DevOps Engineer Level 2 (AHT)

Northrop Grumman

107d • $89,400 - $134,200

About The Position

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 Defense Systems has an opening for a DevOps Engineer Level 2 with an active clearance, to join our Advanced Weapons team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be in Northridge, CA. Relocation assistance, while not guaranteed, may be available. The selected candidate for this position is required to be on-site in Northridge, CA. No remote or hybrid opportunities. As an integral part of our multi-discipline engineering team in Advanced Weapons, you will be on the forefront of developing next generation solutions to protect technology for our nation’s warfighters. The ideal candidate will be supporting one of our programs for defining and architecting a secured missile weapon system. This position will require close collaboration with team members of other projects within the organization for security architecture designs as well as external partners and customers. The successful candidate will have foundational experience in DevOps and a strong willingness to learn and grow in DevSecOps practices, focusing on multi-region and multi-network architectures. All candidates must have a Security+ certification.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM related field with 2 years Computer Engineering or Software Engineering experience, or Master’s with 0 years Computer Engineering or Software Engineering.
• Security+ Certification
• Strong working knowledge of Windows and Linux environments
• Experience with Atlassian tools (Jira, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Nexus, and SonarQube)
• Experience with Git
• Experience creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
• Active DOD security clearance

Nice To Haves

• Basic familiarity with SCA tools (e.g., Trivy, Grype, Syft) is a plus.
• Experience with container orchestration tools such as Kubernetes or OpenShift.
• Knowledge of AWS services, particularly S3, VPC, and IAM.
• Experience with Iron Bank container technologies.
• Exposure to GovCloud (AWS GovCloud) is a plus.
• Exposure to cloud technologies, specifically AWS (0-2 years preferred).
• Interest in working in an air-gapped environment.
• Experience with VxWorks is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the implementation and maintenance of secure CI/CD pipelines designed for multi-region, multi-network applications.
• Gain familiarity with SCA tools; participate in vulnerability assessment and remediation.
• Collaborate with senior engineers to integrate security practices into development workflows.
• Help develop and support compliance as code, security as code, and configuration as code initiatives to ensure adherence to security and compliance requirements.
• Contribute to documentation for processes, configurations, and security policies.
• Support the monitoring and analysis of security threats.
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-190, NIST 800-171, and NIST SP 800-160.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company paid holidays
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree