Senior Principal DevOps Engineer

Requisition ID: R10164652

• Category: Engineering

• Location: Linthicum, Maryland, United States of America

• Clearance Type: SCI

• Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this position

• Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time

• Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available

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. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage, and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future. 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.

This position description does not represent a current opening but may be used to identify candidates with skills and experience for positions within Northrop Grumman that frequently become available. Candidates who express an interest may be considered for future positions at Northrop Grumman.

One of our most challenging new fields is Microelectronics Design and Applications (MDA), which combines the unique properties of superconductivity and quantum mechanics to develop radical new energy-efficient computing systems. Our team is chartered with providing the skills to transform computing beyond Moore’s Law. MDA is seeking a Senior Principal Engineer DevOps with demonstrated ability to support our innovative MDA team in support of emerging supercomputing technologies.

Responsibilities:

• Design, deploy, and maintain DevOps infrastructure supporting multiple teams across multiple development, test, and production environments;

• Assist with the development, testing, maintenance, and debugging of CI/CD pipelines;

• Define and implement DevOps processes, policies, and procedures;

• Grow DevOps awareness and improve adoption through mentoring and advocacy.

This position requires onsite work at our Linthicum, MD and/or Annapolis Junction locations .

Common Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or comparable degree;

• Experience with the Agile software development lifecycle;

• Experience using Linux and Windows operating systems;

• Experience with IP, DNS, and SSL networking concepts;

• Experience writing or maintaining BASH and Python programs/scripts;

• Experience using or administering Git source control or infrastructure;

• Experience using or administering CI/CD pipelines or infrastructure;

• Experience using or administering Docker and Kubernetes container technologies;

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with quick turnaround times and shifting priorities;

• Candidates must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a US DoD TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph

Basic Qualifications Level 4:

• A minimum of 9 years of experience in software development or DevOps (7 years with a MS degree; 4 years with PhD);

• Common Basic Qualifications (see above).

Common Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience employing Agile software methodologies and tools: Scrum, Kanban, Jira;

• Experience administering Red Hat Linux within an Active Directory domain;

• Experience with additional/advanced networking concepts, e.g., DHCP, LDAP, NFS, CIFS, SMTP, NTP, Kerberos, TLS, PKI, routing, BGP, IPsec, MACsec;

• Experience writing or maintaining programs/scripts written in additional languages, e.g., PowerShell, C/C++, Java, JavaScript, Matlab;

• Experience using and administering GitLab CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure, including security and quality tool integration with, e.g., Nessus, Trivy, SonarQube;

• Experience using or administering additional container technologies, e.g., Istio, Helm, MinIO;

• Experience writing, maintaining, or employing Infrastructure as Code technologies, e.g., Ansible, Terraform;

• Experience using or administering monitoring tools, e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios, Splunk;

• Experience using or administering binary repository tools, e.g., Nexus, Artifactory;

• Experience using or administering web application stacks, e.g., JavaScript/Node/React, Python/Flask/Gunicorn, Java/Tomcat, Apache, Ngnix;

• Experience using or administering database tools, e.g., MariaDB, InfluxDB, MongoDB;

• Experience using build systems, e.g., Visual Studio Build, MSBuild, CMake, Maven, Ant;

• Experience writing and maintaining GitLab CI/CD pipelines;

• Experience administrating DevOps technologies (e.g., GitLab, Prometheus, Kubernetes, Nexus) in a production environment;

• Background in chip fabrication and test, such as ASIC manufacturing;

• Active TS/SCI Clearance with Polygraph

In addition to base salary, we offer benefits including health insurance plans, life and disability insurance, 401(k) savings plan, flexible schedules, paid holidays, and paid time off (PTO).

Our award-winning workplace has been recognized for our inclusive culture, excellent work/life balance, authentic team atmosphere, and career development opportunities. By joining our team, you’ll experience boundless career opportunities, including formal and informal mentoring programs, continuous learning and development, employee resource groups (ERGs), and a culture of leading from where you are.

Salary Range: $127,000 - $190,600

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.