Staff DevOps Engineer - Space Systems (Top Secret)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Bonus program

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Corporation is seeking an experienced Staff DevOps Engineer for positions based in Aurora, CO, Morrisville, NC, or Sacramento, CA. The role requires an active Top Secret clearance with SCI access and a CI Polygraph.

A Bachelor’s degree and extensive experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Linux, and Agile development are expected. The team focuses on automation, CI/CD, and secure, scalable infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Active U.S. Government Top Secret clearance with SCI access.
• Active CI Polygraph required at time of application.
• Bachelor’s degree with extensive relevant experience (12+ years or equivalent).
• Must have AWS, Kubernetes and Terraform experience.
• Current Security+ certification.
• Linux administration experience.
• Experience in an Agile software development environment.

Responsibilities

• Plan and evolve processes and infrastructure to support rapid capability maturation and deployment.
• Integrate development pipelines with automation, test-driven development, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Define build, deployment, provisioning, and monitoring standards for the program.
• Ensure SCM, code quality, and automated testing coverage across CI/CD.
• Collaborate on an Agile team to automate deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management.
• Develop scripts/templates to automate provisioning and management tasks.

Skills

Active TS clearance

CI Polygraph

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Linux administration

Agile development

Security+

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Northrop Grumman Corporation is seeking an experienced Staff DevOps Engineer for positions based in Aurora, CO, Morrisville, NC, or Sacramento, CA. The role requires an active Top Secret clearance with SCI access and a CI Polygraph.

A Bachelor’s degree and extensive experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Linux, and Agile development are expected. The team focuses on automation, CI/CD, and secure, scalable infrastructure.