Principal / 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.

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 Space Systems is searching for an experienced Principal DevOps Engineer / Sr. Principal DevOps Engineer to support a new Ground System in Morrisville, NC, Fairfax, VA, or Linthicum, MD.

The successful DevOps engineer would support the initial creation and maintenance of DevSecOps pipeline for new cloud based system.  Candidate would support development activities across multiple security levels and locations, and utilize Enterprise-provided tools to build an effective CICD pipeline.

This requisition may be filled at a higher grade based on the qualifications listed below.

Basic Qualifications:

• Principal Engineer DevOps: Bachelor’s degree with 5 + years of software development experience; 3 years with a Master's; 0 years with a PhD. 9 years if exp in leu of degree.
• Sr. Principal Engineer DevOps: Bachelor’s degree with 9 + years of software development experience; 7 years with a Master's; 4 years with a PhD. 13 years of exp in leu of degree.
• Active Top Secret or higher with a willingness to obtain a poly
• Experience with software systems deployment and Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)
• Knowledge of DevOps, i.e. Jenkins and Nexus

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AWS
• Knowledge of Kubernetes
• Experience with Red Hat Linux administration
• Experience developing Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Helm, Puppet)
• Willing to document key knowledge and share with team
• Active TS/SCI clearance w/ Poly

This position reports to Morrisville, NC, USA, however, this position can also be worked from Fairfax, VA, VA, USA.

Salary Range: $92,200 USD - $152,200 USD

Salary Range 2: $114,300 USD - $188,600 USD

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.

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.