DevOps Engineer – Level 3 or 4

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Polygraph TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description 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. Expand your horizons, advance your career, and contribute to a secure future for generations. Northrop Grummans Space Sector invites you to bring your pioneering spirit to our collaborative teams. As a DevOps Engineer Level 3 or 4 located in Morrisville, NC, youll be a linchpin in missions of paramount importance, defining the art of the possible from day one. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work. This role focuses on designing, automating, and managing endtoend CI/CD pipelines and infrastructureincluding build, deployment, provisioning, monitoring, and securityby leveraging Agile practices, scripting, and configurationmanagement tools. It also involves collaborating with development teams, vendors, and IT staff to resolve issues, optimize performance, and ensure reliable, scalable operations across all systems. This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off. In this job, you will: Be responsible for planning and evolving processes and infrastructure to execute programs supporting rapid capability maturation and deployment. Integrate 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. Ensure 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 companys security, backup, and redundancy strategies. Evaluate application performance, identify potential bottlenecks, develop solutions, and implement them with the help of developers. Other duties as assigned. If this job description reads like it was written specifically for you, consider joining our team! This position is contingent upon the candidate obtaining final clearances and program access(es) within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company. Basic Qualifications for Level 3: Bachelors degree with 5 years of professional experience OR Masters degree with 3 years of professional experience OR PhD with 1 year of professional experience. Will consider an additional 4+ years of experience in lieu of degree. Requires an active Top-Secret(TS)/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance [TS/SCI] with an active Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph at time of application Must hold a current CompTIA Security+ (Sec+) certification, or must be able to obtain a CompTIA Security+ (Sec+) certification within 6 months of start date Experience with Linux administration or related operating systems Experience in an Agile software development framework Experience with at least 3 of the preferred qualifications Basic Qualifications for Level 4: Bachelors degree with 8 years of professional experience OR Masters degree with 6 years of professional experience OR PhD with 4 years of professional experience. Will consider an additional 4+ years of experience in lieu of degree. Requires an active Top-Secret(TS)/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance [TS/SCI] with an active Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph at time of application Must hold a current CompTIA Security+ (Sec+) certification, or must be able to obtain a CompTIA Security+ (Sec+) certification within 6 months of start date Experience with Linux administration or related operating systems Experience in an Agile software development framework Experience with at least 3 of the preferred qualifications Preferred Qualifications: Terraform Kubernetes administration AWS administration Flux Helm DynamoDB NATS configuration Big Bang (Grafana, Prometheus, Loki) Jenkins/GitLab/Bamboo Curious about all the exciting developments with the Northrop Grumman Space Sector? Click the link below: https://www.northropgrumman.com/space Working at Northrop Grumman is more than just a paycheck. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards and benefits package designed to help you thrive at work and in life. For more information on our Total Rewards package, please visit our Total Rewards site. Northrop Grumman Total Rewards #LI-VP1 Primary Level Salary Range: $108,800.00 - $163,200.00 Secondary Level Salary Range: $135,800.00 - $203,600.00 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. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 an Equal Opportunity 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 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. Existing Applicants: Need to update your contact information or email address? Once logged in, click on Candidate Home in the upper right corner and scroll to the bottom of that screen to see buttons for: Update Contact information to update your legal name, address, and phone number Edit Account Settings to edit your email address We are a pioneering company. With careers across all areas: air, cyber, land, sea and space our 90,000 employees work as one to defend and define the future. Northrop Grumman careers and internships are as varied as your interests, with a lifetime of potential that will give you every opportunity to do your best work. Working together with people from many backgrounds, personal passions and disciplines, we share a drive to push the boundaries of science, technology and engineering to meet the ever evolving needs of our customers worldwide.