Principal / Sr. Principal DevOps Engineer (AHT)

Northrop Grumman • Aurora, CO

1d • $114,000 - $203,600

About The Position

Northrop Grumman’s Space Systems Sector is seeking an experienced Principal or Sr. Principal DevOps Engineer. The position may be based in Aurora, Colorado; Morrisville, North Carolina; or Sacramento, California. The role plans and evolves processes and infrastructure for programs focused on rapid capability maturation and deployment, and works with Agile development teams to automate deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management. The position may be staffed at either the Principal or Sr. Principal level based on qualifications.

Requirements

• Active U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance at the time of application, current and within scope, with the ability to obtain and maintain SCI approval/access.
• Active U.S. Government CI Polygraph at the time of application, current and within scope.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Principal level: Bachelor’s degree and 5 or more years of relevant experience; 3 years with a master’s degree; 0 years with a Ph.D.; or 9 additional years of experience in lieu of a degree.
• Sr. Principal level: Bachelor’s degree and 8 or more years of relevant experience; 6 years with a master’s degree; 4 years with a Ph.D.; or 12 additional years of experience in lieu of a degree.
• Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
• Current Security+ certification.
• Administration experience with Linux or related operating systems.
• Experience in an Agile software development framework.
• Experience with at least three preferred qualifications.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Plan and evolve processes and infrastructure to execute programs supporting rapid capability maturation and deployment.
• Integrate development pipelines using automation, test-driven development tools, and continuous integration and test frameworks.
• Define and implement build, deployment, provisioning, and monitoring standards for the program.
• Ensure implementation of Software Configuration Management, 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 CI/CD tools using an Agile delivery methodology.
• Create scripts or templates to automate infrastructure provisioning and management tasks.
• Work with development teams to create an automated continuous integration and continuous delivery system.
• Work with vendors and other IT personnel to resolve problems.
• Monitor and support installed systems and infrastructure.
• Develop custom scripts to improve system efficiency and reduce human intervention in 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 security, backup, and redundancy strategies.
• Evaluate application performance, identify potential bottlenecks, develop solutions, and implement them with developers.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Savings plan.
• Company-paid holidays.
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
• Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus, depending on the position.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal