Onsite DevOps Engineer (TS/SCI) — Space Systems

Northrop Grumman

El Segundo (CA)

On-site

USD 114,000 - 213,000

Full time

19 hours ago

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Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a DevOps Engineer (Level 3 or 4) for our Space Systems division in El Segundo. This 100% onsite role will design, implement, and operate secure CI/CD pipelines and IaC across cloud and on-prem environments, ensuring compliance with aerospace standards.

The role requires SCI-level clearance, leadership experience, and expertise with Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, and OpenStack. You will collaborate with software and operations teams in a SCIF setting on a 9/80

Qualifications

Active TS/SCI clearance required at time of application.
5+ years of DevOps experience.
5+ years in a technical leadership role managing technical objectives.
Experience in Jira metrics reporting.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Terraform & Ansible.
Experience with Kubernetes (K8s)

Responsibilities

Automate cloud-native technologies, deploy applications, and provision critical infrastructure.
Work with microservices and distributed application architecture (containers, Kubernetes, serverless).
Operate within OpenStack cloud ecosystem to configure and deploy optimized infrastructure.
Ensure monitoring and health of resources deployed via Nagios or similar tools.
Document procedures used during deployment cycles.
Mentor and cross-train DevOps team members; assist in troubleshooting tasks.
Implement clean infrastructure-as-code that adheres to best practices (Terraform).
Other duties as assigned.