Senior Principal Infrastructure Platform Architect

Date Posted:

2025-02-10

Country:

United States of America

Location:

CO102: 16800 E Centretech Pkwy,Aurora 16800 East Centretech Pkwy Building S75, Aurora, CO, 80011 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

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 Software Infrastructure group is seeking a Senior Principal Infrastructure Platform Architect to ensure the successful delivery of a Modernized Private Cloud Infrastructure for one of our premier programs on our Aurora, CO campus.  As the Senior Principal Platform Architect, you will be part of a multi-disciplined team developing, integrating, and deploying a modernized platform infrastructure for a system that is currently tightly coupled to the underlying infrastructure.

The role's core responsibility revolves around architecting a platform that is consistent, scalable, efficient, and reduces overall program deployment times. You will be on a team that is responsible for development and operational environments consisting of a mix of servers, workstations, storage, networks, and custom hardware. These environments provide the enterprise hybrid-cloud backbone for product development and testing for a large program producing a critical, strategic national asset.

Note: This position is an onsite role located in Aurora, CO.

What You Will Do

• Collaborate cross-functionally, building, and refining solutions that align with tech standards, timelines, and budgets
• Investigate and present technology solutions to improve performance
• Design and implement automation and orchestration solutions
• Identify gaps and opportunities for improvement of existing solutions
• Coordinate with the team to Incorporate Cyber based solutions to the product
• Collaborate across teams to define requirements and dependencies
• You will coordinate needs and priorities specific to the implementations with Technical and Program and IPT Management
• You will ensure infrastructure implementations are in accordance with the scope of the contract requirements
• You will ensure compliance with the program’s discrepancy / problem reporting and review process
• You will use Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE) concepts and processes to design and develop solutions
• You will leverage company and industry best practices and capabilities to architect, develop and implement modern platform solutions
• Break down complex ideas into easy-to-understand tasking

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires bachelor’s degree in science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and ten (10+) years of systems engineering experience
• Experience designing, implementing, and integrating platform infrastructure services on Linux based Operating Systems
• Experience with containerization using technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker
• Experience with implementing an on-prem cloud in VMware
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued TS/SCI clearance is required day 1. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Qualifications We Prefer

• Experience working in a technical environment interfacing with systems, or software engineering disciplines
• Experience with Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE) concepts
• Experience deploying, configuring, and supporting CICD Pipelines tools (E.g. Jira, Confluence, Bit Bucket, Jenkins, Antifactory, GitLab)
• Experience with automation frameworks such as Chef, Puppet, and Ansible
• Knowledge of secure coding practices such as OWASP, secrets management, and vulnerability remediation
• Strong interpersonal skills: Possess the ability to communicate technical and project information clearly and effectively to peers, management, and external associates
• Experience with scanning tools (E.g. Nessus, Fortify, Anchore)
• Multi-disciplined infrastructure experience with compute, networks, storage, and virtualization
• Experience developing, testing & delivering applications w/in a DevSecOps framework
• Background in COTS/FOSS product installation, configuration, and integration
• Ability to obtain a Counterintelligence (CI) poly for purposes of Privilege User Access
• Current CompTIA Security + or ability to obtain