Principal/Sr. Principal DevOps Engineer - NITES

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

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.

The Payload and Ground Systems organization within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission.

Aurora

About our local organization:  You'll be joining our Aurora Software and Controls Department which has 200+ Technical staff in various leadership roles, Software Engineers, DevOps Engineers, Systems Administrators, Database Administrators, and Network Engineers from entry-level to the most senior chief engineers and architects. This engineering organization supports numerous programs within the Payload and Ground Systems organization. We have plenty of opportunity for career advancement into higher level technical roles or leadership positions. We are part of a larger local engineering organization that includes Systems Engineering and Hardware Engineering staff. This overall local engineering organization influences cross-program collaboration, professional development and training, as well as engagement activities such as lunch-n-learns, campus events, and leadership mixers.

Program

About the program: You’ll be joining a program called “Northrop Grumman Integrated Tactical Edge Solutions” or NITES. NITES is developing a model-driven approach to systems engineering and automated software deployment. The initiative seeks to streamline and enhance systems engineering processes by seamlessly deploying configuration managed, hardened applications through a single, source of-fact model. This approach increases efficiencies by utilizing shared architectures, common engineering documentation and software services across the TE portfolio. The 10-person team is split between Fairfax, VA and Aurora, CO.  Some of the program’s baseline and environments are unclassified allowing some work outside a secure facility. The program’s culture is agile, high performing, proactive, collaborative, and welcoming of new ideas, technology, and tools that could benefit the mission or help the team be more productive or produce a higher quality product.

Jobs: This program is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer with at least 5 years of relevant experience including CI/CD pipeline deployment to join a small team with other DevOps Engineers from our Aurora, CO location at our Principal (T03) or Sr. Principal (T04) job level.

Basic Qualification

• Principal: 5 Years of experience with Bachelors in Science; or 3 Years of experience with Masters in Science; 4 additional years of professional relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

• Sr. Principal: 8 Years of experience with Bachelors in Science; or 6 Years of experience with Masters in Science; 4 additional years of professional relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

• Active TS required at the time of application with SCI-eligibility required to start

• Ability to pass a Counterintelligence Polygraph (CI-Poly), yet not required to start

• At least 3 years of relevant DevOps Engineering experience including CI/CD pipeline deployment

• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Git

Preferred Qualification

• Active TS/SCI clearance

• Prior completed Counterintelligence Polygraph (CI-Poly)

• Prior engineering experience within the Space Industry

• Excellent presentation, communication, technical writing, and organization skills

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills

• Experience sharing knowledge via mentoring, coaching, or training

• Experience with developing and deploying CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins or GitLab

• Experience with deployment automation scripting using Ansible, Helm or related products

• Experience troubleshooting virtualization, automation, and deployment applications

• Experience with Linux Operating Systems Preferably RHEL 8/9

• Knowledge of basic networking principles (subnets, VLANs, routing, and firewalls)

Salary Range: $110,300.00 - $165,500.00Salary Range 2: $137,400.00 - $206,000.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.