DevOps Engineer - Level 3 or 4
Northrop Grumman2 days ago
Colorado Springs, CO, USASenior / Staff+
Base Salary
$104k - $194k/yr
Responsibilities
- Plan, design, and maintain build, integration, test, and deployment environments for reliable software delivery.
- Implement scalable provisioning, packaging, containerization, configuration management, versioning, traceability, and deployment techniques.
- Integrate automated testing, code-quality metrics, coverage metrics, and security scanning into delivery pipelines.
- Collaborate with developers, production operations, and engineering teams to optimize workflows and resolve environment issues.
- Administer containerized, virtualized, and laboratory environments, including incident response, patching, system checkout, and service restoration.
- Perform system administration and hardware support, troubleshoot operating system, network, and hardware problems, and document configurations and infrastructure inventories.
Requirements
- Principal Level 3 requires a STEM bachelor's degree and 5 years of related experience, a STEM master's degree and 3 years, or a STEM PhD and 1 year; a high school diploma with 9 years of related experience may substitute for the degree.
- Sr. Principal Level 4 requires a STEM bachelor's degree and 8 years of related experience, a STEM master's degree and 6 years, or a PhD and 4 years; a high school diploma with 12 years of related experience may substitute for the degree.
- An active, in-scope U.S. Government Secret clearance is required at application and start.
- Strong Linux-based environment experience and scripting experience with Bash, Python, or similar tools are required.
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code and configuration automation such as Ansible or Terraform is required.
- Level 4 candidates need advanced CI/CD pipeline experience, including automated testing, code quality, and security scanning.
- Candidates must be able to work alternate shifts if needed and travel 10%.
- Preferred qualifications include Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, VMware, vulnerability scanning and security compliance tools, OpenShift, Podman, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, Bitbucket, SonarQube, IDM/IPA, and RSA.
Benefits
- Relocation assistance may be available.
- The position is on-site at Schriever Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
- Travel is approximately 10% and alternate shifts may be required.
- Benefits include health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, company-paid holidays, and paid time off.
- Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus.
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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).