Staff DevOps Engineer (PGS Space Systems - Storm-1)

The Payload and Ground Systems organization within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission!

We offer phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly collaborative workplace. We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do. Does this sound like you?

We are seeking a Staff DevOps Engineer to join our talented Storm-1 team in Redondo Beach, CA.

What you'll get to do:

• Provide automation configuration with tools like Ansible and HashiCorp Packer to automate build and configuration processes
• Continuous Integration/Continuous Development (CI/CD) process and tools, deployment strategies
• Containers and containerization technologies
• Agile management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, and GitHub, and desire to study/learn new technologies and tools
• Develop and support scripts in Python and Bash

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM with 14 years of relevant experience; Master's degree in STEM with 12 years of relevant experience; PhD in STEM with 9 years of relevant experience
• Active TS clearance, and the ability to obtain SAP

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience with CI/CD best practices, automated builds and tests, quality gates, software quality, and CI tools, i.e., Jenkins
• Experience with configuration management tools, i.e., Git, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, others
• Familiarity with branching strategies, gated commits, source-controlled management, etc.
• Familiarity with the principle of DevSecOps
• Atlassian JIRA or other defect tracking tool experience
• Atlassian Confluence, GitHub, Jenkins, and Nexus repository experience
• Familiarity with security coding standard best practices, static and dynamic scanning tools, i.e., SonarQube, Fortify, Coverity, PCLint, etc.  
• Programming and scripting experience in a UNIX environment (C++, Perl, Python, Bash, Ruby, Shell, Scripts)

The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

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 http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.