Engineer DevSecOps - Level 2 or 3

Northrop Grumman•Huntsville, AL

4d•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 has an exciting career opportunity for a DevSecOps Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Huntsville, AL. Position Overview: The selected DevSecOps Engineer / Principal DevSecOps Engineer will provide support for the MASC-F (Modeling and Simulation - Framework) program. The selected candidate will work with the Agile Development Teams/Security/System Administration to create and advance solutions for DevSecOps. Essential Functions: Work on systems administration related issues with hardware and software for different network environments. Propose system administration process improvement to reduce overall maintenance requirements by working with the design team and manufacturers. Determine systems requirements, input/output processes, and working parameters for hardware/software compatibility and maintenance of system configuration. Identify, analyze, and resolve program support deficiencies. Develop and recommend corrective actions. May provide technical guidance for database administrators and software developers The selected candidate should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and collaborative/team settings across all levels. Limited travel may be required. This requisition may be filled at either a DevSecOps Engineer / Principal DevSecOps Engineer level.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline preferred from an accredited university and 2 years of related experience, or a Master's Degree in a STEM discipline and 0 years of related experience.
Previous DevOps experience or software focus in automation.
Experience with Linux (RHEL/CentOS), Windows Server and Workstation.
Experience with Agile, Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment.
Understanding of System Scripting (bash, Python, PowerShell, batch, etc.)
Understanding of writing and maintaining CI/CD Pipelines (GitLab, Jenkins, Bamboo).
Experience providing technical support, training, and guidance to program personnel on DevSecOps tools and software development lifecycle (tools such as GitLab, Nexus and CI tools)
Experience with Docker and/or Containerization.
Troubleshooting skills and experience with Linux and/or Windows environments.
Knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code and/or Platform Engineering
Knowledge in controlling third party software (COTS, GOTS, and FOSS) to ensure efficient storage and reusability across the program.
Demonstrate strong collaboration skills
Basic skills with version control tools such as Git.
Full time onsite
A current active in-scope U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance.
Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline preferred from an accredited university and 5 years of related experience, or a Master's Degree in a STEM discipline and 2 years of related experience, or a PhD in a STEM discipline and 0 years of experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Agile Process Tools (VersionOne, Atlassian Tools JIRA, etc.)
Experience developing maintainable Infrastructure as Code (Ansible, Terraform, chef/puppet, etc.)
Experience with GitOps infrastructure automation process
Ability to support multiple release project schedules simultaneously
Understanding of Test automation and how to implement in a pipeline approach
Experience with static analysis tools and integrating into a pipeline (Fortify, Coverity, SonarQube, etc.)
Understanding of containerization - experience with Kubernetes and/or helm charts
Infrastructure implementation of virtualized hosts in VMWare.
Basic network understanding and diagnostics
Knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
System Administrator skills highly desired
A current active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance

Responsibilities

Work on systems administration related issues with hardware and software for different network environments.
Propose system administration process improvement to reduce overall maintenance requirements by working with the design team and manufacturers.
Determine systems requirements, input/output processes, and working parameters for hardware/software compatibility and maintenance of system configuration.
Identify, analyze, and resolve program support deficiencies.
Develop and recommend corrective actions.
May provide technical guidance for database administrators and software developers