Principal / Sr. Principal Software Configuration Analyst DevOps
Northrop Grumman1 day ago
San Diego, CA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$104k - $155k/yr
Responsibilities
- Communicate issues, risks, solutions, and releases to relevant stakeholders.
- Coordinate final release signoffs and manage release schedules.
- Work with developers, QA, and administrators to ensure successful builds and deployments across development, QA, UAT, staging, and production.
- Support engineering teams with configuration-management processes using Jira, GitHub, and Bitbucket.
- Maintain software tools, repositories, policies, and products supporting software releases and software configuration-control boards.
- Execute platform integration builds and resolve issues encountered during build generation.
- Monitor and troubleshoot daily software tasks and maintain documentation updates.
- Provide direction for maturing the VHDL configuration-management repository and process from Design Sync.
- Ensure technology interfaces meet client needs and that applications remain secure and coordinated with internal and external peers.
- Perform SharePoint administration, system-level operational program work, and configuration-control and data-management activities as needed.
Requirements
- Principal level: bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field with at least 5 years of relevant experience, or a master's degree with 3 years of relevant experience; up to 4 additional years of experience may substitute for the degree.
- Senior Principal level: bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field with at least 8 years of relevant experience, or a master's degree with 6 years of relevant experience; up to 4 additional years of experience may substitute for the degree.
- Experience with Jira and/or GitHub and Bitbucket in configuration-management processes.
- Experience supporting scripting languages and database management.
- Experience performing software builds and maintaining procedures.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government clearance.
- Preferred qualifications include a relevant master's degree, extensive configuration-management administration experience, software configuration-management architecture experience, and scripting with Python, Perl, or Windows batch scripts.
- Preferred qualifications include experience with SharePoint administration, VHDL configuration management, hardware configuration management, program configuration-control boards, CDRL/SDRL data submissions, and the listed engineering and productivity tools.
- Strong communication, problem-solving, multitasking, deadline-management, and quality-focused execution skills are preferred.
Benefits
- Relocation assistance may be available.
- Health insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, savings plan, company-paid holidays, and paid time off are provided.
- Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base salary.
- The role requires a Secret clearance for start and includes approximately 10% travel.
- The role is generally performed during normal business hours, with occasional late shifts or on-call remote work.
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).