Principal Software Engineer - DevSecOps

Prattwhitney; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 118,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Relocation assistance

Three weeks of vacation

401(k) matching & retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Applied Signal Technology (AST) seeks a Principal Software Engineer with DevSecOps focus to strengthen national security through robust development, security, and operations practices. This on-site role is based in San José, CA, working with RTX/Collins Aerospace teams.

The ideal candidate will lead CI/CD pipelines, manage enterprise DevSecOps tooling, mentor engineers, and ensure secure software supply chain practices. US citizenship and TS/SCI clearance required; relocation offered.

Qualifications

• STEM degree and 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience managing enterprise apps: Jira/Confluence, GitLab, CloudBees CI, artifact repos.
• CI/CD pipelines development and security tooling expertise.
• Scripting in Python/Go/Bash; Linux system administration on RHEL-family.
• KVM/VMware/Hyper‑V virtualization and containerization with Docker/Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Partner with RTX/Collins teams to align AST DevSecOps across the org.
• Drive and manage AST’s DevSecOps environment, tooling, and workflows.
• Mentor engineers to adopt AST’s DevSecOps practices.
• Oversee installation, configuration, upgrades, and integrations of tooling.
• Provide project onboarding, support, and best-practices documentation.
• Collaborate with project managers and engineering leadership; travel up to 25%.

Skills

DevSecOps

CI/CD pipelines

Python/Go

Linux administration

Kubernetes

Terraform/Ansible

AWS Secrets Manager

GitLab/Jira

Security tooling

Education

STEM degree

Tools

Jira/Confluence

GitLab

CloudBees CI

Artifactory/Nexus

Xray/Lifecycle/Black Duck

Docker/Kubernetes/Helm

Terraform/Ansible

AWS Secrets Manager

GitGuardian

Job description

About the role

Applied Signal Technology (AST) is seeking a Principal Software Engineer with specialization in Development, Security, and Operations (DevSecOps) who strives for excellence and has a passion to be part of a team that strengthens our nation and improves the security of our world. AST provides trusted strategic and tactical SIGINT solutions that secure the interests of the U.S. and its partners. This is an ON‑SITE position based out of our San José, CA location.

Raytheon & Collins Aerospace Overview

Raytheon Company, managed by Collins Aerospace, is part of RTX, the world’s largest aerospace and defense company. 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. Collins Aerospace is a leader in technologically advanced, intelligent solutions that help redefine the aerospace and defense industry. With a comprehensive portfolio and deep technical expertise, we help customers meet the demands of the global market.

What You Will Do

• Partner with AST Digital Technology, RTX Enterprise Services, and Digital Technology teams across Raytheon and Collins Aerospace to foster alignment, integration, and operational synergy across AST’s DevSecOps ecosystem.
• Drive and manage the AST’s DevSecOps development environment, tooling, and process workflows.
• Coach, mentor, and enable engineering teams to adopt and utilize AST’s DevSecOps ecosystem and workflows.
• Oversee the installation, configuration, and maintenance of enterprise DevSecOps applications, including: application and plugin installations/deployments, upgrades, patches, and configurations; system migrations and cross‑application integrations; user provisioning, access management, and permissions.
• Provide project and technical user support, including project onboarding and custom support requests; day‑to‑day troubleshooting, documentation of best practices, and template creation.
• Collaborate closely with project managers, engineering leadership and development teams within the Engineering organization.
• Travel up to 25% (domestic).

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience managing and/or supporting enterprise applications such as: Atlassian Jira/Confluence; Gitlab; Cloudbees CI (Jenkins); Artifact repositories (JFrog Artifactory, Sonatype Nexus Repository, Pulp); Software Supply Chain Security tools (JFrog Xray, Sonatype Lifecycle, Black Duck); Container and Orchestration tools (Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, Helm); Secrets management tools (AWS Secrets Manager, GitGuardian).
• Experience with managing and developing CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with scripting languages (Python, Go, Groovy, Bash, Perl, etc.).
• Experience with Linux System Administration and RedHat (or compatible variants) based distributions (RHEL, Fedora, CentOS, Rocky).
• Experience with virtualization technology (KVM, VMWare, Hyper‑V).
• Ability to work collaboratively within multi‑disciplinary teams.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. government issued Top Secret SCI (TS/SCI) security clearance with polygraph; U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Experience managing/supporting and/or developing with any of the following: Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Salt); Observability dashboard tools (Datadog, Splunk, Grafana, Kibana).
• Possess professional certifications in DevOps/DevSecOps and/or CI/CD areas: Containers and Orchestration (CKS, CKA, CKAD, DCA); AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional; AWS Certified Security Specialty; RedHatCertified Engineer (RHCE); Linux Foundation Certified Engineer (LFCE), or equivalent advanced Linux credential; CompTIA Security+; GitLab Certified CI/CD Associate; GitLab Certified Security Specialist.
• Strong foundation in Agile software development.
• Cross‑platform development, focusing on RHEL (CentOS / Rocky)8+ and Windows.
• Compliance familiarity with key U.S. government cybersecurity regulations and standards such as NIST SP800‑171, FIPS, and/or DFARS/CMMC.
• Familiarity with or basic understanding of telecommunications systems concepts and/or signal processing.
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued Top Secret SCI (TS/SCI) security clearance with Poly.

What We Offer

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
• Adoption Assistance
• Autism Benefit
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
• Téladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
• Eligible for relocation
• And More!

Salary

The salary range for this role is 118,300 USD - 224,900 USD.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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 Section503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.