Principal / Sr. Principal DevOps Engineer (AHT)

Northrop Grumman • Morrisville, CO

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About The Position

Northrop Grumman’s Space Systems Sector is seeking an experienced Principal or Sr. Principal DevOps Engineer to support programs focused on rapid capability maturation and deployment. The position can be based in Aurora, Colorado; Morrisville, North Carolina; or Sacramento, California. The level will be determined based on the candidate’s qualifications.

The engineer will plan and evolve the processes and infrastructure used to support program execution, integrating automated development pipelines, test-driven development tools, and continuous integration and testing frameworks. The role defines and implements standards for builds, deployments, provisioning, and monitoring, and supports end-to-end automation of deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management within an Agile development team.

The role also supports installed systems and infrastructure, develops scripts to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention, contributes to information and operational support system design, and installs, configures, tests, and maintains operating systems, application software, and system management tools. The engineer oversees security, backup, and redundancy strategies and works with developers to identify and resolve application performance bottlenecks.

Requirements

• Active U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance at the time of application, current and within scope, with the ability to obtain and maintain SCI approval/access.
• Active U.S. Government CI Polygraph at the time of application, current and within scope.
• U.S. citizenship.
• For 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.
• For 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 in an Agile software development framework.
• Experience with at least three of the preferred qualifications.

Nice To Haves

• Terraform
• Kubernetes administration
• AWS administration
• Flux
• Helm
• DynamoDB
• NATS configuration
• Big Bang (Grafana, Prometheus, Loki)
• Jenkins, GitLab, or Bamboo

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 and test frameworks.
• Define and implement build, deployment, provisioning, and monitoring standards.
• Ensure implementation of software configuration management, code quality, code coverage, and automated testing in CI/CD pipelines.
• Work as part of 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 an Agile delivery methodology.
• Create scripts and templates to automate infrastructure provisioning and management.
• Work with development teams to create automated continuous integration and continuous delivery systems.
• Work with vendors and other 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 for vacation and/or personal business
• Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus, depending on the position.
• Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions and allow employees to share in company results.
• Vice President or Director employees may be eligible for long-term incentives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior