Key skills
PythonBashAWSAzureKubernetesDockerAnsibleVaultArgoCDRancherGrafanaGitHubGitLabVersion ControlAgileProject ManagementCommunication
About this role
RTX is a leader in technologically advanced aerospace and defense solutions. They are seeking a Senior DSO Engineer to lead a team responsible for the design, development, and integration of advanced electrical systems for aerospace applications.
Responsibilities:
- Strong motivation to design, implement & establish software integration processes and DevSecOps (DSO) best practices
- Lead the software integration activities with stakeholders including troubleshooting of complex software integration or software stability and performance issues
- Define Pipeline Use cases and align the portfolio services to those use cases
- Align the use cases across multiple development teams in all business organizations to maximize adoption
- Define DevSecOps reference workflows that deliver efficiencies in the product development process
- Influence the decisions in the Pipeline teams to maximize the return on the Collins investment
- Drive consensus amongst disparate groups to the “One Collins” Pipeline vision
- Ensure and understand the stakeholder’s pipeline integration and deployment plan and drive those requirements into the DSO service offerings as applicable
- Coordinate with the stakeholders implementing the use case pipeline the technical scope, the need date, maturity level and other dependencies as it pertains to the service offerings
- Lead internal and external communication related to software integration and release
- Ensure adoption plans are in place for scaling the pipeline use case
- Apply advanced software testing techniques to ensure the quality and reliability of software solutions
- Identify and implement metrics to measure progress for compliance, integration, and verification of the service offering
- Lead the software integration team in trouble shooting of complex software integration or software stability and performance issues
- Participate in Agile ceremonies both within Digital Engineering Release Train as well as the stakeholder release train – Empowered to add, edit back log items. Sharpen the focus on acceptance criteria for epics
- Review existing automation, investigate tools, identify opportunities to improve overall productivity to make us more efficient on service offerings
Requirements:
- 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
- Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship now or in the future. RTX will not offer sponsorship for this position (U.S. Citizen or Green Card Holder)
- Extensive experience with software development methodologies, version control systems, and build automation tools
- Solid understanding of DevSecOps principles and best practices
- Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash), configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible), and deployment tools (Crossplane) is a plus
- Knowledge of cloud (AWS, Azure) and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, Rancher) is an advantage
- Industry experience with methods and technologies tools such as Gitlab, GitHub
- Ansible, Crossplane, ArgoCD, Artifactory, Grafana, etc
- Proficiency in test frameworks and testing methodologies
- Experience writing, testing, deploying, and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (IaC) systems
- Experience with secrets managers (e.g. Hashicorp Vault, AWS Secrets, Azure KeyVault)
- Agile Project Management skills is preferred