Senior Cloud Test Architect (TS/SCI) | Kubernetes DevSecOps

Collins Aerospace; Aurora (IL); On-site; USD 108,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision insurance

3 weeks vacation

401(k) with employer match

Tuition reimbursement

Student loan repayment

Life insurance & disability

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, seeks engineers to sustain and develop software for cloud-enabled DCGS HBMA systems in Aurora, CO. The role emphasizes automated testing across Kubernetes environments, secure CI/CD pipelines, and collaboration with software, DevOps, and security teams.

The position requires active TS/SCI clearance, U.S. citizenship, and travel up to 25% to CONUS/OCONUS sites. Onsite in Aurora, CO with contingent contract funding.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience architecting test strategies for cloud-native, microservice apps.

Responsibilities

• Architect, maintain, and optimize automated test frameworks for cloud-native apps in Kubernetes.
• Design and implement automated testing across CI/CD pipelines (integration, regression, API, contract, performance, security).
• Integrate security, resiliency, and quality controls into pipelines for secure software delivery.
• Collaborate daily with software engineering, DevOps, SRE, security, and product teams.
• Use observability tools to validate system behavior and diagnose issues in microservices.
• Identify quality gaps, perform root-cause analysis, and drive long-term improvements in reliability.
• Support sustainment and new feature development with evolving test coverage.

Skills

Test automation strategy

Kubernetes

CI/CD security gates

Observability tooling

Agile delivery

Security clearance TS/SCI

Collaboration with cross-functional

Cloud-native testing

Education

STEM degree

Advanced degree (MS/PhD)

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Istio

Linkerd

Sonobuoy

Kyverno

OPA

Chaos Mesh

LitmusChaos

Prometheus

Grafana

Jaeger

OpenSearch

Job description

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, seeks engineers to sustain and develop software for cloud-enabled DCGS HBMA systems in Aurora, CO. The role emphasizes automated testing across Kubernetes environments, secure CI/CD pipelines, and collaboration with software, DevOps, and security teams.

The position requires active TS/SCI clearance, U.S. citizenship, and travel up to 25% to CONUS/OCONUS sites. Onsite in Aurora, CO with contingent contract funding.