DevSecOps Engineer - Level 3 or 4

Northrop Grumman•Boulder, CO

4d•$114,000 - $213,400•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. Northrop Grumman Space Systems, Multi-Domain Operations, and Missile Defense Integration Business Unit (BU) has an exciting career opportunity for a Principal/Sr. Principal DevSecOps Engineer – Level 3 or 4 to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. Our domain provides rewarding work that contributes to the latest advancements being made in the industry. The position is located on-site in Boulder, CO. Boulder is nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, and only 25 miles from downtown Denver. We are looking for a Principal/Sr. Principal DevSecOps Engineer – Level 3 or 4 with a passion for developing, automating, and securing creative solutions in an enterprise, on-premises environment. You will be responsible for system analysis, as well as designing, developing, building, testing, implementing, and maintaining various systems to meet functional objectives of the business. In this role, you will ensure the implementation of Software Configuration Management (SCM), code quality, and code coverage. You will implement provisioning and deployment techniques via packaging and containerization, manage enterprise container orchestration, and implement automated testing and security scanning for Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines. You will bring a strong understanding of developer ecosystems using CMake and Conan, as these tools directly influence our automation development strategies. The selected candidate should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and collaborative/teams comprised of all experience levels. This requisition may be filled at a higher grade based on qualifications listed below. This requisition may be filled at either a Principal DevSecOps Engineer – Level 3 or a Principal Systems Engineer – Level 3 or a Sr. Principal DevSecOps Engineer – Level 4.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 5 years of related work experience, or a Master's Degree in STEM and 3 years of related work experience, or a PhD and 1 year of related work experience (for Level 3).
Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 8 years of related experience; a Master’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of related experience; or a PhD with 4 years of related experience (for Level 4).
U.S. Citizenship.
Current active in-scope U.S. Government issued Secret security clearance at the time of application which is required to start.
Comprehensive technical experience with a variety of DevSecOps tools including Bitbucket, Jenkins, Ansible, and Git/Version Control Software.
Solid understanding of how CMake and Conan are utilized in development and how they impact pipeline and build automation development.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to express technical information clearly across different organizational levels.
Solid experience working within Agile processes and procedures.

Nice To Haves

Hands-on experience proactively creating automation using Jenkins Shared Libraries to enable quicker builds for app and development teams.
Experience identifying automation needs and deploying CI/CD solutions utilizing Kubernetes, OpenShift, or Rancher container orchestration platforms.
Experience creating and implementing automated infrastructure solutions to address strict air-gapped or on-premises infrastructure and security requirements.
Experience implementing and managing code coverage and vulnerability scanning tools like SonarQube, Fortify, or Anchore.
Successful experience leading a team of DevOps Engineers and/or System Administrators.

Responsibilities

Contribute to the planning and evolution of processes and infrastructure to execute programs supporting capability maturation, deployment, and on-premises infrastructure modernization.
Integrate development pipelines using automation, ensuring a solid understanding of how CMake and Conan impact build automation, dependency management, configuration management, and the overall integrity of deployed builds.
Develop test-driven development tools to replace manual legacy processes wherever possible.
Help define, implement, and maintain enterprise container orchestration standards using platforms such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, or Rancher.
Integrate automated code quality and security scanning tools (e.g., SonarQube, Fortify, Anchore) directly into CI/CD pipelines to ensure compliant and secure delivery.
Lead the building and configuration of delivery environments supporting CI/CD tools. Develop infrastructure-as-code (IaC) scripts and/or templates to automate provisioning and management tasks.
Develop custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any tasks.
Design information and operational support systems tailored for highly secure, air-gapped, or on-premises deployments.