Principal DevOps Engineer - Secret Clearance (Onsite)

Northrop Grumman; Colorado; On-site; USD 104,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Systems, Multi-Domain Operations, and Missile Defense Integration are seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer - Level 3 in Colorado Springs/Schriever Space Force Base. This onsite role focuses on designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and secure automation to accelerate software delivery.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, integrate automated testing and security tooling, and ensure robust uptime while supporting occasional

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited institution with 5+ years of related experience; or Master’s with 3+ years; or PhD with 1+ year.
• Active U.S. Government Secret clearance (in-scope) at time of application.
• Ability to travel up to 10%.
• Experience with containerization and container runtimes (Docker, Podman, etc.).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools.
• Experience deploying applications in containerized environments.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (Jira, GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, SonarQube, Checkmarx, Coverity).
• Hands-on experience with Unix/Linux.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for frequent, reliable software delivery.
• Automate infrastructure deployment, scaling, and management using configuration tools and scripting.
• Manage containerization technologies (Docker, Podman) including rootless/rootful configurations.
• Collaborate with development and test teams to improve build, integration, and deployment processes.
• Integrate automated testing and quality/security tooling into CI/CD pipelines.
• Monitor performance and improve reliability and availability of systems and pipelines.
• Ensure security, compliance, and configuration baselines across environments.
• Work with credential management tools to support secure automation and access control.

Skills

CI/CD

Jenkins

GitLab

Bamboo

Docker

Podman

SonarQube

Gherkin

Cucumber

Unix/Linux

Jira

GitHub

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab Runner

Docker

Podman

SonarQube

Gherkin

Cucumber

Kubernetes

Job description

Northrop Grumman Space Systems, Multi-Domain Operations, and Missile Defense Integration are seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer - Level 3 in Colorado Springs/Schriever Space Force Base. This onsite role focuses on designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and secure automation to accelerate software delivery.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, integrate automated testing and security tooling, and ensure robust uptime while supporting occasional