Cloud Developer (AHT)
- Location:
- Rome, New York, United States of America
About Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman solves the toughest problems in space, aeronautics, defense and cyberspace to meet the ever-evolving needs of our customers worldwide. Our 90,000 employees are Defining Possible every day using science, technology and engineering to create and deliver advanced systems, products and services. Northrop Grumman careers and internships are as varied as your interests, with a lifetime of potential that will allow you to work together with people from many backgrounds, personal passions and disciplines.
Northrop Grumman Defense Systems (NGDS) is seeking a Cloud Engineer to maintain and enhance capabilities in support of DAF CLOUDworks at the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) in Rome, NY. DAF CLOUDworks is a rapidly growing secure cloud program that encompasses 10+ teams. These teams span all different areas of cloud engineering including information security, infrastructure development, and cloud migration. You will be an active part of one of these teams providing technical support of customers leveraging DAF CLOUDworks. Along with operations and sustainment, DAF CLOUDworks focuses on modifying and enhancing offerings to implement new requirements, enhance functionality, increase efficiency, or lower operating/deployment. Successful candidates should:
- Have a track record as an effective communicator and problem solver who is able to develop and maintain good working relationships with internal stakeholders.
- Be able to follow Agile Development process and full life cycle development
- Interface with multiple, geographically disbursed teams and effectively communicate project statuses and blockers
Basic Qualifications:
A candidate must meet ALL of the below criteria. The candidate must:
- One of the following:
- A Bachelor’s degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) related field with 2+ years of experience
- A Master’s degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) related field with 0+ years of experience
- An active Secret clearance with the ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI)
- Able to obtain IAT Level II certification per DoD 8570.01 such as CASP+ or Security+ within 60 days of start date.
- Experience developing and maintaining automated scripts (Bash or PowerShell)
- Experience working with DevOps automated pipelines
- Experience leveraging git and GitHub/GitLab for code management
- Excellent knowledge of the software development lifecycle
- Proficiency in a popular coding language such as Python
- Ability to remediate identified vulnerabilities in code
- Experience with Linux Operating Systems
- Experience working on team that adheres to Agile methodologies
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to operate in a team environment
Preferred Qualifications:
- An active Top Secret clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI)
- CompTIA Security+ certification or IAT Level II equivalent per DoD 8570.01
- Certified (associate level or above) in cloud platform
- AWS Platform (>= Developer Associate)
- Azure Platform (>= Azure Developer Associate)
- Google (>= Google Cloud Engineer)
- Experience developing code base under strict security controls
- Experience with cloud services and resources configuration and administration experience
- Experience developing containerized code used in orchestration platforms
- Kubernetes (K8), Docker, Podman
- Familiarity with the boto3 Python library
- Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principals
- Strong interpersonal, problem-solving, organizational, and multi-tasking skills