Top Secret DevOps Architect - CI/CD & IaC Expert

Northrop Grumman; Aurora (CO); On-site; USD 136,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Relocation assistance

Health and life insurance

Job summary

Northrop Grumman in Colorado seeks a senior engineer to plan and evolve processes and infrastructure for rapid capability maturation and deployment. You will integrate development pipelines with automation and CI/CD, define build, deployment, provisioning, and monitoring standards, and ensure SCM, code quality, and automated testing within CI/CD pipelines.

Join an Agile team to automate deployment and infrastructure management, build delivery environments, and create scripts for provisioning.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret clearance required at time of application.
• Active CI Polygraph at time of application.
• U.S. Citizenship.
• Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of relevant experience or 6 years with a Master's.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and provisioning technology.
• Security+ CE or DoD 8570 IAT/IAM II certification.
• Linux administration experience.
• Experience with Agile software development.

Responsibilities

• Plan and evolve processes and infrastructure for rapid capability maturation and deployment.
• Integrate development pipelines leveraging automation with test-driven development tools and CI/CD frameworks.
• Define and implement build, deployment, provisioning, and monitoring standards.
• Ensure SCM, code quality, and code coverage with automated testing for CI/CD pipelines.
• Work as part of an Agile development team to deliver end-to-end automation of deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management.
• Build and configure delivery environments supporting CD/CI tools using an Agile delivery methodology.
• Create scripts and templates to automate provisioning and management tasks.
• Collaborate with development teams to create an automated CI/CD system.
• Work with vendors and IT personnel for problem resolution.
• Monitor and support all installed systems and infrastructure.
• Develop custom scripts to increase system efficiency and reduce human intervention.
• Contribute to the design of information and operational support systems.
• Install, configure, test and maintain OS, apps, and system mgmt tools.
• Oversee security, backup and redundancy strategies.
• Evaluate performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement solutions with developers.

Skills

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD pipelines

Agile development

Linux administration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Security+ CE or DoD 8570 IAT/IAM II

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Azure Bicep/ARM

Kubernetes

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Job description

Northrop Grumman in Colorado seeks a senior engineer to plan and evolve processes and infrastructure for rapid capability maturation and deployment. You will integrate development pipelines with automation and CI/CD, define build, deployment, provisioning, and monitoring standards, and ensure SCM, code quality, and automated testing within CI/CD pipelines.

Join an Agile team to automate deployment and infrastructure management, build delivery environments, and create scripts for provisioning.