Staff DevOps Engineer

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 169,000 - 266,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Staff DevOps Engineer to join our Space Systems Sector. The role supports rapid capability maturation and deployment in an Agile environment, with a Top Secret/SCI clearance and US citizenship required.

Positions can be based in Aurora, CO, Morrisville, NC or Sacramento, CA. The role requires experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Linux administration, and CI/CD practices.

Qualifications

• US Citizenship required for consideration.
• Active Top Secret/SCI security clearance required.
• Bachelor’s degree with 12+ years of relevant experience; 10 years with a Master’s; 8 years with a PhD; or equivalent experience.
• Must have AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform.
• Experience with Linux administration.
• Experience in an Agile software development framework.

Responsibilities

• Plan and evolve processes and infrastructure for rapid capability maturation and deployment.
• Integrate development pipelines with automated tests and CI/CD frameworks.
• Define build, deployment, provisioning, and monitoring standards.
• Ensure SCM, code quality, and test coverage in CI/CD pipelines.
• Work in an Agile team to automate deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management.
• Create delivery environments for CD/CI tools using Agile methods.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning via scripts/templates.
• Collaborate with dev teams to automate CI/CD system.
• Coordinate with vendors/IT for issue resolution; monitor systems.
• Develop scripts to improve system efficiency and reduce manual tasks.
• Contribute to design of information and operational support systems.
• Install, configure, test and maintain OS, apps, and management tools.
• Oversee security, backups, redundancy strategies.
• Evaluate app performance, identify bottlenecks, implement solutions with devs.

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret TRAVEL: No Description At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history. Northrop Grumman’s Space Systems Sector is looking for an experienced Staff DevOps Engineer to augment our team. This position can be based in Aurora, CO, Morrisville, NC or Sacramento, CA.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Responsible for planning and evolving processes and infrastructure to execute programs supporting rapid capability maturation and deployment.
• Integrates development pipelines leveraging automation with test-driven development tools and continuous integration/test frameworks.
• Define and implement the build, deployment, provisioning, and monitoring standards for the program.
• Ensures implementation of Software Configuration Management (SCM), code quality, and code coverage with automated testing for Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Work as part of an Agile development team to deliver end-end automation of deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management framework.
• Build and configure delivery environments supporting CD/CI tools using an Agile delivery methodology.
• Create scripts and/or templates to automate infrastructure provisioning and management tasks.
• Work closely with development teams to create an automated continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) system.
• Work together with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution Monitor and support all installed systems and infrastructure.
• Develop custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any tasks.
• Contribute to the design of information and operational support systems.
• Install, configure, test and maintain operating systems, application software and system management tools.
• Oversee the company’s security, backup, and redundancy strategies.
• Evaluate application performance, identify potential bottlenecks, develop solutions, and implement them with the help of developers.

Basic Qualifications:

• United States Citizenship is required to be considered.
• Must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with the ability to obtain and maintain SCI approval/access.
• Must have an active U.S. Government CI Polygraph at time of application, current and within scope.
• Bachelor’s degree with 12 + years of relevant experience; 10 years with a Master's; 8 years with a PhD; or 9 additional years of experience in lieu of a degree.
• Must have all of the following:
  • AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform
  • Current Security+, certification
  • Administration experience with Linux or related operating systems.
  • Experience in an Agile software development framework
  • Experience with at least 3 of the preferred qualifications

Preferred Qualifications:

• Terraform
• Kubernetes administration
• AWS administration
• Flux
• Helm
• DynamoDB
• NATS configuration
• Big Bang (Grafana, Prometheus, Loki)
• Jenkins/GitLab/Bamboo

Primary Level Salary Range:

$169,000.00 - $265,600.00 The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business. The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

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