Automation Engineer - Data Governance

RTX; United States; Remote; USD 108,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parental leave

Flexible work schedules

Educational assistance

401(k) match

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

RTX, the world’s leading aerospace and defense company, is seeking a Data Governance Automation Engineer for its Corporate, Enterprise Services team. You will design and maintain reusable automation to support metadata management, data profiling, and data quality initiatives, collaborating with internal customers and cross‑functional teams.

You will build APIs, ETL pipelines, and workflow automation, apply CI/CD, and ensure reliable, scalable solutions aligned with RTX’s long‑term data

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience, or an advanced degree with 5+ years.
• Experience with scripting or software development languages such as Python, Java, or PowerShell.
• Experience developing and integrating REST APIs, working with JSON, OAuth, and API contracts.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with internal customers and cross‑functional teams to align RTX’s data and data governance strategy with enterprise data goals.
• Design, develop, and maintain APIs, API contracts, scripts, and reusable automation components for data governance processes.
• Automate metadata ingestion, scanning, synchronization, and workflow activities across data governance platforms.
• Develop and maintain ETL pipelines for metadata processing and governance‑related data movement.
• Automate data profiling, validation, data quality rule execution, and integration of data quality results.
• Build scheduled and event‑driven automation to support onboarding and management of newly created data assets.
• Implement logging, monitoring, retry logic, exception handling, and reconciliation processes to ensure reliable automation.
• Test, deploy, troubleshoot, and maintain automation solutions to support performance, reliability, and long‑term maintainability.
• Apply software engineering best practices, including version control, CI/CD, and automated testing.
• Contribute to data governance roadmaps and tool requirements while identifying opportunities to improve data management processes and deliver business value.

Skills

Python

Java

PowerShell

REST APIs

ETL development

SQL

Data profiling

Data quality automation

CI/CD pipelines

Version control

Automation testing

Education

Bachelor's degree or advanced degree

Job description

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market-leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

The following position is to join our RTX Corporate, Enterprise Services team: As a Data Governance Automation Engineer, you will design, develop, and maintain reusable automation solutions that support RTX’s enterprise data governance strategy. Working with internal customers and cross-functional teams, you will build APIs, ETL pipelines, and workflow automation to streamline metadata management, data profiling, and data quality processes. You will help advance data governance capabilities by delivering scalable, reliable, and maintainable engineering solutions that align long-term data strategies with immediate business needs.

What You Will Do

• Collaborate with internal customers and cross‑functional teams to support RTX’s data and data governance strategy and align initiatives with enterprise data goals.
• Design, develop, and maintain APIs, API contracts, scripts, and reusable automation components for data governance processes.
• Automate metadata ingestion, scanning, synchronization, and workflow activities across data governance platforms.
• Develop and maintain ETL pipelines for metadata processing and governance‑related data movement.
• Automate data profiling, validation, data quality rule execution, and integration of data quality results.
• Build scheduled and event‑driven automation to support the onboarding and management of newly created data assets.
• Implement logging, monitoring, retry logic, exception handling, and reconciliation processes to ensure reliable automation.
• Test, deploy, troubleshoot, and maintain automation solutions to support performance, reliability, and long‑term maintainability.
• Apply software engineering best practices, including version control, CI/CD, and automated testing.
• Contribute to data governance roadmaps and tool requirements while identifying opportunities to improve data management processes and deliver business value.

Qualifications

You Must Have

• Typically requires a Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and a minimum of 5 years of experience.
• Experience with scripting or software development languages such as Python, Java, or PowerShell.
• Experience developing and integrating REST APIs, working with JSON, OAuth, and API contracts.
• Experience with ETL development, data integration, and workflow orchestration.
• Experience with SQL and cloud or data platform technologies.
• Experience with data profiling, validation, and data quality automation.
• Experience with version control, CI/CD pipelines, and automation testing.

We Prefer

• 3-6 years of experience in automation, data engineering, integration engineering, or software engineering.
• Experience integrating metadata management and data catalog platforms.
• Familiarity with workflow automation and event‑driven architecture.
• Experience implementing monitoring, logging, exception handling, and reconciliation for automated processes.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and attention to detail, with the ability to connect business processes and data management requirements to technical solutions.
• Ability to balance long‑term technical strategy with tactical delivery in an Agile environment.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, including the ability to work with internal customers and cross‑functional stakeholders.
• Experience contributing to data governance initiatives, roadmaps, or enterprise data management programs.

What We Offer

Whether you’re just starting out on your career journey or are an experienced professional, we offer a robust total rewards package with compensation; healthcare, wellness, retirement and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs.

• Parental (including paternal) leave
• Flexible work schedules
• Achievement awards
• Educational assistance
• Child/adult backup care
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance
• Short‑term disability
• Long‑term disability
• 401(k) match
• Flexible spending accounts
• Employee assistance program
• Employee Scholar Program
• Parental leave
• Paid time off
• Holidays

Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

Location

Remote: Employees who are working in Remote roles will work primarily offsite (from home). If you live within a reasonable commute of an RTX site with other colleagues you interact with, your manager will discuss whether there is a degree of onsite presence associated with this role. As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in‑person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on‑site, hybrid or remote.

The salary range for this role is 107,500 USD - 204,500 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.