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.

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems in air and space that impact people’s lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our work preserves freedom, democracy, and advances human discovery and our understanding of the universe. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future and have a lot of 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.

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Sr Principal DevOps Engineer. This position can be located in Huntsville, AL or Roy, Utah and supports the Sentinel program.

**What You’ll Get To Do: **

Assist with the design of, as well as configure and maintain, infrastructure and/or cloud resources necessary to reliably host, run, and support applications through all phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC).
Ensures implementation of Software Configuration Management (SCM), code quality, and code coverage with automated testing for Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
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.
Write scripts and configurations to automate software testing, deployment, and maintenance in a manner consistent with software engineering best practices
Proactively monitor build and deployment pipelines and infrastructure, apply patches, troubleshoot issues, and resolve errors.
Automate infrastructure and/or cloud resource deployments and configuration using infrastructure-as-code tools.
Remediate findings from vulnerability scanning and penetration testing.
Informally mentor other staff in DevOps concepts and processes.
Work with peers and business partners to identify workflows or processes where automation can improve efficiency and or reduce costs.
Provide Application support, configuration, installation and troubleshooting
Troubleshoot technical issues, identify the cause, determine possible resolutions, and remediate issues in existing applications
Serve as Product Owner managing priorities, scope and schedule, as needed
Serve as Work Package Lead for your product scope, as needed
Provide rotating 24x7 on-call support to lead the resolution of system issues and anomalies. On call rotation is subject to change, based on team size, and is currently 1 week of on-call out of every 8-12 weeks.

Position Benefits:

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:

Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
401k
Educational Assistance
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
Paid Time Off
Health & Wellness Resources
Employee Discounts

This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

Basic Qualifications:

**Sr. Principal Engineer DevOps: **08 Years with Bachelor’s in related field of study, 06 Years with Masters, 04 Years with PhD or 04 additional years in lieu of a degree.

US Citizenship with Active DoD Secret clearance with a reinvestigation date occurring in the last 6 years.
Ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP).
5 years experience with build tools (i.e., Maven, Ant, GNU make) and/or continuous integration environments (i.e., Jenkins, GitLab, Bamboo) and/or repositories (i.e. Nexus, JFROG) in a Linux environment
5 years experience of Microsoft and Linux Red Hat operating system.
5 years experience with scripting languages (i.e. PERL, Python, Bash, YAML).
5 years experience with Kubernetes implementation and Day 2 Operations in a CI/CD Pipeline.
5 years experience with VMware Cloud Foundation, Terraform, vCenter, vSphere, or similar Virtual Provisioning.
5 years experience with container technologies
Working knowledge of Cybersecurity technologies, NIST standards, and RMF governance
Available to support after-hours, on-call, and 24/7 coverage as required by program needs. On call rotation is subject to change, based on team size, and is currently 1 week of on-call out of every 8-12 weeks.

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field of study.
Experience with automation/configuration management using either Ansible, Chef or equivalent.
Experience with source code configuration management tools (i.e git).
Experience with HashiCorp Packer and Vault.
Familiarity with container hardening and SBOM
Proficient with DOORS, Cameo with the ability to write and decompose system and software requirements
SAP access
IAT Level II certification (e.g. Security + CE) or ability to obtain within 6 months.
5 years experience with Jira/Confluence in an Agile environment.
Excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills.
Strong critical thinking and logical reasoning skills with the ability to solve issues.

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Primary Level Salary Range: $122,800.00 - $203,600.00

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.

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time