Senior Systems Test Engineer (Operations & Maintenance Engineer)

Raytheon Technologies - Sterling, VA

Full-time - Mid Level

Sterling, VA

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Senior Systems Test Engineer (Operations & Maintenance Engineer) at RTX Corporation is responsible for maintaining and supporting software-based systems in a DevSecOps environment. This role involves investigating issues, monitoring systems, and ensuring operational efficiency while collaborating with a small team. The position requires a strong technical background and the ability to communicate complex issues to various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Maintain several instances of a system including production and test systems.
• Investigate issues and anomalies, creating or modifying scripts and examining code baselines.
• Log defect reports and enhancement requests.
• Monitor production and test systems, troubleshoot issues, and implement temporary workarounds.
• Engage with end users and stakeholders to communicate system status and issues.
• Aid in root cause analysis of issues and document resolutions.
• Provide 365/24/7 support through shared team resources.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM).
• Minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience with agile development activities, including requirements specification and integration test and verification activities.
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued TS/SCI with SSBI Poly security clearance prior to start date.
• CompTIA Security+ certification within 90 days of start.

Nice-to-haves

• SIGINT, GEOINT, or Multi-INT Intelligence Community (IC) background with end user mission experience.
• Experience with cloud-based software architectures, systems and security, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, PKI authentication.
• Experience with scripting languages like Bash and Python.
• Ability to multi-task and adapt to rapidly changing circumstances.
• Experience navigating in Unix based systems, i.e. SSH, Putty.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• 401(k) match
• Flexible spending accounts
• Flexible work schedules
• Employee assistance program
• Employee Scholar Program
• Parental leave
• Paid time off
• Holidays