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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Principal Platform Engineer - Connected Aviation (Remote) - **Company:** Collins Aerospace - **Location:** Phoenix, AZ, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $107,500.0 - $204,500.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Data Analysis, Big Data, Information Engineering, Data Infrastructure, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Visualization, Distributed Systems, Elasticsearch, Github, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Operational Databases, Prometheus, Software Deployment, Workflow Management Systems, Grafana, Apache Spark, Gitlab, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Data Management, Machine Learning Operations, Terraform, Virtual Private Clouds, Data Pipelines - **Published:** June 15, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=686cdc786477a7d3 ## About the Role Do you have experience in Virtual Private Clouds?, Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the company's immigration sponsorship now or in the future. The company will not offer immigration sponsorship for this position. The company will not seek an export authorization for this role., * Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience * Proficiency with Python. * Strong experience with AWS (EKS, IAM, VPCs, networking) * Hands-on Kubernetes experience operating production workloads * Experience managing Kafka (or Redpanda) in production environments * Proficiency with Terraform for infrastructure as code * Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, GitHub Actions, or similar) * Solid understanding of distributed systems, reliability, and scaling * Experience supporting production data pipelines or ML systems * Experience with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Thanos, etc.) Qualifications We Prefer: * Experience with Kafka Connect * Experience with Rust or a willingness to learn it. * Familiarity with Dagster, Airflow or other modern ETL orchestration tools * Background supporting ML/AI systems in production (MLOps) * Experience optimizing infrastructure for performance and cost * Familiarity with Iceberg, Spark, Elasticsearch and other large-scale data processing systems * Experience working in hybrid infrastructure environments (cloud + on-prem Kubernetes) ## Description The Aviation Intelligence (AI) team within CA Engineering has the end-to-end responsibility to ensure that Collins Aerospace and broader RTX data assets are managed with integrity and quality while being consumed by our critical customer facing applications - whether via API's, analytics and/or data visualizations, or data reporting. We would like to offer you an opportunity to be a Senior Platform Engineer within our team where you will play an integral role in a high growth and high visibility area of the Collins Aerospace company. As a Principal Platform Engineer on the Aviation Intelligence team, you will be responsible for leading critical projects and coordination for the department, supporting our Ascentia and FlightAware crews that focus on AI/ML projects, data science and data management. What You Will Do: * Own and evolve AWS infrastructure supporting data platform, ML training, and analytics workloads (Iceberg/Trino, ETL pipelines, Kubeflow/MLflow) * Design, deploy, and maintain EKS-based services and Kubernetes workloads * Build and manage Terraform infrastructure across environments (dev/staging/prod) * Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployment (GitLab/GitHub) * Operate and improve Kafka/Redpanda clusters * Improve reliability, observability, and performance of prediction services * Support Dagster for data workflow orchestration * Collaborate with Data Science, ML Engineering, and Data Engineering to productionize models and data pipelines * Strengthen AWS IAM, networking, and connectivity between cloud and on-prem systems * Support cyber hardening efforts with our RTX cyber team * Identify and incrementally improve existing infrastructure and deployment patterns ## Related Videos - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) - [Innovating Developer Tools with AI: Insights from GitHub Next](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1268-innovating-developer-tools-with-ai-insights-from-github-next) - [WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Modern DevOps for IoT Devices and More](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1805-wearedevelopers-live-modern-devops-for-iot-devices-and-more) - [Crew Management System for Airlines: Plan duties for pilots & flight attendants worldwide](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1444-crew-management-system-for-airlines-plan-duties-for-pilots-flight-attendants-worldwide) - [AI Model Management Life Circles: ML Ops For Generative AI Models From Research to Deployment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1152-ai-model-management-life-circles-ml-ops-for-generative-ai-models-from-research-to-deployment) ## Related Articles - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Find a Developer Job: 12 Best Job Sites For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/165-find-a-developer-job-12-best-job-sites-for-developers) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs)