Senior DevOps Engineer — TS/SCI, Kubernetes & OpenStack

Northrop Grumman; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 161,000 - 241,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman's Space Sector in Colorado Springs seeks a DevOps Engineer – Level 5 to join our mission critical programs onsite. You will advance cloud native deployments, automate infrastructure, and mentor the DevOps team in best practices.

The role requires an active TS/SCI clearance and a strong background in Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, OpenStack, and modern CI/CD tools. Expect a challenging environment with complex operations and opportunities to grow.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance at time of application.
• Bachelor’s degree with 12 years of relevant experience (or higher degrees with corresponding experience).
• 8+ years of DevOps experience and 8+ years in technical leadership.
• Experience with Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes.
• OpenStack experience and Linux scripting.
• Experience with Jira metrics reporting.

Responsibilities

• Automate cloud native technologies, deploy applications, and provision critical infrastructure
• Work with microservices and distributed architecture, such as containers, Kubernetes, and/ or serverless
• Work within the OpenStack cloud ecosystem to configure and deploy optimized infrastructure
• Ensure monitoring and health of resources via Nagios or other enterprise tools
• Document procedures used during deployment cycles
• Mentor cross-train and grow technical talent within the DevOps team
• Implement infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and best practices

Skills

DevOps

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Jira metrics reporting

OpenStack management

Python

Linux shell scripting

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

PhD

Tools

OpenStack

Docker

GitLab/Jenkins

Job description

Northrop Grumman's Space Sector in Colorado Springs seeks a DevOps Engineer – Level 5 to join our mission critical programs onsite. You will advance cloud native deployments, automate infrastructure, and mentor the DevOps team in best practices.

The role requires an active TS/SCI clearance and a strong background in Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, OpenStack, and modern CI/CD tools. Expect a challenging environment with complex operations and opportunities to grow.