Principal / Sr Principal Cloud Engineer (AHT)
Northrop Grumman2 days ago
Morrisville, NC, USA +2 moreStaff+
Base Salary
$114k - $204k/yr
Responsibilities
- Plan and evolve infrastructure and processes supporting rapid capability maturation and deployment.
- Define and implement build, deployment, provisioning, monitoring, configuration-management, code-quality, and code-coverage standards.
- Develop automated CI/CD pipelines, delivery environments, infrastructure-management frameworks, scripts, and templates.
- Install, configure, test, and maintain operating systems, application software, and system-management tools.
- Monitor and support installed systems and infrastructure, including security, backup, and redundancy strategies.
- Evaluate application performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement solutions with development teams.
- Collaborate with developers, vendors, and IT personnel to resolve problems.
Requirements
- Active U.S. Government Top Secret clearance, current and within scope, with the ability to obtain and maintain SCI access.
- Active U.S. Government CI Polygraph, current and within scope.
- United States citizenship.
- Principal level: bachelor's degree with 5+ years of relevant experience, master's degree with 3 years, PhD with 0 years, or 9 additional years of experience in lieu of a degree.
- Sr Principal level: bachelor's degree with 8+ years of relevant experience, master's degree with 6 years, PhD with 4 years, or 12 additional years of experience in lieu of a degree.
- Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
- Current Security+ certification.
- Administration experience with Linux or related operating systems.
- Experience in an Agile software development framework.
- Experience with at least three preferred qualifications, including Kubernetes administration, AWS administration, Flux, Helm, DynamoDB, NATS, Big Bang, Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Jenkins, GitLab, or Bamboo.
Benefits
- Relocation assistance may be available.
- Benefits include health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, company-paid holidays, and paid time off.
- The role has no travel requirement and may be based in Aurora, CO; Morrisville, NC; or Sacramento, CA.
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About Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman designs and manufactures aircraft, spacecraft, missile defense, C4ISR, and cyber systems for the U.S. government, NASA, and allied nations. The company operates primarily through long-term defense and space contracts, delivering products and services spanning autonomous systems, sensors, software, and sustainment. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, it is a public company listed on the NYSE (ticker: NOC).