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Principal Software Engineer - DevSecOps

Collins Aerospace · San Jose, CA · 1 mo ago
On-siteEngineeringFull-time

Date Posted: 2026-06-11
Location: San Jose, CA (Onsite)
U.S. citizenship is required to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued Top Secret SCI (TS/SCI) security clearance with polygraph. Active and existing clearance is required after day one.

About the Role

Applied Signal Technology (AST), a part of Collins Aerospace and RTX, is seeking a Principal Software Engineer specializing in Development, Security, and Operations (DevSecOps). AST provides trusted strategic and tactical SIGINT solutions that secure the interests of the U.S. and its partners. This role is based in San Jose, CA and requires up to 25% travel to other AST locations and customer sites within the U.S.

Responsibilities

  • Drive and manage 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.

Requirements

  • Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience.
  • Experience managing and/or supporting the following enterprise applications:
    • 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.
  • U.S. citizenship is required to obtain and maintain a Top Secret SCI (TS/SCI) security clearance with polygraph.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience managing/supporting and/or developing with any of the following:
    • Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Salt)
    • Observability dashboard tools (Datadog, Splunk, Grafana, Kibana)
  • Professional certifications in DevOps/DevSecOps and/or CI/CD areas:
    • Containers and Orchestration (CKS, CKA, CKAD, DCA)
    • AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional, AWS Certified Security Specialty
    • Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), Linux Foundation Certified Engineer (LFCE), or equivalent advanced Linux credential
    • CompTIA Security+
    • GitLab Certified CI/CD Associate, GitLab Certified Security Specialist
  • Strong foundation in Agile software development.
  • Cross-platform development, focusing on RHEL (CentOS / Rocky) 8+ and Windows.
  • Compliance familiarity with key U.S. government cybersecurity regulations and standards such as NIST SP 800-171, FIPS, and/or DFARS/CMMC.
  • Familiarity with or basic understanding of telecommunications systems concepts and/or signal processing.
  • Active and transferable U.S. government issued Top Secret SCI (TS/SCI) security clearance with Poly.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
  • Generous 401(k) plan with employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
  • Tuition reimbursement program
  • Student Loan Repayment Program
  • Life insurance and disability coverage
  • Optional coverages: pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
  • Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
  • Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
  • Adoption Assistance
  • Autism Benefit
  • Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
  • Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
  • Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
  • Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
  • Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
  • Eligible for relocation assistance

Pay

The salary range for this role is $118,300 - $224,900 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

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