Senior Platform DevOps Engineer

Northrop Grumman; The Prairies at Wright Field (OH); On-site; USD 83,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems seeks a DevOps Engineer for NASIC at Wright-Patterson AFB. You’ll join a Platform Engineering team to improve deployment, automation, and reliability across cloud and container environments.

The role emphasizes Kubernetes, GitLab, and IaC with DoD-level security expectations; a TS/SCI-capable candidate is preferred. This position involves occasional travel and a strong focus on collaboration and automation.

Qualifications

• Active Department of Defense Top Secret/SSCI clearance required.
• Security+ or CISSP certification preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in STEM with 2+ years’ experience or Master’s with 0 years.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in DevOps, software development, or systems administration.
• Experience with DevOps IaC tools and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and scale foundational infrastructure for NASIC platforms.
• Collaborate within a Platform Engineering team to improve development workflows.
• Implement and manage DevOps practices across cloud and container environments.

Skills

DevOps

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

GitLab

Linux

Python

Bash

Go

Cloud

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master’s degree in STEM

Tools

Harbor

ArgoCD

Grafana

Prometheus

Helm

Job description

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems seeks a DevOps Engineer for NASIC at Wright-Patterson AFB. You’ll join a Platform Engineering team to improve deployment, automation, and reliability across cloud and container environments.

The role emphasizes Kubernetes, GitLab, and IaC with DoD-level security expectations; a TS/SCI-capable candidate is preferred. This position involves occasional travel and a strong focus on collaboration and automation.