DevOps Engineer - Level 5 - Active poly - Northrop Grumman

OpenTalent; Aurora (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman in Aurora, CO is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer – Level 5 to join our Space Systems Software team. The role centers on building and evolving automated deployment pipelines and infrastructure to support rapid capability maturation.

You will work with Agile teams to implement CI/CD, SCM, and monitoring standards, develop scripts for provisioning, and collaborate with vendors and IT to ensure secure, reliable operations.

Responsibilities

• Plan and evolve processes and infrastructure to support rapid capability maturation and deployment.
• Integrate development pipelines leveraging automation with test-driven development tools and CI/CT frameworks.
• Define and implement build, deployment, provisioning, and monitoring standards for the program.
• Ensure Software Configuration Management, code quality, and code coverage with automated testing for CI/CD pipelines.
• Work in an Agile team to deliver end-to-end automation of deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management.
• Build and configure delivery environments supporting CD/CI tools using Agile methods.
• Create scripts/templates to automate infrastructure provisioning and management tasks.
• Collaborate with development teams to create automated CI/CD systems.
• Coordinate with vendors and IT personnel for problem resolution.
• Monitor and support all installed systems and infrastructure.
• Develop custom scripts to increase system efficiency and reduce manual tasks.
• Contribute to the design of information and operational support systems.
• Install, configure, test and maintain operating systems, application software and system management tools.
• Oversee security, backup, and redundancy strategies.

Job description

Description

Northrop Grumman's Space Systems Sector is looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer - Level 5 to join our team. This position is based in Aurora, CO.

Eligible for Sign-on Bonus : Must meet the position Basic Qualifications and possess an Active Top Secret/SCI with Full Scope poly.

About our organization:

You'll be joining our growing Aurora Software and Digital Engineering department which has 200+ Software Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Systems Administrator, Database Administrator, and Network Engineer peers from entry-level to the most senior chief engineers and architects. DevOps Engineers frequently get into informal (example: Subject Matter Expert) and formal technical leadership roles within their programs, as applicable and per interest. We have plenty of opportunities for career advancement into higher level technical roles or leadership positions. Our department is part of a larger organization that includes Systems Engineering, Integration, and Test staff as well as a Hardware Engineering unit. This larger organization influences cross-program collaboration, professional development and training, as well as engagement and inclusion activities such as lunch-n-learns, campus events, and leadership mixers.

Essential Functions:

Responsible for planning and evolving processes and infrastructure to execute programs supporting rapid capability maturation and deployment.

Integrates development pipelines leveraging automation with test-driven development tools and continuous integration/test frameworks.

Define and implement the build, deployment, provisioning, and monitoring standards for the program.

Ensures implementation of Software Configuration Management (SCM), code quality, and code coverage with automated testing for Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.

Work as part of an Agile development team to deliver end-end automation of deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management framework.

Build and configure delivery environments supporting CD/CI tools using an Agile delivery methodology.

Create scripts and/or templates to automate infrastructure provisioning and management tasks.

Work closely with development teams to create an automated continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) system.

Work together with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution

Monitor and support all installed systems and infrastructure.

Develop custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any tasks.

Contribute to the design of information and operational support systems.

Install, configure, test and maintain operating systems, application software and system management tools.

Oversee the company's security, backup, and redundancy strategies.