Principal DevOps Engineer (AHT)

Northrop Grumman Corp.; Morrisville (NC); On-site; USD 114,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer to drive automation, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure for rapid capability maturation across programs. You will work with Agile teams to deploy and monitor systems while maintaining high security and reliability.

The role requires active TS clearance and CI polygraph, US citizenship, and a background in Linux-based operations. Relocation assistance and a strong benefits package are available.

Qualifications

• Active U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance
• Active CI Polygraph
• U.S. Citizenship
• Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years relevant experience; 3 years with a Master
• Linux administration experience
• Experience in an Agile development framework
• Experience with multiple listed tools and cloud services (see preferred qualifications)

Responsibilities

• Plan and evolve infrastructure for programs
• Automate pipelines and CI/CD with test-driven development
• Define build, deploy, provisioning, and monitoring standards
• Ensure SCM, code quality, and test automation in CI/CD
• Work in an Agile team to automate deployment and infra management
• Configure delivery environments for CD/CI tools
• Create scripts to automate provisioning and management tasks
• Collaborate with developers to automate CI/CD systems
• Monitor and support installed systems and infrastructure
• Oversee security, backup, and redundancy strategies
• Identify bottlenecks and implement improvements with developers

Skills

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS

Linux

Agile

Scripting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Master’s degree in a related field

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab

Bamboo

Grafana

Prometheus

Loki

Helm

Flux

DynamoDB

NATS

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be availableCLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: YesCLEARANCE TYPE: PolygraphTRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescriptionAt Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.Northrop Grumman Space Systems is looking for a Principal DevOps Engineer to augment our team. This position can be based in Aurora, CO or Morrisville, NCPrimary Responsibilities: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 resolutionMonitor 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.Evaluate application performance, identify potential bottlenecks, develop solutions, and implement them with the help of developers.Basic Qualifications:Must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with the ability to obtain and maintain SCI approval/access.Must have an active U.S. Government CI Polygraph at time of application, current and within scope.United States CitizenshipBachelor’s degree with 5 + years of relevant experience; 3 years with a Master'sSecurity+, not needed to start, but must be able to obtain within 6 monthsAdministration experience with Linux or related operating systems.Experience in an Agile software development frameworkExperience with at least 3 of the preferred qualificationsPreferred Qualifications:Active Security+TerraformKubernetes administrationAWS administrationFluxHelmDynamoDBNATS configurationBig Bang (Grafana, Prometheus, Loki)Jenkins/GitLab/Bamboo#LI-VC2#COSpacePrimary Level Salary Range: $114,000.00 - $171,000.00The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.