Senior Linux Platform Engineer - Secret Clearance (Onsite TX)

globalhr; McKinney (TX); On-site; USD 87,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation Offered Based OnEligibility

Job summary

RTX is seeking an experienced infrastructure engineer for the AES product family in McKinney, TX. The role focuses on designing, implementing, and supporting mission-critical systems with DoD security controls and collaboration across software, cybersecurity, and systems teams.

You will work onsite in McKinney, TX, with required DoD Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship. The position emphasizes virtualization, scripting, IaC, and secure, scalable deployments.

Qualifications

• Degree in STEM with 5+ years of relevant engineering experience.
• DoD Secret clearance is required to start.
• U.S. citizenship is required for security clearance eligibility.
• Experience with Linux, scripting, and IaC/tooling is expected.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot, maintain, and optimize infrastructure operations for AES Product Family.
• Analyze requirements for computer, server, network, and telecom systems.
• Design, code, test, and support systems integration for surveillance and targeting systems.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to meet security controls.
• Coordinate with software and systems engineers for performance and deployments.
• This job is onsite in McKinney, TX; residency or relocation required.
• Obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued Secret clearance.

Skills

Linux system administration

Bash scripting

Python scripting

Networking concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

Git

Jira

CI/CD (Jenkins/GitLab)

Ansible

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Job description

RTX is seeking an experienced infrastructure engineer for the AES product family in McKinney, TX. The role focuses on designing, implementing, and supporting mission-critical systems with DoD security controls and collaboration across software, cybersecurity, and systems teams.

You will work onsite in McKinney, TX, with required DoD Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship. The position emphasizes virtualization, scripting, IaC, and secure, scalable deployments.