Senior Principal DevOps Architect – Mission-Critical Infra

RTX; Oak Grove (VA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 277,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

3 weeks of vacation

401(k) with match and retirement plan

Job summary

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is seeking a Senior Principal Software Engineer for DevOps/Infrastructure in Sterling, VA. This onsite role requires US citizenship and a active security clearance, with responsibilities spanning architecture, automation, and CI/CD for mission simulation environments.

You will lead multi‑team efforts, drive automation, and mentor engineers while working in a hybrid ecosystem with OpenShift, AWS, Kubernetes, and modern tooling.

Qualifications

• Requires STEM degree with 7–10 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with 7+ years.
• Active U.S. government secret clearance required before start date.
• US citizenship required; dual citizenship not permitted.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for infrastructure software systems and long‑term evolution.
• Lead automation capabilities to improve reliability and velocity across teams.
• Own CI/CD pipeline reliability for the mission simulation environment and diagnose issues across the build chain.
• Drive automation priorities and ensure test automation integrates into the CI/CD pipeline.
• Evaluate CI/CD systems for scalability and alignment with long‑term architecture.
• Mentor engineers and promote modern infrastructure practices across teams.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Automation engineering

Cloud-native engineering

Kubernetes

Docker/Podman

Linux/Windows

Networking (TCP/IP)

Python scripting

Security clearance

Education

STEM degree

Advanced degree

Tools

GitLab

Jira

Confluence

Coverity

Nexus

Artifactory

Splunk

Ansible

Terraform

Puppet

VMware

Proxmox

OpenShift

AWS

Azure

GCP

Docker

Podman

Kubernetes

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

MonetDB

Job description

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is seeking a Senior Principal Software Engineer for DevOps/Infrastructure in Sterling, VA. This onsite role requires US citizenship and a active security clearance, with responsibilities spanning architecture, automation, and CI/CD for mission simulation environments.

You will lead multi‑team efforts, drive automation, and mentor engineers while working in a hybrid ecosystem with OpenShift, AWS, Kubernetes, and modern tooling.