Principal / Sr. Principal DevOps Engineer
About The Position
Northrop Grumman Defense Systems (NGDS) in Huntsville, Alabama, is seeking a Principal or Senior Principal DevOps Engineer to help develop, secure, deploy, and sustain mission applications and their supporting infrastructure. The role works closely with software engineers, cyber operators, platform teams, and other software and systems engineers throughout the software development lifecycle. The selected engineer will support implementation and sustainment of CI/CD pipelines, containerized application environments, system administration, operational support, and field-support functions as needed to maintain mission effectiveness. Candidates should bring a broad mix of technical and interpersonal capabilities to deliver sustainable, high-quality products. An active U.S. Department of Defense Secret clearance is required. Relocation assistance may be available, and travel is approximately 10% of the time.
Requirements
- For the Principal level: a bachelor’s degree or higher in STEM or a related field and 5 or more years of experience, or a master’s degree in STEM and 3 or more years of experience.
- For the Senior Principal level: a bachelor’s degree or higher in STEM or a related field and 8 or more years of experience, or a master’s degree in STEM and 6 or more years of experience.
- Active U.S. Department of Defense Secret security clearance.
- Experience configuring and maintaining DevOps infrastructure-as-code tools and CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar.
- Experience with OCI-compliant container technology and tools such as Podman or Docker.
- Experience managing and troubleshooting containerized workloads using Kubernetes or Docker.
- Experience with Linux, including virtual machines, storage, and networking.
- Experience with distributed revision control systems such as Git.
- Experience supporting system reliability, monitoring, logging, and troubleshooting in production environments.
Nice To Haves
- Scripting experience with Python, Bash, or Go to improve platform efficiency.
- Kubernetes-related certifications such as CKA, CKAD, CKS, or KCSP.
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.
- Experience configuring and administering CNCF tools such as Harbor, ArgoCD, Grafana, Prometheus, and Helm.
- Experience implementing security as code, including automated vulnerability scanning and compliance-driven infrastructure.
- Experience working in an Agile environment and familiarity with Agile principles and practices.
- Experience with project or issue tracking software such as Jira and Confluence.
- Demonstrated understanding of service-based architectures.
- Demonstrated experience deploying and supporting applications in cloud or hybrid environments.
Responsibilities
- Participate in the entire software development lifecycle.
- Work with software engineers, cyber operators, platform teams, and other software and systems engineers to develop, secure, deploy, and sustain mission applications and supporting infrastructure.
- Implement and sustain CI/CD pipelines and DevOps infrastructure.
- Support containerized application environments and manage and troubleshoot containerized workloads.
- Perform system administration and operational support.
- Provide field-support representative-type functions as needed to maintain mission effectiveness.
- Support system reliability, monitoring, logging, and troubleshooting in production environments.
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Savings plan
- Company-paid holidays
- Paid time off for vacation and/or personal business
- Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus, depending on the position.
- Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for long-term incentives.
- Relocation assistance may be available.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
