Prin. Software Test Architect (Contingent)
RTX Corporation1 month ago
Aurora, CO, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$108k - $205k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect, maintain, and optimize automated test frameworks for cloud-native applications running in Kubernetes.
- Design and implement integration, regression, API, contract, performance, and security testing across CI/CD pipelines.
- Integrate security, resiliency, and quality controls into software delivery pipelines.
- Collaborate with software engineering, DevOps, SRE, security, product, QA, and operations teams.
- Use observability and distributed tracing tools to validate behavior and diagnose distributed-system issues.
- Identify systemic quality gaps, lead root-cause analysis, and drive improvements in reliability, scalability, and performance.
- Maintain test coverage for both sustainment work and new feature development.
Requirements
- Extensive experience architecting test strategies and automated frameworks for cloud-native, microservice-based applications.
- Strong proficiency with Kubernetes, container orchestration, distributed-systems testing, and CI/CD environments.
- Expertise validating security requirements, enforcing pipeline security gates, and applying DevSecOps practices.
- Demonstrated experience with automated testing, continuous integration, API validation, and contract-testing patterns.
- Proficiency with observability and distributed tracing tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger, and OpenSearch.
- Typically requires a STEM degree and eight years of relevant experience, or an advanced related degree and six years of experience.
- Active and transferable TS/SCI clearance is required before start, and U.S. citizenship is required.
- Preferred qualifications include Docker, service mesh, multi-cluster and hybrid-cloud testing, Kubernetes-native policy tools, performance and load-testing tools, quality coaching, relevant certifications, and experience across multiple Agile teams.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and optional supplemental insurance coverage.
- Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees, parental leave, holidays, and other paid time off.
- 401(k) plan with employer matching and separate employer retirement contributions, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option.
- Tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment, employee assistance, wellness, fertility, family-planning, adoption, and autism benefits.
- Relocation may be eligible, and the role is onsite in Aurora, Colorado.
- Employment is contingent on contract award and customer funding; travel to CONUS and OCONUS customer sites may be required up to 25%.
- Sign-on bonus eligible.
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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.