS SW mission is to provide world class Radar and Command and Control (C2) Software for our customers’ wide array of Surveillance and Warning Systems. We align to the core Agile and DevSecOps principles of collaborative operation across the entire value stream, delivering high-frequency, high-quality deployments to our customers. 

The job location for this opportunity is in Woburn, Massachusetts.

What You Will Do

• Leverage company and industry best practices and capabilities to develop and communicate implementation of infrastructure solutions.

• Responsible for architectural and execution decisions of the DevSecOps build pipeline and deployment process, working closely with program leadership to ensure alignment and consistency.

• Manage, coordinate and support execution of scrum team scope and agile backlog for team responsible for the program’s tooling and DevSecOps infrastructure including Build Pipeline. Management, collaboration across multiple development and deployment teams, continuous build monitoring and risk assessment of updated tools.

• Collaborate with software engineers and other agile development teams to design and implement robust platform solutions.

• Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and peer reviews to scrum teams

• Manage technical solutions along with cost and schedule including managing earned value.

Qualifications You Must Have

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

• Experience with programming/scripting languages (E.g., C, C++, Ada, Python, Perl, Groovy, Bash, C shell).

• Experience with CI/CD using Jenkins.

• Experience designing, implementing, and integrating platform infrastructure services and deploying solutions using container and orchestration solutions (e.g., K8s/Rancher/Docker).

• Experience with team-based software development using the Agile Scrum or Kanban framework.

• Experience with Red Hat Linux Operating Systems,

• Ability to obtain U.S. government issued Interim Secret security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Proven experience in large, complex defense systems.

• Ability to understand command and control and/or radar technology in the areas of software design, integration and test.

• Experience with automation frameworks such as Ansible or Terraform.

• Experience with tools such as Atlassian Suite (e.g., Bitbucket/Artifactory, Jira, Confluence, Crucible, Fisheye) and Visual Studio Code.

• Experience with scanning tools (E.g. Nessus, Fortify, Anchore, Black Duck®).

• Experience developing, testing & delivering applications within a DevSecOps framework.

• Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment with time-critical requirements.

• Experience contributing to a team environment for the purpose of developing creative solutions to difficult technical problems.

• Excellent communication, oral presentation, and interpersonal skills.

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 Eligible – Relocation assist