Senior Principal DevOps Engineer - TS Clearance, SCIF Onsite

Northrop Grumman; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 123,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

401k

Educational Assistance

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Li

Paid Time Off

Health & Wellness Resources

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is hiring a DevOps Engineer to advance cloud-native automation, OpenStack management, and IaC practices. The role begins in Albuquerque, NM, with relocation to Dulles, VA after 1–2 years. Onsite work in a SCIF environment is required, with some travel between sites.

You will join a diverse team providing real-life solutions, mentoring peers, and contributing to cutting-edge programs while adhering to security and compliance standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM with 8+ years of experience required; or Master’s with 6+ years; or PhD with 4+ years.
• 5+ years of DevOps or software development experience.
• 5+ years in a technical leadership role managing technical objectives and Jira metrics reporting.
• U.S. Citizenship with a current or active Top-Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Automate cloud native technologies, deploy applications, and provision infrastructure.
• Work with microservices and containers (Kubernetes) and serverless tech as applicable.
• Work within the OpenStack cloud ecosystem to configure and deploy infrastructure.
• Ensure monitoring and health of deployed resources using Nagios or equivalent.
• Document deployment procedures and maintenance tasks.
• Mentor cross-training within the DevOps team and assist in troubleshooting.
• Implement infrastructure-as-code with Terraform and related tools.

Skills

Terraform

Ansible

Linux

Python

OpenStack

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM with 8+ years experience; or Master’s with 6+ years; or PhD with 4+ years

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab

OpenStack

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is hiring a DevOps Engineer to advance cloud-native automation, OpenStack management, and IaC practices. The role begins in Albuquerque, NM, with relocation to Dulles, VA after 1–2 years. Onsite work in a SCIF environment is required, with some travel between sites.

You will join a diverse team providing real-life solutions, mentoring peers, and contributing to cutting-edge programs while adhering to security and compliance standards.