Platform Software Engineer II – Linux (Onsite)
RTX Corporation23 days ago
McKinney, TX, USAMid Level
Base Salary
$69k - $131k/yr
Responsibilities
- Troubleshoot, maintain, and implement solutions that optimize infrastructure operations for the AES Product Family.
- Analyze requirements for computer, server, peripheral, network, and telecommunications systems.
- Design, implement, code, test, document, and support systems integration for mission-critical surveillance and targeting systems.
- Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to meet security controls and with software, systems, and implementation teams to ensure performance and deployment compliance.
- Administer and secure Linux systems, including patching, packaging, performance tuning, networking, LDAP management, STIG hardening, virtualization, and container environments.
- Automate platform provisioning and deployments using infrastructure-as-code and DevSecOps tools.
- Administer enterprise infrastructure, identity services, networking equipment, clocks, storage, and Windows-based systems as needed.
Requirements
- A STEM degree and at least 2 years of prior relevant engineering experience; an advanced related degree may substitute for 2 years of experience.
- CompTIA Security+ certification is required.
- Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x/8.x, including installation, maintenance, administration, patching, RPM packaging, performance tuning, networking, LDAP user management, and security.
- Experience securing and hardening RHEL systems to STIG requirements, with Bash and Python scripting experience.
- Experience with KVM virtualization, Linux networking, virtual NICs, forwarding rules, interface bridging, and general networking.
- Experience with Git, Artifactory, Bitbucket, Jira, and Jenkins or GitLab.
- Experience with Ansible, Kickstart, Terraform, Chef, Docker, Podman, and Kubernetes in infrastructure-as-code and containerized environments.
- Preferred qualifications include an active transferable Secret clearance, RHCSA certification, Red Hat Satellite administration, LUKS, VM and container hardening, vulnerability analysis, monitoring, and RMF knowledge.
- Preferred networking experience includes Cisco Layer 2 switches, VLANs, static routes, PTP boundary clocks, ptp4l, and grandmaster clocks such as Safran/Orolia SecureSync.
- Preferred enterprise infrastructure experience includes NAS, SAN, DNS, sendmail, LDAP, Active Directory, SAML, OAuth, and OpenID.
- Familiarity with AWS, Azure, and Platform One DevSecOps toolchains is preferred.
- Experience with Groovy, C++, C#, Python, or Java and troubleshooting on Linux is preferred.
- U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued Secret security clearance are required; an active existing clearance is required after day one.
Benefits
- Onsite work in McKinney, Texas; local residency or relocation is required.
- Relocation assistance may be offered based on eligibility.
- Potential benefits include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, 401(k) matching, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance, paid parental leave, paid time off, and holidays.
- Eligible employees may participate in annual short- and/or long-term incentive compensation programs.
- Employee Scholar Program is available to eligible hires.
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About RTX Corporation
RTX Corporation builds aerospace and defense systems through its Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon businesses, serving commercial aviation, the U.S. government, and allied militaries. Its products range from aircraft engines and avionics to radars, missiles, and command-and-control software, sold via long-term OEM programs and defense contracts. Formed in 2020 by the Raytheon–United Technologies merger, RTX is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia and trades on the NYSE as RTX.