Space Sr. Principal DevOps Engineer

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 - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. 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 — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

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.

Northrop Grumman is hiring a Sr. Principal DevOps Engineer to be located in Boulder, CO supporting our Payload & Ground Systems Division (PGSD) Operational Exploitation Systems (OES) organization.

Primary Duties

• Provide coding support for SESAMI and FORGE

• Ability to work independently and without oversight at times

• Responsible to support customer needs

• Integrate and test patches to existing code infrastructure

• Responsibility to update system configuration documentation and technical bulletins

• Responsible for identifying and troubleshooting errors, and solutions in code for SESAMI and FORGE

Dev*Ops / Testing

• Develop and implement processes and tools for installation and deployment of products

• Coordinate with development, operations, quality, and management teams to ensure installation and integration efforts are documented and agreed upon

• Ensures delivered product has passed all required gates (testing, QA, customer defined acceptance testing)

  • Assists in Site Installation

  • Participate in software version testing and evaluation and provide feedback to the Development community

  • Support Factory Acceptance Test (FAT)

  • Support Site Regression Test

  • Manage and obtain all Site board approvals

  • Communicate risks to Program Management

• Assist Configuration Management in software upgrades

• Complete SESAMI related documentation

• Document all Software problems and follow up with accurate resolution

• Transfer of both classified and unclassified system data and documents between the development and operational site environments

• Represents the Northrop Grumman SESAMI Software Development Team at the site

Basic Qualifications:

• Sr. Principal DevOps Engineer (Level 4)- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and/or related Engineering disciplines with a minimum of 9 years of experience as Software Developer or related field; 7 years of experience required with a Master's degree, 4 years and a PhD

• Experience using C++ and JavaScript

​• Active Secret clearance is required with the ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI security clearance

• Experience using monitoring, logging, and visualization tools

• Experience using configuration management frameworks (e.g. Ansible/Chef/Puppet)

• Experience working with infrastructure, such as servers and networking

• Experience with containerization (e.g. Kubernetes/Helm/Openshift/Rancher)

• Experience using Linux

• Experience with Bash, Python, or PowerShell

• Hands-on knowledge of Docker technologies

• Demonstrated Site Reliability Engineering/Dev*Ops Principles

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.