Senior Principal DevOps Engineer: GitLab CI/CD Lead

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 142,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Sr. Principal DevOps Engineer to lead CI/CD pipeline design and runtime environments. You will own the GitLab-based delivery platform, drive automation across build/test/deploy, and mentor engineers while partnering with development, QA, and operations teams.

Location: Aurora, CO. Required: 8+ years of DevOps experience, active U.S. Top Secret clearance, strong GitLab and Docker skills, and Linux proficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field or equivalent experience.
• Experience with GitLab CI/CD pipelines and Docker environments.
• Strong scripting in Bash or Python and Linux expertise.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve GitLab CI/CD pipelines for multiple services and environments.
• Architect and maintain robust CI/CD workflows including build, test, deploy, and security.
• Mentor engineers in DevOps practices and automation patterns.

Skills

GitLab CI/CD

Scripting

Linux

Agile

Mentoring

Communication

Education

Bachelor's STEM degree

Master's STEM degree

Tools

GitLab

Docker

Docker Swarm

Ansible

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Sr. Principal DevOps Engineer to lead CI/CD pipeline design and runtime environments. You will own the GitLab-based delivery platform, drive automation across build/test/deploy, and mentor engineers while partnering with development, QA, and operations teams.

Location: Aurora, CO. Required: 8+ years of DevOps experience, active U.S. Top Secret clearance, strong GitLab and Docker skills, and Linux proficiency.