Principal DevSecOps Engineer – Secret Clearance

Northrop Grumman; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 114,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman in Boulder, CO, seeks a Principal DevSecOps Engineer – Level 3/4 to design, automate, and secure enterprise CI/CD pipelines in an on‑premises environment. You will implement SCM, code quality, and automated testing, integrating SonarQube, Fortify, and Anchore into builds, with focus on CMake and Conan ecosystems.

The position is on‑site in Boulder and requires US citizenship and a Secret clearance; salary ranges reflect seniority with opportunities for leadership and advancement

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline and related work experience, or advanced degrees with experience.
• Experience with DevSecOps tools and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong understanding of build automation and container orchestration.

Responsibilities

• Pipeline automation to support deployment and modernization of on-premises infrastructure.
• Integrate development pipelines using automation and understand impact of CMake/Conan.
• Develop test-driven tools to replace manual processes in CI/CD.
• Manage container orchestration standards (Kubernetes/OpenShift/Rancher)
• Incorporate security scanning tools into CI/CD (SonarQube/Fortify/Anchore).
• Create IaC scripts to automate provisioning and management tasks.

Skills

Bitbucket

Jenkins

Ansible

Git

Education

STEM degree

Tools

CMake

Conan

Job description

Northrop Grumman in Boulder, CO, seeks a Principal DevSecOps Engineer – Level 3/4 to design, automate, and secure enterprise CI/CD pipelines in an on‑premises environment. You will implement SCM, code quality, and automated testing, integrating SonarQube, Fortify, and Anchore into builds, with focus on CMake and Conan ecosystems.

The position is on‑site in Boulder and requires US citizenship and a Secret clearance; salary ranges reflect seniority with opportunities for leadership and advancement