Sr. Principal DevOps Engineer

About the role

The Northrop Grumman’s Space Systems Sector is looking for an experienced Sr. Principal DevOps Engineer to join our team. This position is based in Aurora, CO.

Responsibilities

• Plan and evolve processes and infrastructure to execute programs supporting rapid capability maturation and deployment.
• Integrate development pipelines leveraging automation with test-driven development tools and continuous integration/test frameworks.
• Define and implement the build, deployment, provisioning, and monitoring standards for the program.
• Ensure implementation of Software Configuration Management (SCM), code quality, and code coverage with automated testing for Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Work as part of an Agile development team to deliver end-end automation of deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management framework.
• Create scripts and/or templates to automate infrastructure provisioning and management tasks.
• Work closely with development teams to create an automated continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) system.
• Build and configure delivery environments supporting CD/CI tools using an Agile delivery methodology.
• Maintain and monitor all installed systems and infrastructure.
• Develop custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any tasks.
• Contribute to the design of information and operational support systems.
• Install, configure, test and maintain operating systems, application software and system management tools.
• Oversee the company’s security, backup, and redundancy strategies.
• Evaluate application performance, identify potential bottlenecks, develop solutions, and implement them with the help of developers.

Requirements

• Sr. Principal/Level 4: Bachelor’s degree with 8 + years of relevant experience; 6 years with a Master's; 4 years with a PhD; or 12 additional years of experience in lieu of a degree
• Active Top Secret/SCI with Full Scope poly required at time of application
• Strong experience building and running containers
• Strong experience with Linux Administration
• Strong experience with shell scripting
• Experience with git
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines (gitlab or Jenkins experience is preferred)
• Experience working with Kubernetes
• Experience with messaging software (kafka, artemis, etc.)

Qualifications

• Experience with Ansible
• Experience with Java, python
• Familiarity with computer networking
• Familiarity with access control techniques (RBAC, ABAC, etc.) and software (keycloak)

Skills

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Problem-solving and analytical skills
• Attention to detail

Benefits

Northrop Grumman offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

Pay

$142,200.00 - $213,400.00

Schedule

Full-time