Requisition ID: R10166338

• Category: Engineering

• Location: Morrisville, North Carolina, United States of America | Aurora, Colorado, United States of America | Linthicum, Maryland, United States of America | Fairfax, Virginia, United States of America

• Clearance Type: SCI

• Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this position

• Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)

• Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time

• Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available

• Positions Available: 3

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 (NGSP) seeks to fill a Staff DevOps Engineer in the Payload and Ground Systems Division Engineering organization supporting Integrated National Systems (INS) Business Unit (BU) to support a new Ground program. This position can be filled at Morrisville, NC, Fairfax, VA, Linthicum, MD or Aurora CO.

This position requires being onsite and does not support remote or hybrid work.

What you’ll get to do?

A DevOps Engineer plans and evolves processes and infrastructure to execute programs which support rapid maturation and deployment of capability while sustaining a stable security posture and incorporating ongoing stakeholder feedback. Integrates development pipelines leveraging automation with test-driven development tools and continuous integration/test frameworks. Implements provisioning and deployment techniques via packaging, componentizing, or Cloud distribution. Functions with agile principles to execute efficiently in an environment of continuous feedback. Ensures implementation of Software Configuration Management (SCM), code quality, and code coverage with automated testing for Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.

Basic Qualifications:

Staff DevOps Engineer: Bachelor's degree in STEM and a minimum of 14 years of relevant experience; 12 years of relevant experience with a Master's degree; 9 years of relevant experience with a PhD. 18 years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of degree.

• Must be a US Citizen with an active TS/SCI

• Experience with developing microservices

• Must hold a Security+ Certification

• Experience with Kubernetes, AWS/C2S and Terraform

• Experience with Linux and Ansible

• Experience with Jira, Jenkins and Git/Version Control Software

• Ability to express technical information clearly at different organizational levels

• Familiarity with API Security, Container Security, AWS Cloud Security

Preferred Qualifications :

• Polygraph (CI or FSP)

• Experience creating, developing, and implementing solutions to address infrastructure and security requirements

• Ability to identify the needs to build automation, designing and implementing CICD solutions

• Experience working with Docker containers and Helm charts

• Familiarity with space vehicle ground segment design

• Experience with Agile development

• Excellent technical writing and team building skills

Salary Range: $150,000 - $247,600

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

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 application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

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. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.