Senior DevOps Engineer (Level 3) - CI/CD & Containerization

OpenTalent; Schriever Space Force Base (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Systems seeks a Principal DevOps Engineer - Level 3 to design, implement, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines for modeling and simulation environments at facilities in Colorado Springs and Schriever Space Force Base, CO. You will ensure secure automation, containerization, and scalable infrastructure across missions.

The role requires a strong background in DevOps tooling (Jenkins, GitLab, Bamboo, Docker/Podman, SonarQube) and a U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with 5+ years of related experience; or Master’s with 3+ years; or PhD with 1+ year.
• Current, active, in-scope U.S. Government issued Secret clearance at time of application (required to start)
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 10% to support business needs
• Experience with containerization and container runtime technologies (Docker, Podman, or similar)

Responsibilities

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

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Containerization

Security & compliance

Credential management

Automation & scripting

Collaboration with dev/test teams

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Master’s degree in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab Runner

Bamboo

Docker

Podman

SonarQube

Gherkin

Cucumber

Job description

Northrop Grumman Space Systems seeks a Principal DevOps Engineer - Level 3 to design, implement, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines for modeling and simulation environments at facilities in Colorado Springs and Schriever Space Force Base, CO. You will ensure secure automation, containerization, and scalable infrastructure across missions.

The role requires a strong background in DevOps tooling (Jenkins, GitLab, Bamboo, Docker/Podman, SonarQube) and a U.S.