DevOps Engineer/Principal DevOps Engineer (AHT)

Relocation assistance may be available. Active Secret clearance required to start. Travel: 10% of the time.

About the role

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.

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems (NGDS) is seeking a DevOps Engineer or Principal DevOps Engineer at the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. Successful candidates should have a track record as an effective communicator and problem solver who can develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders. The candidate will be an active part of a Platform Engineering team with expertise in Kubernetes, Cloud, GitLab, and related platform technologies responsible for building, maintaining, and scaling the foundational infrastructure.

Responsibilities

As a DevOps engineer, you will combine software development and IT operations to create a more streamlined and efficient development process by implementing and managing the DevOps approach within the organization.

• Build, maintain, and scale foundational infrastructure
• Manage and troubleshoot containerized workloads using Kubernetes or Docker Swarm
• Develop and maintain DevOps Infrastructure as Code tools and CI/CD pipelines
• Implement and manage configuration of CNCF tools such as Harbor, ArgoCD, Grafana, Prometheus, and Helm
• Design enterprise-wide automation strategies and establish golden paths/developer portals for engineering teams
• Implement "security as code," including automated vulnerability scanning and compliance-driven infrastructure (DoD STIGs/RMF)

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in STEM with relevant experience:
  • DevOps Engineer (Level 2): 2 years’ experience OR a master’s degree with 0 years’ experience
  • Principal DevOps Engineer (Level 3): 5 years’ experience OR a master’s degree with 3 years’ experience
• Active Secret clearance with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI security clearance
• Active CompTIA Security+, SecurityX, or CISSP certification
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in DevOps, software development, or systems administration
• Experience with OCI-compliant container technology and tools such as Podman or Docker
• Experience with Linux Operating System and familiarity with core cloud services, including virtual machines, storage, and networking
• Experience with distributed revision control systems such as Git
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python, Bash, and Go to improve platform efficiency

Preferred Qualifications

• Kubernetes related certifications such as CKA, CKAD, CKS, or KCSP
• Experience working in an Agile environment and knowledge of Agile principles and practices
• Experience with project/issue tracking software tools like Jira and Confluence
• Clear understanding of Microservice Architectures

Pay

• Primary Level Salary Range: $83,400.00 - $125,200.00
• Secondary Level Salary Range: $103,600.00 - $155,400.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; Northrop Grumman considers factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's experience, education, skills, and current market conditions when determining base salary offers. 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
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business