Staff DevOps Engineer - Position qualifies for sign-on bonus starting at $10k

Northrop Grumman • Morrisville, CO

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About The Position

Northrop Grumman’s Space Systems Sector is seeking an experienced Staff DevOps Engineer to plan and evolve processes and infrastructure for programs supporting rapid capability maturation and deployment. The role integrates automated development pipelines with test-driven development tools and continuous integration and testing frameworks, and defines standards for build, deployment, provisioning, and monitoring.

The engineer will work within an Agile development team to automate deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management. The position can be based in Aurora, Colorado; Morrisville, North Carolina; or Sacramento, California. The role requires an active U.S. Government Top Secret clearance and an active U.S. Government CI Polygraph at application, along with the ability to obtain and maintain SCI approval/access.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship.
• An active U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance at application, current and within scope, and the ability to obtain and maintain SCI approval/access.
• An active U.S. Government CI Polygraph at application, current and within scope.
• A bachelor’s degree and 12 or more years of relevant experience; a master’s degree and 10 or more years; a Ph.D. and 8 or more years; or 9 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 program standards for build, deployment, provisioning, and monitoring.
• Ensure implementation of software configuration management, code quality, and code coverage using 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 or templates to automate infrastructure provisioning and management tasks.
• Work with development teams to create automated continuous integration and continuous delivery systems.
• Collaborate 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

• Sign-on bonus starting at $10,000.
• 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.
• Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus.

What This Job Offers

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