Principal or Sr. Principal DevOps Engineer
Northrop Grumman2 days ago
Baltimore, MD, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$109k - $204k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop, implement, maintain, and automate software configuration management processes, procedures, and workflows.
- Apply SCM best practices, industry standards, and configuration-control principles across the software development lifecycle.
- Coordinate and create controlled, repeatable builds for testing, integration, and delivery.
- Administer, configure, and improve SCM and DevOps toolchains.
- Automate build, release, configuration-control, and delivery activities using CI/CD tools, scripting, and infrastructure automation practices.
- Facilitate and document configuration/control board meetings and create build, release, and delivery documentation.
- Establish procedures to coordinate, track, and control changes to program data, software baselines, and products.
- Partner with Agile software development teams to integrate SCM controls and automated DevOps workflows.
- Identify opportunities to reduce manual effort, improve repeatability, and strengthen auditability through automation.
Requirements
- Principal level requires a bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline and 5 years of related experience, a master's degree and 3 years of related experience, or a PhD and related experience.
- Sr. Principal level requires a bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline and 8 years of related experience, a master's degree and 6 years of related experience, or a PhD and 3 years of related experience.
- Professional experience in software configuration management or a closely related discipline.
- Experience coordinating or creating configured software builds for testing and delivery.
- Experience with SCM principles, configuration-control processes, source control, build, or DevOps tools supporting automated and repeatable software delivery.
- Experience working on a software development team in an Agile environment.
- Experience with software source control and configuration management tools, including Git.
- Active U.S. Government Secret clearance and ability to obtain and maintain SAP access.
- U.S. citizenship is required.
- Preferred qualifications include experience maturing SCM processes on large-scale programs and experience with Jenkins, GitLab Pipelines/Runners, scripting, and tools including Atlassian products, GitHub, GitLab, ClearCase, ClearQuest, Linux, and Windows.
Benefits
- Health plan, savings plan, paid time off, company-paid holidays, life and disability insurance, and additional benefits.
- Education assistance, training and development, and a 9/80 work schedule where available.
- No relocation assistance is available; the role is based in Baltimore, Maryland and requires 10% travel.
- Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
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).