Systems Administrator (Level 3 or 4) - Starfleet

Northrop Grumman • Aurora, CO

76d • $110,300 - $165,500

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. You'll be joining our Aurora Software and Electronics/Payloads Department which has ~200 Software Engineers, DevOps Engineers, Systems Administrators, Database Administrators, Network Engineers, and Engineering Leaders from entry-level to the most senior chief engineers and architects to Product Owners and Scrum Masters. This engineering organization supports numerous programs across Divisions and Business Units of the Space Sector. We have opportunities for career advancement into higher level technical roles or leadership positions over one's career. You'll be joining a portfolio called Swordfish and one of its on-contract program's we call “Starfleet” that is supporting a critical national security mission that is both in development and operations. The program team is based in Aurora, CO yet has distributed team members located at several other Northrop Grumman sites across the US as well as at collaborating partner company sites totaling roughly 35. Some of the program's baseline and environments are unclassified allowing some software development outside of our secure facilities yet still on-site and in-person. The overall team is composed of software developers organized into agile scrum teams with Product Owners and Scrum Masters. Staff in Aurora primarily work in two large rooms with cubicle-like individual spaces (rather than in dedicated offices). The program's culture is agile, fast-paced, high performing, proactive, collaborative, and welcoming of new ideas, technologies, and tools that could benefit the mission or help the team be more productive or produce a higher quality product.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math with 5+ years of SA experience; Master's degree with 3+ years of experience, PhD with 1+ years of experience, OR 8+ years of experience in lieu of a degree.
• Active TS/SCI clearance at the time of application.
• Willing and able to pass a Counterintelligence Polygraph (CI-Poly) (not required to start).
• Current and active DoD 8140 certification at IAT Level II or higher (such as Security+, GSEC, SCNP, SSCP, CISSP, CISA, GSE, SCNA, etc.).
• At least 2 years experience administering DevOps and CI/CD technologies.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with OCI-compliant container technology and tools (Docker, Podman, etc.).
• Experience developing automation techniques that improve deployment speed and service reliability in the containerized environment.
• Experience working in an Agile environment/working knowledge of Agile principles and practices.
• DevOps or Cloud related certifications.
• Prior completed Counterintelligence Polygraph (CI-Poly).

Responsibilities

• Support and improve the development to test environments in both unclassified and classified domains.
• Administer both Red Hat and Windows OS.
• Configure and maintain Kubernetes.
• Work with a development team of ~35 staff.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Savings plan.
• Company paid holidays.
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree