DevOps Engineer Level 2/3 (AHT)

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. 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.

About the role

Northrop Grumman has an opening for a DevOps Engineer Level 2/3 to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. As an integral part of our multi-discipline engineering team in Advanced Weapons, you will be on the forefront of developing next-generation solutions to protect technology for our nation’s warfighters. This position is full-time, on-site in Northridge, CA. No remote/telework arrangement is available.

Applicants must have an active US Government DoD Secret security clearance with the ability to get cleared for SAP. Travel is required, approximately 10% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop end-to-end CI/CD pipelines for missile program codebases, integrating tools such as Jenkins, Nexus, SonarQube, and the Atlassian suite (Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence).
• Develop and maintain pipeline automation scripts and build configurations (CMake, Visual Studio, custom build scripts) to support continuous integration, testing, and delivery of embedded software.
• Implement static analysis, code quality gates, and vulnerability scanning within the pipeline using SonarQube and other tooling to enforce secure coding practices across C++, Python, and VxWorks projects.
• Collaborate with embedded software engineers to tailor build and test processes for real-time, safety-critical applications, handling cross-compilation, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and simulation environments.
• Coordinate across multiple networks and sites, standardizing pipeline configurations, ensuring consistent security posture, and facilitating seamless integration of code and artifacts across geographically dispersed teams.
• Maintain up-to-date documentation of pipeline architecture, build processes, security controls, and compliance evidence to support audits and accreditation activities.

Requirements

For DevOps Engineer 2 (T02):

• Bachelor’s degree (minimum) in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a STEM-related field with 2 years of experience; or Master’s with 0 years of experience.
• Embedded systems experience with micro-controllers, DSPs, FPGAs, and real-time operating systems (RTOS) such as VxWorks, FreeRTOS, or QNX in Windows or Linux environments.
• Experience with Containers and Orchestration (Podman, Kubernetes).
• Experience with Atlassian tools (Jira, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Nexus, and SonarQube).
• Experience with Cloud Technologies (AWS, Azure).
• Experience creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Active US Government DoD Secret security clearance with ability to get cleared for SAP.

For Principal DevOps Engineer 3 (T03):

• Bachelor’s degree (minimum) in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a STEM-related field with 5 years of embedded software/hardware development, preferably on safety-critical or defense platforms; or Master’s with 3 years of the same experience.
• Embedded systems experience with micro-controllers, DSPs, FPGAs, and real-time operating systems (RTOS) such as VxWorks, FreeRTOS, or QNX in Windows or Linux environments.
• Experience with Containers and Orchestration (Podman, Kubernetes).
• Experience with Atlassian tools (Jira, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Nexus, and SonarQube).
• Experience with Cloud Technologies (AWS, Azure).
• Experience creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Active US Government DoD Secret security clearance with ability to get cleared for SAP.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency in one or more of the following: C/C++, Flight Software, CI/CD, Software Factory.
• Demonstrated experience as a technical leader setting direction and establishing tasking assignments for teams of 10+ engineers.
• CISSP, CISM, or Security+ Certification.
• Ability to identify needs for automation, designing and implementing CI/CD solutions.
• Software testing experience.
• Experience with Agile development.
• Demonstrated ability to implement process improvements, streamline activities, and develop efficiencies.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills; strong interpersonal and analytic skills.

Pay

Primary Level Salary Range: $91,800.00 - $137,600.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $114,000.00 - $171,000.00

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.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Savings plan.
• Company-paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.