Staff Cloud & DevOps Engineer | Top Secret Clearance

Northrop Grumman Corporation; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 169,000 - 266,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Corporation is seeking a Staff Cloud and DevOps Engineer to advance automation, CI/CD, and infrastructure management across multiple projects in the Space Systems sector. The role requires active Top Secret clearance and CI polygraph, with work location options in Sacramento, Aurora, or Morrisville.

You will design and implement scalable deployment pipelines, integrate automated testing, and collaborate with development teams to reduce manual intervention while improving system

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship is required to be considered.
• Active U.S. Government Top Secret clearance with SCI access.
• Active U.S. Government CI Polygraph at time of application.
• Bachelor’s degree with 12+ years of relevant experience; 10 years with a Master’s; 8 years with a PhD.
• Must have all of the following: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform.
• Security+ certification.
• Linux administration experience.
• Experience in an Agile software development framework.

Responsibilities

• Plan and evolve processes and infrastructure to support rapid capability maturation and deployment.
• Integrate development pipelines with test-driven development tools and CI/CT frameworks.
• Define build, deployment, provisioning, and monitoring standards for the program.
• Ensure SCM, code quality, and code coverage with automated testing for CI/CD pipelines.
• Work with an Agile team to automate deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Linux administration

Agile development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Tools

Security+

Job description

Northrop Grumman Corporation is seeking a Staff Cloud and DevOps Engineer to advance automation, CI/CD, and infrastructure management across multiple projects in the Space Systems sector. The role requires active Top Secret clearance and CI polygraph, with work location options in Sacramento, Aurora, or Morrisville.

You will design and implement scalable deployment pipelines, integrate automated testing, and collaborate with development teams to reduce manual intervention while improving system