Staff Infrastructure and Platform Engineer

GE Aerospace; Waukesha (WI); On-site; USD 112,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) with company matching

Tuition assistance

Job summary

GE Aerospace in Wisconsin is seeking a Staff Infrastructure & Platform Engineer to build and operate the paved road for platform capabilities, delivering reliable pipelines, shared services, and environments to product teams.

You will implement infrastructure-as-code, participate in monitoring and on-call rotations, and help teams onboard while aligning with architecture standards and reliability practices. The role emphasizes hands-on delivery and gradual ownership expansion.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code
• Experience with containers and observability tooling
• Scripting and automation (Python, Bash) and version-control discipline

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain features of the golden-path pipeline, shared services, and environments
• Implement infrastructure-as-code for provisioning and environment management
• Participate in monitoring, alerting, and on-call rotation; respond to incidents and post-incident problem solving
• Help meet service-level objectives for platform services
• Support product teams onboarding to the paved road and maintain the technical documentation they build against
• Build to architecture and platform standards and raise gaps with proposed patterns

Skills

CI/CD

Infrastructure-as-code

Containers

Observability

Python

Shell scripting

Version control

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Associate's degree

High School Diploma

Job description

Job Description Summary

The Staff Infrastructure & Platform Engineer is a hands-on builder on the platform team, implementing and operating the pipeline, shared services, and environments under the standards and reliability practices set by the Sr Infrastructure & Platform Engineer and the Director. This is a build-and-operate seat focused on getting platform capability into product teams' hands and keeping it reliable.

The role builds to standards rather than defining them, and grows into deeper ownership over time. Success improves Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost by expanding the paved road's coverage and keeping day-to-day platform operations dependable.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

Platform build

• Build and maintain features of the golden-path pipeline, shared services, and environments
• Implement infrastructure-as-code for provisioning and environment management

Operations and reliability

• Participate in monitoring, alerting, and the on-call rotation; respond to incidents and support post-incident problem solving
• Help meet the service-level objectives for platform services

Enablement

• Support product teams onboarding to the paved road and maintain the technical documentation they build against

Standards conformance

• Build to the architecture and platform standards set above the role, raising gaps with a proposed pattern rather than a local workaround

Basic qualifications (required)

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college with a minimum of 4 years of professional experience OR Associate's degree with a minimum of 7 years of professional experience OR High School Diploma with a minimum of 9 years of professional experience.
• Minimum 3 years of professional experience in Infrastructure & Platform Engineering or IT.
• Note: Military experience is equivalent to professional experience.

Eligibility requirement

• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. GE Aerospace will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job.

Desired characteristics (preferred, not mandatory)

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Engineering (STEM major preferred).
• Certification such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect or Developer, or Microsoft Azure Administrator or Developer Associate.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, containers, and basic observability.
• Exposure to operating production services, including monitoring and on-call participation.
• Scripting and automation ability (e.g., Python, Bash) and version-control discipline.
• Comfort as a hands-on contributor on a lean, standards-driven team.
• Defense, aerospace, or other regulated or export-controlled environment background.

Success metrics

• Platform features and automation delivered within sprint capacity
• Reliability contribution: monitoring coverage and incident-response participation
• Infrastructure-as-code adoption for the components owned
• Documentation kept current for teams onboarding to the paved road
• Rework caused by standards non-conformance

Why this role

• This is where platform capability gets built and kept running day to day. On a small, standards-driven team you will see what you build go straight into product teams' hands, learn SRE and platform engineering from the senior engineer, and grow into deeper ownership of the paved road.

Notes

The base pay range for this position is $112, 000 to $165,000 annually. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set. This position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus based on a percentage of your base salary/ commission based on the plan. This posting is expected to close on November 2nd, 2026.

GE Aerospace offers comprehensive benefits and programs to support your health and, along with programs like HealthAhead, your physical, emotional, financial and social wellbeing. Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace; and the Employee Assistance Program, which provides 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness.

GE Aerospace (General Electric Company or the Company) and its affiliates each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a “Sponsor”). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor’s welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, employment will be contingent upon the ability to prove that you meet the status of a U.S. Person as one of the following: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e., a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).

Additional Information

GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights_10_20.pdf). Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

GE Aerospace will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable). Employees may also be subject to random and reasonable-suspicion drug and alcohol testing.

Relocation Assistance Provided

No

GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.