Platform Engineer (Experienced or Senior)

Job Description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. The Boeing Company has an exciting opportunity for a Platform Engineer (Experienced or Senior) to join Boeing Defense, Space & Security in Berkeley, MO . This role focuses on platform engineering, build automation, legacy systems support, and cloud modernization in support of mission-critical engineering and software development environments.

You will help maintain and modernize internal engineering tools, build systems, and automation workflows in support of a secure, cloud-based infrastructure environment. In this role, you will work closely with software developers, mission systems engineers, and other technical stakeholders to improve developer productivity, streamline release processes, and enable reliable software delivery across the program.

The ideal candidate is a strong technical problem solver with experience in software development, infrastructure automation, and cloud engineering. This position requires a hands-on engineer who can support legacy environments while helping improve tools, pipelines, and deployment infrastructure across the program.

Lead platform engineering efforts in support of mission-critical software development and delivery environments
Design and develop custom software tools and automation solutions to support engineering workflows and program needs
Support and improve secure, cloud-based infrastructure environments used by the program
Containerize legacy applications, build tools, and dependencies to improve reproducibility and consistency
Work closely with software developers to improve local development environments and remove build bottlenecks
Collaborate with mission systems engineers and other technical stakeholders to support platform stability and engineering efficiency
Document engineering practices and platform processes to support replication, scaling, and continuous improvement
This position requires the ability to obtain a US Security Clearance for which the US Government requires US Citizenship as a condition of employment (An interim and/or final U.Secret Clearance Post-Start may be required)
~ Bachelor’s Degree
~3+ years of experience with programming in C, C++ or C#
~ Experience with scripting, particularly in shell scripting in sh and csh variants, Bash, Python, and PERL
~1+ years of experience with AWS Services, E.g. VPC, IAM, EC2, Auto-scaling, ELB, ECR, S3, DynamoDB, Postgres (RDS), Lambda, SQS, SNS, RDS, VPC, Route 53, Cloud Front, Cloud Watch, AWS Config, Cloudtrail, AWS Developer Tools etc.
~ Experience with Terraform,, Jenkins, Git, and Ansible, Cloud formation, etc.
~ Level 4 : 9 or more years’ related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Experience working in mission systems, embedded software, simulation, or flight software environments
Experience modernizing, refactoring, or containerizing legacy applications, build environments, or engineering tools
Experience with AWS GovCloud, JWCC, or other government cloud environments
Experience with CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar automation platforms
Experience working in Agile development environments
Experience with configuration management and collaboration tools such as Git, JIRA, Collaborator, Beyond Compare, or VersionOne
Experience leading technical tasks, platform initiatives, or mentoring junior engineers

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.

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The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work. 

Experienced – Level 3: $112,200 – $151,800
Applications for this position will be accepted until Sept. Citizen, U.National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.
Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent Required
Relocation
This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.
Security Clearance
Security Clearance for which the U.An interim and/or final U.Secret Clearance Post-Start is required.
Visa Sponsorship
Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.
Shift
This position is for 1st shift
Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.