DevOps Engineer - Level 3 or 4
About The Position
Northrop Grumman Space Systems, Multi-Domain Operations, and Missile Defense Integration Business Unit is hiring a Principal DevOps Engineer – Level 3 or Sr. Principal DevOps Engineer – Level 4. The position is located on-site at Schriever Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The engineer plans and evolves processes and infrastructure that support rapid maturation and deployment of capabilities while sustaining a stable security posture and incorporating stakeholder feedback. Work takes place in lab and development environments comprising virtualized, containerized, and bare-metal systems, with a focus on build and deployment workflows, automation, and operating system practices. The engineer integrates development pipelines using automation, test-driven development tools, and continuous integration and testing frameworks. The role implements provisioning and deployment through packaging, automation scripts, or manual distribution, and applies agile principles in an environment of continuous feedback. The engineer collaborates with software developers, production operations, and other engineering teams to support build environments, development workflows, and operating-system issues, enabling efficient software development and delivery with tools such as Kubernetes, SonarQube, and Podman. The requisition may be filled at either Level 3 or Level 4, or at a higher grade based on qualifications. Candidates must hold an active, in-scope U.S. Government Secret security clearance at application and be able to start with that clearance. Travel is 10%, and alternate shifts may be required to support business needs.
Requirements
- For Level 3: Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline and 5 years of related work experience, or a STEM master’s degree and 3 years of related experience, or a STEM Ph.D. and 1 year of related experience. A high school diploma and 9 years of related work experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
- For Level 4: Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline and 8 years of related experience, or a STEM master’s degree and 6 years of experience, or a Ph.D. and 4 years of experience. A high school diploma and 12 years of related work experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
- Current, active, in-scope U.S. Government-issued Secret security clearance at the time of application, required to start.
- Ability and flexibility to work alternate shifts if required to support business needs.
- Ability and willingness to travel 10% to support business needs.
- For Level 3: Strong understanding of Linux-based environments, such as Red Hat or similar enterprise distributions, in lab, development, or production settings, particularly for build, integration, and deployment workflows.
- For Level 3: Experience with scripting, such as Bash or Python, to automate configuration, deployment, and maintenance tasks.
- For Level 3: Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code and configuration automation, such as Ansible or Terraform.
- For Level 3: Demonstrated ability to collaborate with engineers and technical leads on schedule-driven programs, including adherence to lockdown windows and configuration baselines.
- For Level 4: Advanced experience designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, including integration of automated testing, code quality, and security-scanning tools.
- For Level 4: Strong background in Linux-based development and test environments, especially supporting scalable, automated build and deployment workflows.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with CI/CD concepts and tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions, including pipeline configuration, build automation, and artifact management.
- Experience with virtualization platforms such as VMware and applying security updates to virtualized and containerized environments.
- Experience with vulnerability scanning and security compliance tools, applying operating-system and security patches, and managing patch repositories for secure DevOps practices.
- Experience supporting build and deployment environments, including maintaining build scripts, installation media, and environment configuration for development and integration labs.
- Experience with or desire to learn the application, deployment, and sustainment of containerized environments.
- Experience with OpenShift, Podman, Docker, and Kubernetes.
- Experience with source control management tools such as Git or Bitbucket, including branching strategies and release management.
- Experience integrating code quality and coverage tools such as SonarQube into CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience with IDM/IPA and RSA for authentication and access control in development and lab environments.
Responsibilities
- Plan, design, and maintain build, integration, test, and deployment environments to support reliable software delivery while maintaining security and stability.
- Implement and support repeatable, scalable provisioning and deployment techniques, including packaging, componentization, containerization, and cloud-based distribution, with configuration management, versioning, and traceability.
- Monitor and improve software quality by implementing code quality and coverage metrics, integrating automated test suites, and enforcing quality controls across environments.
- Collaborate with development, production operations, and engineering teams to optimize workflows, resolve environment issues, and communicate and prioritize planned and unplanned work.
- Administer and support containerized, virtualized, and lab environments, including incident response, patching, system checkout, and restoration of critical services.
- Perform system administration and hardware support, including troubleshooting operating-system, network, and hardware problems; coordinating repairs or replacements; and documenting configurations, procedures, changes, and infrastructure inventories.
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage.
- Life and 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.
- Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions and allow employees to share in company results.
- 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
