Principal DevOps & Infra Engineer (Onsite)

Collins Aerospace; Sterling (VA); On-site; USD 118,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vacation time

401(k) plan

Tuition reimbursement

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Collins Aerospace, a RTX company, seeks a Principal Software Engineer to lead DevOps and infrastructure in Sterling, VA. This onsite role requires a current US security clearance and offers exposure to CI/CD pipelines, automation, and scalable simulation environments.

You'll mentor engineers, own the CI/CD stack, and work with tools like GitLab, Jira, Confluence, and Docker/Kubernetes in a lab-centric setting.

Qualifications

• Requires STEM degree with 8+ years of experience or advanced degree with 5+ years of experience.
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued secret security clearance is required prior to start date.

Responsibilities

• Support and develop automation solutions for building and deploying code.
• Own the CI/CD pipeline and optimize integration and delivery of the simulation environment.
• Troubleshoot build chain or CI/CD tools to resolve issues.
• Identify manual processes for automation and propose improvements.
• Consider the entire CI/CD infrastructure when making changes.
• Mentor engineers and solve critical technical problems with innovative solutions.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

DevOps engineering

Automation

Troubleshooting

Mentoring

Cloud knowledge

Networking fundamentals

Education

STEM degree

Advanced degree

Tools

GitLab

Jira

Confluence

Coverity

Nexus

Artifactory

Splunk

Job description

Collins Aerospace, a RTX company, seeks a Principal Software Engineer to lead DevOps and infrastructure in Sterling, VA. This onsite role requires a current US security clearance and offers exposure to CI/CD pipelines, automation, and scalable simulation environments.

You'll mentor engineers, own the CI/CD stack, and work with tools like GitLab, Jira, Confluence, and Docker/Kubernetes in a lab-centric setting.