DevOps Engineer - Senior Level

At Northrop Grumman, we empower our employees to work on groundbreaking systems that have a profound impact on lives globally, both now and in the future. We pride ourselves on our innovative spirit, which has led us to achieve significant technological milestones throughout history. Our culture celebrates intellectual curiosity and diverse perspectives, encouraging everyone to bring their authentic self to work. Located in Morrisville, NC, our Space Sector team invites you to join us as we foster collaboration and creativity in a 100% onsite role. With a 9/80 work schedule that grants every other Friday off, we commit to supporting your career growth and ensuring a secure future for all. A comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance and paid time off, is designed to enhance your work-life balance.

- Active Top-Secret (TS)/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance with an adjudicated Counterintelligence polygraph at the time of application
- For Level 3 (Principal):
- Bachelors degree with 5 years of software development experience
- Additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a completed Bachelors
- Masters degree with 3 years of software development experience
- PhD with 1 year of software development experience
- For Level 4 (Senior Principal):
- Bachelors degree with 8 years of software development experience
- Additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a completed Bachelors
- Masters degree with 6 years of software development experience
- PhD with 4 years of software development experience
- Current CompTIA Security (Sec) certification or the ability to obtain it within 6 months of start date
- Experience with Linux administration or related operating systems
- Familiarity with Agile software development methodologies
- Experience with at least 3 of the following preferred qualifications:
- Terraform
- Kubernetes administration
- AWS administration
- Flux
- Helm
- DynamoDB
- NATS configuration
- Big Bang (Grafana, Prometheus, Loki)
- Jenkins/GitLab/Bamboo

- Plan and evolve processes and infrastructure to support rapid capability maturation and deployment
- Integrate development pipelines utilizing automation, test-driven development tools, and continuous integration/test frameworks
- Define and implement standards for build, deployment, provisioning, and monitoring of the program
- Ensure implementation of Software Configuration Management (SCM), code quality, and coverage through automated testing for CI/CD pipelines
- Collaborate as part of an Agile development team to automate deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management
- Build and configure delivery environments that support CD/CI tools using Agile methodologies
- Create scripts/templates to automate infrastructure provisioning and management tasks
- Collaborate closely with development teams to implement an automated CI/CD system
- Work with vendors and IT personnel for problem resolution
- Monitor and support all installed systems and infrastructure
- Develop custom scripts to enhance system efficiency and reduce manual intervention
- Contribute to the design of information and operational support systems
- Install, configure, test, and maintain operating systems, software applications, and system management tools
- Oversee security, backup, and redundancy strategies
- Analyze application performance, identify bottlenecks, develop and implement solutions with the assistance of developers