Senior Principal DevSecOps Engineer (TS/SCI Clearance)

RTX; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 277,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid vacation

401(k) with match

Relocation assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Applied Signal Technology (AST) is seeking a Senior Principal Software Engineer with DevSecOps specialization in a role that strengthens national security. You will lead enterprise DevSecOps tooling, integrate across RTX and Collins Aerospace teams, and mentor engineers to advance CI/CD and secure software practices.

The position requires TS/SCI with polygraph and US citizenship, onsite in San Jose, with up to 25% travel.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 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 Red Hat (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

Responsibilities

• 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%

Job description

Applied Signal Technology (AST) is seeking a Senior Principal Software Engineer with DevSecOps specialization in a role that strengthens national security. You will lead enterprise DevSecOps tooling, integrate across RTX and Collins Aerospace teams, and mentor engineers to advance CI/CD and secure software practices.

The position requires TS/SCI with polygraph and US citizenship, onsite in San Jose, with up to 25% travel.