The Payload and Ground Systems, a division within Northrop Grumman’s Space Systems Sector is known for pushing the boundaries of innovation, redefining engineering capabilities, and driving advances in various sciences through cutting-edge technology.  Our team is chartered with providing the skills, and 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) seeks to find a DevSecOps Engineer in the Payload and Ground Systems Division Engineering organization supporting Integrated National Systems (INS) Business Unit (BU) to support a Ground program. 

This position may be located at our Morrisville, NC, Fairfax, VA, or Aurora CO sites.

This position requires being onsite and does not support remote or hybrid work. 

Job responsibilities will include, but not be limited to, the following:     

• Write/edit scripts (INF as code) to aid with configuration maintenance of Gitlab/Gitlab-ci

• Automate configuration maintenance (CM) process and support CM for elements (automation scripting or manual until automated)

• Maintain security vulnerabilities software. Review scans, process to automate these issues, and make updates to libraries. Make recommendations to resolve deficiencies in code and/or implement recommendations.

• Plans and evolves processes and infrastructure to execute programs which support rapid maturation and deployment of capability while sustaining a stable security posture and incorporating ongoing stakeholder feedback.

• Integrates development pipelines leveraging automation with test-driven development tools and continuous integration/test frameworks.

• Implements provisioning and deployment techniques via packaging, componentizing, or Cloud distribution.

• Functions with agile principles to execute efficiently in an environment of continuous feedback.

• Ensures implementation of Software Configuration Management (SCM), code quality, and code coverage with automated testing for Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.

This requisition may be filled at either a level 3 (Principal) or a level 4 (Sr Principal), depending on the candidate’s experience as laid out in the basic qualifications detailed below as well as the interview assessment.

Basic Qualifications

• Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) security clearance with an active Polygraph at time of application

• Must have a completed STEM degree [a degree in the fields of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics]

  • Level 3 (Principal):

    • 5 Years of relevant experience with a completed Bachelor's (STEM)

    • 3 Years of relevant experience with a completed Masters's (STEM)

    • 1 Years of relevant experience with a completed Ph.D. (STEM)

  • Level 4 (Sr Principal):

    • 8 Years of relevant experience with a completed Bachelor's (STEM)

    • 6 Years of relevant experience with a completed Masters's (STEM)

    • 4 Years of relevant experience with a completed Ph.D. (STEM)

• Must have above minimum experience on the below:

  • Cloud Computing

  • Cloud DevOps

  • Linux System Administration

• Current CompTIA Security+ certification or other IAT Level 2 certificate earned within 30 days of next available prep class

• Must be willing to complete a Counterintelligence polygraph

Preferred Qualifications

• Sys Admin functions (password reset, debug environment issues)

• Infrastructure-as-code

• Ansible

• K8s

• Docker

• Gitlab

• TerraForm

• Helm

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) System Administration

• IAT Level II Certification

• CI Poly or FSP

To better support our employee’s work/life balance, most NG worksites support a 9/80 work schedule. The 9/80 schedule allows employees to work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday and take every other Friday off.  This schedule or other work-hour flexibility options can be determined upon hire.

With us, you’ll discover a culture of curiosity and collaboration that will have you Defining Possible from the day you start. Our space systems connect and protect millions of people on Earth every day, now and for the future. Explore your future and launch your career today. #definingpossible