Staff Software/DevOps Engineer (Active TS/SCI & CI Poly req'd at time of app)

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, a division within Northrop Grumman’s Space Systems Sector is known for pushing the boundaries of innovation, redefining engineering capabilities, and driving advances in various sciences through cutting-edge technology.  Our team is chartered with providing the skills, and 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!

We are looking for experienced Staff Software engineers to augment our team.  Successful candidates will be experienced with creating and maintaining DevSecOps pipelines, have Docker and Kubernetes experience. DevOps experience in staging environments, maintaining values files configurations, writes configuration/installation documentation and have experience with JAVA development.

The DevOps engineer plans and evolves processes and infrastructure to execute programs which support rapid maturation and deployment of capability while sustaining a stable security posture and incorporating ongoing stakeholder feedback. Integrates development pipelines leveraging automation with test-driven development tools and continuous integration/test frameworks. Implements provisioning and deployment techniques via packaging, and componentizing. Functions with agile principles to execute efficiently in an environment of continuous feedback. Ensures implementation of Software Configuration Management (SCM), code quality, and code coverage with automated testing for Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.

About our organization: As a engineer, you'll be joining our growing Aurora Software and Digital Engineering department which has 200+ Software Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Systems Administrator, Database Administrator, and Network Engineer peers from entry-level to the most senior chief engineers and architects. Software Engineers frequently get into informal (example: Subject Matter Expert) and formal technical leadership roles within their programs, as applicable and per interest.  We have plenty of opportunity for career advancement into higher level technical roles or leadership positions. Our Software Department is part of a larger organization that includes Systems Engineering, Integration, and Test staff as well as a Hardware Engineering unit. This larger organization influences cross-program collaboration, professional development and training, as well as engagement and inclusion activities such as lunch-n-learns, campus events, and leadership mixers.

 Basic Qualifications:

• Staff level 5: Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 12+ years of relative experience; master’s degree in a STEM discipline with 10+ years of relative experience; PhD + 8 years of relative experience.  An additional 4 years of experience can be considered in lieu of degree.
• Active Top Secret/SCI security clearance required at time of application with a Counterintelligence Polygraph (CI-Poly)
• Successful candidate will perform the responsibilities of a part-time JAVA developer and part-time DevSecOps engineer.   
• Successful candidates will be experienced with creating and maintaining DevSecOps pipelines, have Docker and Kubernetes experience.
• DevOps experience in staging environments, maintaining values files configurations, writes configuration/installation documentation.
• Experience developing in Java
• Experience as a front-end, back-end, or full-stack developer.
• Experience developing on a team using Agile methodology, process, and tools.
• Knowledge of object-oriented design and software lifecycle

Preferred Qualifications:

• Responsible for planning and evolving processes and infrastructure to execute programs supporting rapid capability maturation and deployment. 
• Define and implement the build, deployment, provisioning, and monitoring standards for the program. 
• Ensures implementation of Software Configuration Management (SCM), code quality, and code coverage with automated testing for Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines. 
• Work as part of an Agile development team to deliver end-end automation of deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management framework. 
• Build and configure delivery environments supporting CD/CI tools using an Agile delivery methodology.
• Create scripts and/or templates to automate infrastructure provisioning and management tasks. 
• Monitor and support all installed systems and infrastructure. 
• Develop custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any tasks. 
• Install, configure, test and maintain operating systems, application software and system management tools. 
• Oversee the company’s security, backup, and redundancy strategies. 
• Evaluate application performance, identify potential bottlenecks, develop solutions, and implement them with the help of developers. 

Salary Range: $171,000.00 - $256,400.00

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.