Senior Principal Cloud Engineer | TS/SCI Clearance

ngc; Bath Township (OH); On-site; USD 104,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems (NGDS) is seeking a Principal/Sr. Principal Engineer to maintain and enhance DAF CLOUDworks capabilities for the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) in Beavercreek, OH.

The role focuses on cloud engineering across security, infrastructure development, and migration with a 24x7 on-call component. The ideal candidate has strong communication skills, Agile experience, and deep knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/Google), IaC, containers, and microservices.

Qualifications

• High school diploma with 9 years of relevant experience or bachelor’s with 5+ years, or master’s with 3+ years.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degrees preferred for related field.
• Active TS/SCI clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support for DAF CLOUDworks and related cloud services.

Skills

Cloud platforms

IaC

Docker

Kubernetes

Microservices

Bash scripting

PowerShell scripting

Agile methodologies

Jira/Confluence

Security clearance awareness

Networking basics

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

High school diploma

Tools

ArgoCD

Flux

GitLab

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems (NGDS) is seeking a Principal/Sr. Principal Engineer to maintain and enhance DAF CLOUDworks capabilities for the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) in Beavercreek, OH.

The role focuses on cloud engineering across security, infrastructure development, and migration with a 24x7 on-call component. The ideal candidate has strong communication skills, Agile experience, and deep knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/Google), IaC, containers, and microservices.