DevOps Engineer/Principal DevOps Engineer
Requisition ID: R10160715
- Category: Engineering
- Location: Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
- Clearance Type: Top Secret
- Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this position
- Shift: Days (United States of America)
- Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time
- Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available
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, and 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.
Essential Functions:
Responsible for planning and evolving processes and infrastructure to execute programs supporting rapid capability maturation and deployment.
Integrates 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.
Ensures 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.
Build and configure delivery environments supporting CD/CI tools using an Agile delivery methodology.
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.
Work together with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution
Monitor and support 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.
This position can be filled at either a DevOps or a Principal DevOps level.
Basic Qualifications:
Candidate must possess an active Top Secret/SCI clearance to be considered (must be able to obtain/pass a polygraph)
For a DevOps Engineer: Bachelor’s degree with 2 + years of software development experience; 0 years with a Master's; or 6 additional years of experience in lieu of a degree
For a Principal DevOps Engineer: Bachelor’s degree with 5 + years of software development experience; 3 years with a Master's; 0 years with a PhD; or 9 additional years of experience in lieu of a degree.
Administration experience with Linux or related operating systems.
Experience in an Agile software development framework
Familiarity with the Atlassian tool suite (Bitbucket, Jira, and Confluence)
Security+, not needed to start, but must be able to obtain in 6 months
Preferred Qualifications:
VMWare Certification or Experience (vRealize Automation (vRO), vRealize Orchestrator (vRA), vSphere)
Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management"
Continuous Integration / Continuous Development pipeline experience
Building applications using Jenkins or Jenkins like tools
Manage containers using container orchestrator Docker, Kubernetes (K8s) preferred
Build custom scripts to automate tasks using Ansible, Node.js or Java
Source code management using Git/Bitbucket
Administration experience of Linux and Windows Operating Systems
Experience of automating tasks using Ansible and/or Terraform
Experience of administering virtualized or containerized systems in VMWare and Docker
Working practices, such as Git Branching and release schedules
Experience of secure virtualization and containerization system design
Experience of designing, deploying, and troubleshooting networking, including subnetting, VLANs and VPNs
Experience of designing, deploying, and administering cloud-based solutions such as Amazon Web Service (AWS)
Experience of secure network architecture design
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.
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 all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
What's great about
Northrop Grumman
- Be part of a culture that thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work.
- Use your skills to build and deliver innovative tech solutions that protect the world and shape a better future.
- Enjoy benefits like work-life balance, education assistance and paid time off.
Did you know?
Northrop Grumman leads the industry team for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the largest, most complex and powerful space telescope ever built. Launched in December 2021, the telescope incorporates innovative design, advanced technology, and groundbreaking engineering, and will fundamentally alter our understanding of the universe.