Principle Platform Engineer

Date Posted:

2024-10-02

Country:

United States of America

Location:

VA960: 22 Rickenbacker Rd Langley AFB 22 Rickenbacker Road Ryan Center, Langley AFB, VA, 23665 USA

Position Role Type:

Hybrid

Do you want to be a part of a team whose impact stretches across the world, and even beyond? Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in advanced technologically and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Our Digital Technology (DT) group combines foundational IT with new digital technologies - driving business efficiencies and a better customer experience by connecting technologies, people, information, and processes. If you’re an agile thinker who enjoys utilizing modern technology to make big improvements, then you’re a perfect fit for out DT team.

We have an immediate career growth opportunity with our Program Work Environment team for a talented Principal Platform Engineer to join our team at Langley AFB - Hampton, VA

** This position is onsite in Langley AFB, VA. **

What YOU will do:

• You will work in a collaborative environment on implementation and integration of a hybrid-infrastructure software platforms (Pivotal Cloud Foundry and AWS).

• You will maintain a high level of availability for all mission critical software systems.

• You will identify and resolve system problems as a key contributor to this dynamic team.

• You will design or administer Identity and Access Lifecycle Management Operations and controls.

What YOU will Learn:

• You will foster relationships with your DT peers all over the world that work and WANT to work at Collins.

Qualifications you must have:

• Must have an active and transferable U.S. government issued Secret security clearance prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

• Typically requires a University Degree 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.

• Requires minimum 5 years of platform engineering / support.

• Three (3) years of experience developing and operating containerized services deployed in production on orchestration platforms such as Cloud Foundry or Kubernetes

• Developer platform services and APIs that scale in production.

• Building and sustaining production services using Cloud Infrastructure Providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Microsoft Azure; building and maintaining continuous delivery pipelines.

• Requires prior experience working in a collaborative environment requiring frequent teaming and written / verbal communication with all levels of internal and external stakeholders. 

• Experience managing, reporting, and facilitating certification of access for all in-scope resources (including SaaS, AWS, Azure, CSS managed applications, tools, and systems).

• Must have an active DoD 8570 IAT Level 2 certification (or higher) on start date. IAT Level 2 requires one or more of the following Professional Certifications: Security+ CE, CCNA Security, GICSP, GSEC, SSCP, CySA+, CND.

• Travel required to other US Domestic locations as business needs dictate up to 10% travel.

Skills We Value:

• Prior experience deploying Platform as a Service (PaaS) 

• Automating platform management at enterprise scale. 

• Experience developing platform APIs that make common software operations scalable and repeatable. 

• Experience building continuous delivery and integration (CI/CD) pipelines. 

• Experience responding to software outages and executing postmortem reviews including root cause analyses. 

• Familiarity with DevSecOps concepts. 

• Active DoD Top Secret clearance 

• Strong analytic and research skills - must be detail oriented.

• Demonstrated ability to work independently and troubleshoot problems with efficiency.

• Requires the ability to effectively interact with external personnel on significant technical matters often requiring coordination between organizations and vendors.

Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expe