Principal / Sr Principal Cloud Engineer (AHT)
About The Position
Northrop Grumman’s Space Systems Sector is seeking an experienced Principal or Sr Principal Cloud Engineer to augment its team. The position may be based in Aurora, Colorado; Morrisville, North Carolina; or Sacramento, California. Relocation assistance may be available. The role supports programs focused on rapid capability maturation and deployment by planning and evolving processes and infrastructure, and by delivering automated development, deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure-management capabilities using Agile methods. The engineer will build and configure delivery environments, establish build, deployment, provisioning, and monitoring standards, and integrate automated testing and continuous integration/continuous delivery pipelines. The role also includes supporting installed systems and infrastructure, administering operating systems and software, developing automation scripts, contributing to operational support-system design, overseeing security and backup strategies, and evaluating application performance. The position may be staffed at either the Principal or Sr Principal level. An active, current, in-scope U.S. Government Top Secret clearance and active, current, in-scope U.S. Government CI Polygraph are required at application; the employee must be able to obtain and maintain SCI approval/access. U.S. citizenship is required.
Requirements
- Active U.S. Government Top Secret security 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.
- U.S. citizenship.
- Principal level: Bachelor’s degree and 5 or more years of relevant experience; 3 years with a master’s degree; 0 years with a Ph.D.; or 9 additional years of experience in lieu of a degree.
- Sr Principal level: Bachelor’s degree and 8 or more years of relevant experience; 6 years with a master’s degree; 4 years with a Ph.D.; or 12 additional years of experience in lieu of a degree.
- Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
- Current Security+ certification.
- Administration experience with Linux or related operating systems.
- Experience with an Agile software development framework.
- Experience with at least three preferred qualifications.
Nice To Haves
- Terraform.
- Kubernetes administration.
- AWS administration.
- Flux.
- Helm.
- DynamoDB.
- NATS configuration.
- Big Bang, including Grafana, Prometheus, and Loki.
- Jenkins, GitLab, or Bamboo.
Responsibilities
- Plan and evolve processes and infrastructure to support programs pursuing rapid capability maturation and deployment.
- Integrate development pipelines using automation, test-driven development tools, and continuous integration/test frameworks.
- Define and implement program standards for building, deploying, provisioning, and monitoring systems.
- Ensure Software Configuration Management, code quality, and code coverage are implemented with 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 that support CI/CD tools using Agile delivery methods.
- Create scripts or templates to automate infrastructure provisioning and management.
- Collaborate with development teams to build 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, and develop and implement solutions 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.
- Potential eligibility for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus, depending on the position.
- Annual bonuses designed to reward individual contributions and allow employees to share in company results.
- Long-term incentives may be available to employees in Vice President or Director positions.
- Relocation assistance may be available.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
