Sentinel Principal DevOps Engineer

Northrop Grumman

Roy, Utah, United States

Roy, Utah, United States

About

Relocation assistance may be available. Clearance required for start: Yes. Clearance type: Secret. Travel: Yes, 10% of the time. 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. Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today. Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer. This position can be located in Roy, Utah or Huntsville, AL and will support the Sentinel program. Position Benefits
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. 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).
Create and maintain continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines. 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. Provide rotating 24×7 on‑call support to lead the resolution of system issues and anomalies. The on‑call rotation is currently one week out of every 8‑12 weeks.
Basic Qualifications
Principal DevOps Engineer: 5 years experience with Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field of study; 3 years with Master’s; 1 year with PhD; or 4 additional years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree. Must be a U.S. Citizen with an active U.S. Government DoD security clearance (Secret, Top Secret; etc.) with a re‑investigation within the last 6 years. Must have the ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP). Experience with build tools (e.g., Maven, Ant, GNU make) and/or continuous integration environments (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab, Bamboo) and/or repositories (i.e. Nexus, JFROG) in a Linux environment. 5 years experience with Microsoft Windows and Linux Red Hat operating systems. 5 years experience with scripting languages (e.g. PERL, Python, Bash, YAML). 3 years experience with Kubernetes implementation and day‑2 operations in a CI/CD pipeline. 3 years experience with VMware Cloud Foundation, Terraform, vCenter, vSphere, or similar virtual provisioning. 3 years experience with container technologies. 3 years previous experience developing and implementing CI/CD pipelines. Excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills. Strong critical thinking and logical reasoning skills with the ability to solve issues. Available to support after‑hours, on‑call, and 24/7 coverage as required by program needs.
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field of study. Active DoD Secret clearance with a reinvestigation date within the last 6 years. IAT II certification (e.g. Security + CE) or ability to obtain within 6 months. Experience with automation/configuration management using either Ansible, Chef or equivalent. Experience with source code configuration management tools (e.g., Git). Experience with HashiCorp Packer and Vault. Familiarity with container hardening and SBOM. Excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills. Strong critical thinking and logical reasoning skills with the ability to solve issues. 3 years experience with Jira/Confluence in an Agile environment.
Primary Level Salary Range: $98,400.00 – $163,200.00 Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, providing opportunities 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 a complete EEO and pay transparency statement, visit the Northrop Grumman website. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Roy, Utah, United States

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