Principal Site Reliability Engineer - Connected... @ Collins Aerospace
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attach_money $150,000
businessHybrid
scheduleFull Time
Posted 1 day ago
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Overview
This Principal Site Reliability Engineer - Connected Aviation role at Collins Aerospace is remote and supports the connected aviation ecosystem. You will be part of a team responsible for service availability, performance, monitoring, incident response, and capacity planning in AWS hosted infrastructures.
Responsibilities
- Own and manage AWS-hosted infrastructures for commercial products
- Enhance and troubleshoot AWS environments using best practices
- Develop infrastructure as code with AWS CDK and CloudFormation
- Collaborate in agile feature development and continuous deployment
- Drive migration of multi-tenant applications to AWS cloud
- Participate in on-call support for critical service incidents
Learning and Collaboration
Learn to innovate new infrastructures and systems within a team that values continuous improvement. Gain expertise in balancing development speed with reliability while meeting service-level objectives and collaborating with global colleagues.
Qualifications
- STEM degree with 8+ years experience or Advanced Degree with 5+ years
- U.S. Person required for ITAR or EAR information access
- Proficient in AWS, .NET or Python, and scripting (Bash/Powershell)
- Experience with AWS ECS, PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, Docker, and Git
- Familiarity with system design, capacity planning, and agile methodologies
Preferred Experience
- Dual background in systems infrastructure and software engineering
- Experience in reporting, monitoring, Azure Dev Ops, and Pulumi
- Knowledge of network segmentation, routing, and security best practices
- Strong communication skills for documentation and stakeholder engagement
Benefits
Competitive benefits include medical, dental, vision insurance, generous vacation, 401(k) matching, tuition reimbursement, life insurance, disability coverage, and more.
Key skills/competency
- AWS
- Site Reliability
- CloudFormation
- Infrastructure
- Agile
- Python
- Automation
- Scripting
- Docker
- Monitoring
How to Get Hired at Collins Aerospace
🎯 Tips for Getting Hired
- Research Collins Aerospace: Understand their aviation technology and culture.
- Customize your resume: Highlight AWS and SRE experience.
- Prepare technical examples: Showcase cloud and automation skills.
- Practice situational questions: Reflect on real incident responses.
📝 Interview Preparation Advice
Technical Preparation
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Review AWS architecture fundamentals and best practices.
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Practice writing infrastructure as code exercises.
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Study containerization with Docker and orchestration.
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Rehearse cloud incident resolution scenarios.
Behavioral Questions
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Describe a challenging cloud incident you resolved.
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Explain a time you collaborated across teams effectively.
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Discuss managing multiple priorities under pressure.
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Share a story of implementing continuous improvements.
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