Top Secret DevOps Engineer - Principal Level

Northrop Grumman

Aurora (CO)

On-site

USD 88,000 - 171,000

Full time

3 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance
Sign-on bonus
Health insurance

Job summary

Northrop Grumman's Space Systems Sector is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer. Based in Aurora, CO, the role supports rapid capability maturation, CI/CD automation, and infrastructure management within an Agile team. A Top Secret clearance and CI Poly are required.

Responsibilities include building and deploying automated pipelines, implementing SCM and testing, and collaborating with developers to optimize performance. Sign-on bonus applies; relocation assistance may be available.

Qualifications

  • Active Top Secret with SCI access at time of application.
  • US citizenship is required.
  • Bachelor's degree with 2+ years for Level 2, 5+ for Level 3.
  • Experience with infrastructure-as-code and provisioning.
  • DoD 8570 IAT/IAM II certification or equivalent.
  • Linux administration experience.
  • Experience in Agile development.

Responsibilities

  • Plan and evolve processes and infrastructure for rapid capability maturation.
  • Automate build/deploy/test pipelines; implement CI/CD.
  • Define provisioning and monitoring standards.
  • Ensure SCM, code quality, and test coverage.
  • Collaborate with development teams to automate CI/CD systems.
  • Monitor and support installed systems and infrastructure.
  • Oversee security, backup, and redundancy strategies.
  • Evaluate performance and optimize bottlenecks with developers.

Skills

Active Top Secret clearance
CI Polygraph
Infrastructure as code
Agile software development
Linux administration
Experience with CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Terraform
Ansible
Kubernetes
AWS
Azure
Jenkins

Job description

Northrop Grumman's Space Systems Sector is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer. Based in Aurora, CO, the role supports rapid capability maturation, CI/CD automation, and infrastructure management within an Agile team. A Top Secret clearance and CI Poly are required.

Responsibilities include building and deploying automated pipelines, implementing SCM and testing, and collaborating with developers to optimize performance. Sign-on bonus applies; relocation assistance may be available.

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