Principal/Senior Principal Engineer DevOps*

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

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.

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems in air and space that impact people’s lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our work preserves freedom, democracy, and advances human discovery and our understanding of the universe. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future and have a lot of 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.

Northrop Grumman has an opening for a Principal or Senior Principal DevOps Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position can be located in Roy, UT or Bellevue, NE.

As an DevOps Engineer, you will

• Develop scripts, workflows, and playbooks for storage provisioning, automation, and backup integration.

• Design, build, maintain and own SDP‑compliant CI/CD pipelines, ensuring they incorporate security checks, automated patching, and governance requirements.

• Develop containers with Podman and orchestrate deployments on Kubernetes (or similar platforms).

• Create and maintain IaC using Ansible (or comparable tools) to provision and configure cloud resources, containers, and networking components.

• Write automation scripts and playbooks in Python, Go, Bash, or other languages for building images, running SAST scans, and automating repetitive tasks.

• Develop and evolve build, deployment, and release processes, including versioning, artifact storage, and promotion across environments.

Basic Qualifications

• Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval as determined by the company to meet its business need

• Hold or have the ability to obtain Security + CE (or other DoD 8570/8140 certification)

• Level 3 (T3): 5 Years with Bachelors in Science from an accredited university; 3 Years with Masters; 1 Year with PhD or

  4 additional years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.

• Level 4 (T4): 8 Years with Bachelors in Science from an accredited university; 6 Years with Masters; 4 Years with PhD or

  4 additional years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.

• Experience with developing CI/CD workflows and utilizing tools such as Nexus, Maven, Jira, GitLab, and Release Management

• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Puppet, Chef, Ansible.)

• Programming and scripting experience in a UNIX environment (GoLang, C++, Perl, Python, Bash, Ruby, Shell, Scripts)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and/or other cloud orchestration tools and technologies

• Experience with Podman, Buildah, Skopeo and/or other container tools and technologies

• Experience with CI/CD best practices, automated builds and tests, quality gates, software quality, and CI tools, i.e., Jenkins

• Experience with configuration management tools, i.e., Git, GitHub,

• GitLab, Bitbucket, others Familiarity with branching strategies, gated commits, source-controlled management, etc. Familiarity with the principle of DevSecOps

• Familiarity with Atlassian Tool Suite Jira, Confluence Familiarity with using a Nexus Repository

• Familiarity with security coding standard best practices, static and dynamic scanning tools, i.e., SonarQube, Fortify, Coverity, PCLint, Anchore, Nexus Lifecycle, etc.

• Familiarity with Agile Development

Primary Level Salary Range: $98,400.00 - $147,600.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $122,800.00 - $184,200.00

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.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.