Principal Site Reliability Engineer

Collins Aerospace; Winnersh; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave plus 9 public holidays

Competitive salary package and bonus scheme

Excellent 2:1 matched pension contribution

BUPA health insurance

Health and Wellbeing Cash Plan

Job summary

Collins Aerospace in Winnersh is looking for a Principal Site Reliability Engineer to join their Messaging and Flight Ops Engineering team in a hybrid role. The successful candidate will manage AWS-hosted infrastructures and troubleshoot systems to ensure service availability. 

Required qualifications include extensive experience with cloud systems, a degree in a STEM field, and coding skills in relevant languages. The role offers a competitive salary package and a comprehensive benefits scheme.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience delivering and operating complex, large-scale cloud systems (AWS preferred).
• Flexibility for team meetings as early as 9:00 AM Eastern.
• Experience with AWS ECS clusters and SQL databases like PostgreSQL.
• Good coding skills in .NET or Python for managing infrastructure as code.

Responsibilities

• Own AWS-hosted infrastructures delivering products to commercial customers.
• Manage, enhance, and troubleshoot AWS environments.
• Deliver features using an agile pattern with customers.
• Partake in on-call roster supporting critical service incidents.

Skills

Cloud systems delivery

AWS expertise

Software engineering/Coding skills

System design consulting

Scripting (Bash/Powershell)

Education

Degree in a relevant STEM field

Tools

AWS CDK

AWS ECS

Docker

Git

CloudFormation

Job description

Are you motivated to work on a team that supports the backbone of the connected aviation ecosystem? Connected Aviation is a strategic unit within Collins Aerospace, and no competitor can match our innovative and dynamic product portfolios ready for the future of aviation technology. Our Messaging and Flight Ops Engineering team is responsible for developing cutting‑edge services and infrastructures to ensure you, your family, your friends, and passengers around the globe arrive at their destination on time.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Site Reliability Engineer to join us in a hybrid role based out of Winnersh. Site Reliability Engineers at Collins are responsible for service availability, performance, monitoring, incident response, and capacity planning. You should be experienced in finding problems in software and writing code to fix them. The right candidate has worked on scalable AWS environments for publicly available websites. We’re searching for someone who enjoys collaborating with a cross‑functional team to develop real‑world solutions and positive user experiences for every interaction.

What YOU will do:

• YOU will own one or more AWS hosted infrastructures delivering products to our commercial customers in a B2B model.
• YOU will manage, enhance, and troubleshoot our AWS environments, ensuring that as we develop new features, we are following best‑in‑breed industry patterns for continuous integration and deployment of new product/infrastructure releases.
• YOU will deliver using an agile pattern with our customers so you should be used to working on features for continuous test and release.
• YOU will help and influence other members of the team in using the right AWS tools to scale the features we are delivering for our customers.
• YOU will help drive the migration of a significant multi‑tenant Connected Aviation web application from on‑premise, into the AWS cloud.
• YOU will be part of the on‑call roster supporting critical service incidents.

What YOU will learn:

• YOU will learn to innovate and create new infrastructure and systems in a supportive team who value new ideas.
• YOU will learn how to balance feature development speed and reliability while meeting well‑defined service‑level objectives.
• YOU will learn to work collaboratively with your colleagues across the world to deliver great systems rather than just a great individual feature.

Qualifications YOU must have:

• Extensive experience delivering and operating complex, large‑scale cloud systems (AWS preferred), supported by a degree in a relevant STEM field (Bachelor’s or advanced degree required)
• Flexibility to be available for team meetings as early as 9:00 AM Eastern to accommodate team members in the UK and India.
• Software engineering background or a good level of coding skills in an OO language (with either .NET or Python being advantageous) in relation to managing infrastructure as code using AWS CDK.
• Experience managing AWS ECS clusters and working with systems hosted in SQL based databases like PostgreSQL, and RabbitMQ message brokers.
• Experience with Bash and/or Powershell scripting of new parts of infrastructure (or suggesting other ways to bring infrastructure to life).
• Experience with system design consulting, platform management, and capacity planning for AWS & CloudFormation experience
• Experience with Docker containerization & Git.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Having a dual background in both systems infrastructure and software engineering.
• Experience with reporting and monitoring using industry standard tools and techniques.
• Experience with Azure Dev Ops and Pulumi.
• Experience with SCRUM (and Scaled Agile Framework as a bonus)
• A desire to automate as much as possible and proficiency with automation tools.
• Understanding of network segmentation, routing and VPNs.
• Security knowledge: can work with our cyber teams and understand their recommendations.
• Communication skills – be able to thoroughly document and articulate what you have built clearly and concisely to team members and stakeholders.

What We Offer

At Collins Aerospace, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We offer an industry‑leading benefits package to support and reward our exceptional team, including:

• 25 days annual leave plus 9 public holidays (option to buy/sell up to 5 days)
• Competitive salary package and bonus scheme
• Excellent 2:1 matched pension contribution (up to 10%)
• BUPA health insurance with discounted rates for immediate family members
• Life assurance
• Group Income Protection
• Hybrid working model to support flexibility
• Health and Wellbeing Cash Plan

Note: The successful candidate will be required to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check and standard background screening.

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.