Sentinel DevOps Engineer - 14222 & 14223

Northrop Grumman • Huntsville, AL

244d • $77,200 - $128,000

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 Defense Systems is seeking a DevOps Engineer. This position will be located in Roy, Utah or Huntsville, AL and will support the Strategic Deterrent Systems (SDS) Division.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree with 2 years of relevant experience; Master's Degree with 0 years' experience or 4 additional years of relevant experience in lieu of degree.
• Must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance.
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company to meet its business need.
• Experience with build tools (i.e., Maven, Ant, GNU make) and/or continuous integration environments (i.e., Jenkins, GitLab, Bamboo) and/or repositories (i.e. Nexus, JFROG).
• IAT II certification (e.g. Security + CE) or ability to obtain within 6 months.
• Proficiency with Linux based software development tools.
• Experience with Microsoft and Linux Red Hat operating system.
• Experience with scripting languages (i.e. PERL, Python, Bash, YAML).
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills.
• Strong critical thinking and logical reasoning skills with the ability to solve issues.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field of study.
• Active DoD Secret clearance with a reinvestigation date occurring in the last 6 years.
• Experience with automation/configuration management using either Ansible, Chef or equivalent.
• Experience with source code configuration management tools (i.e git).
• Experience with HashiCorp Packer and Vault.
• Familiarity with container hardening and SBOM.
• 1 year experience with Jira/Confluence in an Agile environment.
• 1 year experience with Kubernetes implementation.
• 1 year experience with VMware Cloud Foundation, Terraform, vCenter, vSphere, or similar Virtual Provisioning.
• 1 year experience with container technologies.
• 1 year previous experience developing and implementing CI/CD Pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the design of, as well as configure and maintain, infrastructure and/or cloud resources necessary to reliably host, run, and support applications through all phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC).
• Create and maintain continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Write scripts and configurations to automate software testing, deployment, and maintenance in a manner consistent with software engineering best practices.
• Proactively monitor build and deployment pipelines and infrastructure, apply patches, troubleshoot issues, and resolve errors.
• Automate infrastructure and/or cloud resource deployments and configuration using infrastructure-as-code tools.
• Remediate findings from vulnerability scanning and penetration testing.
• Informally mentor other staff in DevOps concepts and processes.
• Work with peers and business partners to identify workflows or processes where automation can improve efficiency and or reduce costs.
• Provide Application support, configuration, installation and troubleshooting.
• Troubleshoot technical issues, identify the cause, determine possible resolutions, and remediate issues in existing applications.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• 401k
• Educational Assistance
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
• Paid Time Off
• Health & Wellness Resources
• Employee Discounts

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree