DevOps / Principal DevOps Engineer (AHT)
About The Position
Northrop Grumman Space Systems is hiring a DevOps or Principal DevOps Engineer to augment its team in Aurora, Colorado. The role plans and evolves processes and infrastructure supporting rapid capability maturation and deployment. It integrates automated development pipelines with testing and continuous integration/test frameworks, and defines program standards for building, deploying, provisioning, and monitoring systems. The engineer works in an Agile development team to deliver end-to-end automation for deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management. The position builds and configures delivery environments, creates scripts or templates to automate infrastructure provisioning and management, and collaborates with development teams to establish continuous integration and delivery systems. It also monitors and supports installed systems and infrastructure, resolves problems with vendors and IT personnel, maintains systems and software, and evaluates application performance to identify and address bottlenecks. The position may be staffed at Level 2 or Level 3, depending on qualifications. An active, current, in-scope U.S. Government Top Secret clearance and CI Polygraph are required at application, along with the ability to obtain and maintain SCI approval/access. U.S. citizenship is required. Relocation assistance may be available, and travel is 10% of the time.
Requirements
- U.S. citizenship.
- Active U.S. Government Top Secret clearance at application, current and within scope, with ability to obtain and maintain SCI approval/access.
- Active U.S. Government CI Polygraph at application, current and within scope.
- Level 2: Bachelor's degree and at least 2 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree and 0 years of experience.
- Level 3: Bachelor's degree and at least 5 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree and at least 3 years of experience.
- Experience integrating and testing software.
- Experience deploying services in a Kubernetes environment using Helm Charts.
- Ability to troubleshoot and fix deployments and update charts to ensure future success.
- Strong Linux skills.
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to bridge system expertise and Tier 1 support.
Nice To Haves
- Experience deploying Kafka, NiFi, or Confluent.
- Experience working as Tier 3 support for an operational system.
Responsibilities
- Plan and evolve processes and infrastructure for programs supporting rapid capability maturation and deployment.
- Integrate development pipelines using automation, test-driven development tools, and continuous integration/test frameworks.
- Define and implement standards for program build, deployment, provisioning, and monitoring.
- Ensure implementation of Software Configuration Management, code quality, and code coverage through automated testing in CI/CD pipelines.
- Work on an Agile development team to deliver end-to-end automation for deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management.
- Build and configure delivery environments supporting CI/CD tools using an Agile delivery methodology.
- Create scripts and templates to automate infrastructure provisioning and management tasks.
- Collaborate with development teams to create automated continuous integration and continuous delivery systems.
- Work with vendors and IT personnel to resolve problems.
- Monitor and support installed systems and infrastructure.
- Develop custom scripts to improve system efficiency and reduce manual intervention.
- 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 insurance.
- Disability insurance.
- Savings plan.
- Company-paid holidays.
- Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
- Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus.
- Relocation assistance may be available.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
