Principal DevOps Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: 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.

Northrop Grumman seeks a talented, self-motivated, energetic professional to join the engineering team in Boulder, Colorado as a Principal DevOps Engineer in the Payload and Ground Systems Division Engineering organization supporting Integrated National Systems (INS) Business Unit (BU).  

This position is located in Boulder, CO.  

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with development teams to implement Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines
• Coordinate activities across multidisciplinary engineering teams, raise issues at the program level, and drive complex projects to success
• Effectively communicate and present technical subjects to project and program management, other technical managers, and customers
• Manage technical dependencies across teams
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives to identify opportunities for automation and process improvement

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of related experience, or a master’s degree and 3 years of related experience, or 1 year of related experience with a PhD. An additional 4 years of related experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Applicants must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at the time of application and to start
• Experience with modern C++ software language (C++17, C++20), development tools, and integrated development environments (IDEs) and compilers
• Experience with Object Oriented Programming
• Experience developing in Linux environments
• Experience developing in cross-platform (Linux/Windows) environments
• Experience with modular software development architectures/practices with source control tools (Git, CMake, Conan etc.)
• Experience working with Atlassian suite products (Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence, etc.)
• Familiarity with revision control, documentation, planning, and review systems like Git
• Software development and troubleshooting in a team environment
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 10% to support business needs

Preferred Qualifications

• Certifications: CompTIA Security+ (SecPlus)
• Current and active DoD-issued TS/SCI clearance at the time of application
• Technical leadership experience
• Experience with Python
• Familiarity with Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) and Electro-Optical Infrared (EOIR) sensors
• Experience with Distributed Systems and Micro-service Architecture & Observability Tools (Graphana, OpenTelemetry, RKE2/K3S/Tanzu/Docker Swarm)
• Experience with DevOps and DevSecOps (Jenkins or Git Lab)
• Experience with container orchestration and deployment (Kubernetes, Docker Compose, Openshift, Rancher)
• Experience with Containerization development (Podman or Docker)
• Experience with Configuration Management and Infrastructure as Code (Ansible)

Salary Range: $110,300.00 - $165,500.00

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.