Principal Engineer DevOps

Northrop Grumman Corp. (AU); Linthicum (MD); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

Requisition ID: R10164651

• Category: Engineering

• Location: Linthicum, Maryland, United States of America

• Clearance Type: SCI

• Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this position

• Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time

• Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available

This position description does not represent a current opening but may be used to identify candidates with skills and experience for positions within Northrop Grumman that frequently become available. Candidates who express an interest may be considered for future positions at Northrop Grumman.

Responsibilities:

• Design, deploy, and maintain DevOps infrastructure supporting multiple teams across multiple development, test, and production environments;

• Assist with the development, testing, maintenance and debugging of CI/CD pipelines;

• Define and implement DevOps processes, policies, and procedures;

• Grow DevOps awareness and improve adoption through mentoring and advocacy.

Common Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or comparable degree;

• Experience with the Agile software development lifecycle;

• Experience using Linux and Windows operating systems;

• Experience with IP, DNS, and SSL networking concepts;

• Experience writing or maintaining BASH and Python programs/scripts;

• Experience using or administering Git source control or infrastructure;

• Experience using or administering CI/CD pipelines or infrastructure;

• Experience using or administering Docker and Kubernetes container technologies;

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with quick turnaround times and shifting priorities;

• Candidates must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a US DoD TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph

Basic Qualifications Level 3:

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in software development or DevOps (3 years with a MS degree; 0 years with PhD);

• Common Basic Qualifications (see above).

Common Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience employing Agile software methodologies and tools: Scrum, Kanban, Jira;

• Experience administering Red Hat Linux within an Active Directory domain;

• Experience with additional/advanced networking concepts, e.g., DHCP, LDAP, NFS, CIFS, SMTP, NTP, Kerberos, TLS, PKI, routing, BGP, IPsec, MACsec;

• Experience writing or maintaining programs/scripts written in additional languages, e.g., PowerShell, C/C++, Java, JavaScript, Matlab;

• Experience using and administering GitLab CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure, including security and quality tool integration with, e.g., Nessus, Trivy, SonarQube;

• Experience using or administering additional container technologies, e.g., Istio, Helm, MinIO;

• Experience writing, maintaining, or employing Infrastructure as Code technologies, e.g., Ansible, Terraform;

• Experience using or administering monitoring tools, e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios, Splunk;

• Experience using or administering binary repository tools, e.g., Nexus, Artifactory;

• Experience using or administering web application stacks, e.g., JavaScript/Node/React, Python/Flask/Gunicorn, Java/Tomcat, Apache, Ngnix;

• Experience using or administering database tools, e.g., MariaDB, InfluxDB, MongoDB;

• Experience using build systems, e.g., Visual Studio Build, MSBuild, CMake, Maven, Ant;

• Experience writing and maintaining GitLab CI/CD pipelines;

• Experience administrating DevOps technologies (e.g., GitLab, Prometheus, Kubernetes, Nexus) in a production environment;

• Background in chip fabrication and test, such as ASIC manufacturing;

• Active TS/SCI Clearance with Polygraph

Salary Range: $102,400 - $153,600

The 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.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.