On-Site DevOps Engineer — Embedded RTOS CI/CD

OpenTalent; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman in Northridge, CA is seeking a DevOps Engineer Level 2/3 to join our Advanced Weapons team, focusing on end-to-end CI/CD pipelines for missile programs and embedded software in real-time environments. This on-site role requires active DoD Secret clearance with ability to get SAP clearance.

You will work with Jenkins, Nexus, SonarQube, Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence, and build tools such as CMake and VisualStudio to automate testing and deployment.

Qualifications

• Design and develop end-to-end CI/CD pipelines for missile program codebases.
• Experience with embedded software projects and RTOS (VxWorks, FreeRTOS, or QNX) in Windows or Linux.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop end‑to‑end CI/CD pipelines for missile program codebases, developing and integrating with tools such as Jenkins, Nexus, SonarQube, and the Atlassian (Jira, Bitbucket, and Confluence) suite.
• Develop and maintain pipeline automation scripts and build configurations (CMake, VisualStudio, custom build scripts) to support continuous integration, testing, and delivery of embedded software.
• Implement static analysis, code quality gates, and vulnerability scanning within the pipeline using SonarQube and other tooling to enforce secure coding practices across C++, Python, and VxWorks projects.
• Collaborate with embedded software engineers to tailor build and test processes for real‑time, safety‑critical applications, handling cross‑compilation, hardware‑in‑the‑loop testing, and simulation environments.
• Coordinate across multiple networks and sites, standardizing pipeline configurations, ensuring consistent security posture, and facilitating seamless integration of code and artifacts across geographically dispersed teams.
• Maintain up‑to‑date documentation of pipeline architecture, build processes, security controls, and compliance evidence to support audits and accreditation activities .

Skills

DevOps

CI/CD

Security practices

Embedded software development

Real-time systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer/Electrical Engineering or STEM

Master’s degree (optional)

Tools

Jenkins

Nexus

SonarQube

Jira

Bitbucket

Confluence

CMake

VisualStudio

Job description

Northrop Grumman in Northridge, CA is seeking a DevOps Engineer Level 2/3 to join our Advanced Weapons team, focusing on end-to-end CI/CD pipelines for missile programs and embedded software in real-time environments. This on-site role requires active DoD Secret clearance with ability to get SAP clearance.

You will work with Jenkins, Nexus, SonarQube, Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence, and build tools such as CMake and VisualStudio to automate testing and deployment.