DevOps Engineer (INF) – Level 2 or 3

Northrop Grumman•Morrisville, NC

12h•Onsite

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. Expand your horizons, advance your career, and contribute to a secure future for generations. Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector invites you to bring your pioneering spirit to our collaborative teams. As a DevOps Engineer (INF) – Level 2 or 3 supporting a team located in Morrisville, NC , you’ll be a linchpin in missions of paramount importance, defining the art of the possible from day one. This role will be a member of our Infrastructure (INF) element team focusing on DevOps improvement, This work will primarily be performed in a SCIF environment. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work . This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off.

Requirements

Requires an active Top-Secret (TS)/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance [ TS/SCI ] AND an adjudicated Counterintelligence polygraph ( CI Poly ) at time of application
Level 2 : Bachelor’s degree with 2 years of relevant experience
An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a completed Bachelor’s
Master’s degree with 0 years of relevant experience
Level 3 : ( Principal level ) Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of relevant experience
An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a completed Bachelor’s
Master’s degree with 3 years of relevant experience
PhD with 1 year of relevant experience
Proven DevOps experience in CI/CI pipelines, Containerization (specifically Docker and Podman), and Kubernetes
Current Security+, CISSP, or other certification that meets DoD 8140 IAT Level II or Level III

Nice To Haves

GitLab/GitLab-CI
Terraform
K9s
Cloud
Python

Responsibilities

Responsible for planning and evolving processes and infrastructure to execute programs supporting rapid capability maturation and deployment.
Integrates development pipelines leveraging automation with test-driven development tools and continuous integration/test frameworks.
Define and implement the build, deployment, provisioning, and monitoring standards for the program.
Ensures implementation of Software Configuration Management (SCM), code quality, and code coverage with automated testing for Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
Work as part of an Agile development team to deliver end-end automation of deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management framework.
Build and configure delivery environments supporting CD/CI tools using an Agile delivery methodology.
Create scripts and/or templates to automate infrastructure provisioning and management tasks.
Work closely with development teams to create an automated continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) system.
Work together with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution
Monitor and support all installed systems and infrastructure.
Develop custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any 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 the company’s security, backup, and redundancy strategies.
Evaluate application performance, identify potential bottlenecks, develop solutions, and implement them with the help of developers.