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Principal Platform Engineer - Connected Aviation (Remote)

RTX (Raytheon)ArizonaFull-time$107,500 - $204,500

This role leads platform engineering initiatives within the Aviation Intelligence team, a group responsible for managing RTX's data assets and ensuring they power customer-facing applications and analytics. You'll own the evolution of AWS infrastructure supporting machine learning training, data processing, and analytics workloads, with hands-on responsibilities for Kubernetes operations, infrastructure-as-code practices, and CI/CD pipeline management. The position suits senior engineers with deep cloud platform expertise who enjoy solving complex distributed systems challenges and can mentor others while driving reliability and performance improvements across production systems serving high-stakes aviation applications.

Requirements

8+ years relevant experience (or advanced degree with 5+ years) in platform/cloud engineeringExpert-level AWS proficiency including EKS, IAM, networking and VPCsProduction Kubernetes and Kafka/Redpanda operations experienceStrong Terraform and CI/CD pipeline expertise (GitLab/GitHub)Proficiency with Python and understanding of distributed systems principlesExperience with observability tools and supporting production data/ML systems
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Listed July 4, 2026 · Verify details with the employer before applying.

About RTX (Raytheon)

Tucson houses Raytheon's missile and defense HQ producing precision-guided systems, and has flight-tested an AI/ML-powered Radar Warning Receiver.