Sr. Principal DevOps Engineer (AHT) - Position qualifies for sign-on bonus starting at $7k

Northrop Grumman•Morrisville, CO

About The Position

Northrop Grumman’s Space Systems Sector is seeking an experienced Sr. Principal DevOps Engineer to plan and evolve processes and infrastructure that support rapid capability maturation and deployment. The role integrates development pipelines using automation, test-driven development tools, and continuous integration and testing frameworks. It defines and implements program standards for building, deployment, provisioning, and monitoring, including software configuration management, code quality, and automated code-coverage testing in CI/CD pipelines. As part of an Agile development team, the engineer delivers end-to-end automation for deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management; builds and configures delivery environments; and creates scripts or templates to automate infrastructure provisioning and management. The role also supports installed systems and infrastructure, collaborates with vendors and IT personnel to resolve problems, and contributes to information and operational support systems. Additional duties include installing, configuring, testing, and maintaining operating systems, applications, and system-management tools; overseeing security, backup, and redundancy strategies; and evaluating application performance and implementing solutions to potential bottlenecks with developers. The position may be based in Aurora, Colorado; Morrisville, North Carolina; or Sacramento, California. Relocation assistance may be available. An active U.S. Government Top Secret clearance and an active U.S. Government CI Polygraph are required at the time of application. The position also requires the ability to obtain and maintain SCI approval/access. A sign-on bonus starting at $7,500 is offered.

Requirements

Active U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance at application, current and within scope, with the ability to obtain and maintain SCI approval/access.
Active U.S. Government CI Polygraph at application, current and within scope.
U.S. citizenship.
Bachelor’s degree and 8 or more years of relevant experience; or a master’s degree and 6 years; or a Ph.D. and 4 years; or 4 additional years of experience in lieu of a degree.
Experience with infrastructure-as-code and provisioning technology.
CompTIA Security+ CE or equivalent DoD 8570 IAT/IAM II certification.
Administration experience with Linux or related operating systems.
Experience in an Agile software development framework.
Experience with at least one of the listed preferred qualifications.

Nice To Haves

Terraform
Ansible
CloudFormation
Azure Bicep/ARM templates
Pulumi
OpenTofu
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 testing frameworks.
Define and implement standards for build, deployment, provisioning, and monitoring.
Ensure software configuration management, code quality, and code coverage through automated testing in CI/CD pipelines.
Work on an Agile development team to automate deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management end to end.
Build and configure delivery environments supporting CI/CD tools using an Agile delivery methodology.
Create scripts or templates to automate infrastructure provisioning and management tasks.
Collaborate 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 human intervention in tasks.
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

Sign-on bonus starting at $7,500.
Relocation assistance may be available.
Health insurance coverage.
Life and 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.
Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for long-term incentives.