**Requisition ID: R10176975**

+ **Category:** Engineering

+ **Location:** Fairfax, Virginia, United States of America | Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

+ **Clearance Type:** Top Secret

+ **Telecommute:** No- Teleworking not available for this position

+ **Shift:** 1st Shift (United States of America)

+ **Travel Required:** Yes, 25% of the Time

+ **Positions Available:** 2

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.

Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today. 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, but they are also making history. The Payload and Ground Systems organization within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter.

Come be a part of our mission. Northrop Grumman Space Systems (NGSP) is looking for you to join our team as a Principal/Sr. Principal DevOps Engineer in the Payload and Ground Systems Division. This position can be based out of Fairfax, VA.

The DevOps Engineer will be responsible for integrating development pipelines, leveraging automation with test-driven development tools and continuous integration/test frameworks. The candidate will ensure implementation of Software Configuration Management (SCM), code qualify, and code coverage with automated testing for Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.

The requisition may be filled at either the Principal or Senior Principal grade based on the qualifications listed below.

**Basic Qualifications:**

• Principal: Bachelor's degree in STEM discipline with 5+ years of relevant experience; master’s degree with 3+ years, PhD 0+ years or 9 years of related experience in lieu of degree.

• Sr. Principal: Bachelor's degree in STEM discipline with 8+ years of relevant experience; master’s degree with 6+ years, PhD 3+ years or 12 years of related experience in lieu of degree.

• **Active Top Secret Clearance required at the time of application.**

• Experience with developing and deploying CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins, GitLab, or similar

• Experience in a technical leadership role managing technical objectives

• Experience communicating work products to external stakeholders

• Experience with deployment automation scripting using Ansible, Helm or related products

• Experience troubleshooting virtualization, automation, and deployment applications

• Experience with Linux Operating Systems Preferably RHEL 8/9

• Experience with bash scripting

• Experience managing virtualized compute with terraform (VMWare, Proxmox, etc.)

• Experience managing containers using container orchestrators like Docker, Kubernetes (K8s)

**Preferred Qualifications:**

• Active TS/SCI, granted or re-investigated within the last 6 years or in continuous evaluation

• Active security+ certification

• Experience with Agile Development

• Experience managing source code in Git

• Knowledge of security compliance standards

• Experience in multi enclave security environments

• Knowledge of basic networking principles (subnets, VLANs, routing, and firewalls)

**Salary Range:** $107,300 - $160,900

**Salary Range 2:** $133,000 - $199,600

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.

Employees may be eligible for 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 committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.