{"id":1672515,"url":"https://alion.io/job/rolls-royce-controls-operations-engineer","title":"Controls Operations Engineer","company":{"id":6805,"name":"Rolls-Royce","domain":"rolls-royce.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/rolls-royce","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":75,"open_postings":8,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":1,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":null,"computed_at":"2026-10-03T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":null,"employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Indianapolis, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":82882,"max":87026,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":87026},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Ansible","optional":false},{"name":"Configuration Management","optional":false},{"name":"ITIL","optional":false},{"name":"Linux","optional":false},{"name":"Platform Engineering","optional":false},{"name":"VMWare","optional":false},{"name":"Windows","optional":false},{"name":"Windows Server","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-28T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-28","last_verified_at":"2026-10-03T23:43:06Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":6,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":6},"description":"Job Description\nControls Operations Engineer\nDuration: Permanent\nLocation: Indianapolis, Indiana \nWhy join Rolls-Royce?\nAt Rolls-Royce we are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.\nOur emerging talent programs are designed to help you build your career from day one. You'll work on meaningful projects, learn from experienced colleagues, and develop the skills to make a real impact. That's Infinite Potential.\nRole overview:\nIn this role, you'll be based in the Integrated Controls Systems (ICS) capability group.\nThis group is part of Rolls-Royce Engineering, Technology and Safety, the central home for engineering skills in the Rolls-Royce group.\nThe ICS group is made of a diverse group of engineering covering: Software (traditional and model-base), Systems, Electronics, Electrical Power, Mechanical, and System Security. We work closely together in design, integration, testing, service support, and supply chain management to ensure our customers’ needs are met.\nWhat you’ll be doing:\nControls Operations Engineer works on a wide variety of projects to support Rolls-Royce’s diverse customer base. Responsible areas include, but not limited to maintaining IT infrastructure, interacting with a global IT and program development teams, investigating, developing, and implementing new features that improve efficiency, productivity, or security of our mission critical data.\nAs a Controls Operations Engineer, you'll be supporting the existing development environment through its lifecycle, including diagnosing issues, maintaining various systems, and designing for future growth demands. Opportunities in this role include but are not limited to developing IT and security infrastructure requirements with internal customers, solving platform integration issues, and working with the various teams in creating effective solutions.\nControls Operations Engineer is involved in:\nAssisting in the administration, configuration, and support virtual machines, and physical machines\nHelping design, manage, and support engineering development, project management, and team collaboration software\nDocumenting infrastructure configurations, procedures, and changes\nTroubleshooting platform issues in collaboration with infrastructure and solution support architects\nConducting security vulnerability remediation using Linux/Windows diagnostic tools to trace active processes, assess system dependencies, and execute safe mitigation plans without disrupting live production services\nProviding support in the design and deployment of Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), a mandatory verification framework to protect sensitive defense information\nWho we’re looking for:\nBachelor’s degree in mechanical or aerospace, and/or related degreeEducated at degree level in STEM subjects, including Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering\n\nFoundational understanding of networking concepts, server architecture, infrastructure / platform engineering, and virtualization / cloud concepts (especially VMware)\nExperience in Linux and Windows Server environments\nExperience querying and managing databases\nExcellent attention to detail, self-motivation, problem solving skills, and ability for written and oral communication to a variety of audiences (e.g. team members, technical experts, and management)\n***Travel: Candidates must be able to commute to various local and regional (West Lafayette) worksites as needed.\nPreferred:\nKnowledge of IT best practices (ITIL) for system monitoring, configuration management, enterprise tools, or improving and aligning services with business objectives\nKnowledge or interest in Linux ecosystems and configuration management (e.g., Ansible) to drive automated, centralized deployments across the infrastructure.\nAn infrastructure-as-software mindset focused on observability, utilizing log tracking to understand system behavior and identifying critical areas for monitoring and redundancy\nOur behaviors drive us - we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. We’ll expect that of you, too.\nMinimum GPA: 3.0\nWork authorization eligibility: To be considered, you must also be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a high-level security clearance.\nGraduation eligibility: Graduating between May 2026 and December 2026\nWhat we offer:\nMeaningful work from day one, with the support to help you succeed \nA culture that invests in your personal and professional development \nThe chance to grow your skills while working on real projects in a global company \nJoin us and help create the technologies that will shape tomorrow. If you're ready to learn, grow and make a lasting difference from day one, we'd love to hear from you.\nRolls-Royce is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristics.\nJob Posting Date\n28 Sep 2026; 00:09Pay Range\n-AnnuallyLocation\n$82,882 - $87,026 Benefits\nRolls-Royce provides a comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards package that includes base pay and a discretionary bonus plan. Eligible employees may have the opportunity to enroll in other benefits, including health, dental, vision, disability, life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance; a flexible spending account; a health savings account; a 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match; Employee Assistance Program; Paid Time Off; certain paid holidays; paid parental and family care leave; tuition reimbursement; and a long-term incentive plan. The options available to an employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as date of hire, employment type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5846,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Professional development","Retirement plans"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Manufacturing","Aerospace Manufacturing","Aircraft Manufacturing"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-02T07:19:45Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 2 · green card filings: 1","filings_12m":2,"filings_prev_12m":1,"green_card_filings_12m":1,"median_offered_wage_usd":102500,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-03T21:08:04+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":81,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.812,"p_room":1,"age_days":5,"expected_fill_days":21,"reasons":["conf:22","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-03T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":87026,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/rolls-royce-controls-operations-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/rolls-royce-controls-operations-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-04T02:18:13Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":3268,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":1732,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-05T00:00:00Z"}}}