Principal / Sr. Principal Engineer DevOps

Requisition ID: R10166268

Category: Engineering

Location: Morrisville, North Carolina, United States of America

Clearance Type: SCI

Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this position

Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)

Travel Required: Yes, 25% of the Time

Positions Available: 1

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.Northrop Grumman Space Systems (NGSP) seeks to fill a Principal DevOps Engineer/Senior Principal DevOps Engineer in the Payload and Ground Systems Division Engineering organization supporting Integrated National Systems (INS) Business Unit (BU) to support a new Ground program.This position will sit at our Morrisville, NC site.Hybrid/remote options are not available.This position may be performed at a Principal DevOps Engineer level or Senior Principal DevOps Engineer level depending on the qualifications, skills, and experience of the candidate.The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to perform the following:

Write/edit scripts (INF as code) to aid with configuration maintenance of Gitlab/Gitlab-ci

Automate configuration maintenance (CM) process and support CM for elements (automation scripting or manual until automated)

Maintain security vulnerabilities software. Review scans, process to automate these issues, and make updates to libraries. Make recommendations to resolve deficiencies in code and/or implement recommendations.

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, componentizing, or Cloud distribution.

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.

Basic Qualifications:Principal DevOps Engineer: Bachelor's degree in STEM and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience; 3 years of relevant experience with a Master's degree; 0 years of relevant experience with a PhD. 9 years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of degree.Senior Principal DevOps Engineer: Bachelor's degree in STEM and a minimum of 9 years of relevant experience; 7 years of relevant experience with a Master's degree; 4 years of relevant experience with a PhD. 13 years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of degree.

Cloud Computing

Cloud DevOps

Linux System Administration

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

System Administration

Current IAT Level II Certification

Current, active TS/SCI required on day 1

Preferred Qualifications:

Candidates with experience with the following will get preference:

Sys Admin functions (password reset, debug environment issues)

Infrastructure-as-code

Ansible

K8s

Docker

Gitlab

TerraForm

Helm

Salary Range: $97,500 - $146,300Salary Range 2: $121,000 - $181,400The 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.Employees may be eligible for 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 committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.