Principal​/Senior Principal Engineer DevOps R10220583-3

Overview

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret

TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time

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

• 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.

• 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, Git Lab, 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)

• 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, Git Hub, Git Lab, Bitbucket, others
• Familiarity with branching strategies, gated commits, source-controlled management, etc. Familiarity with the principle of Dev Sec Ops
• 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., Sonar Qube, Fortify, Coverity, PCLint, Anchore, Nexus Lifecycle, etc.
• Familiarity with Agile Development

Primary Level Salary Range: $98,400.00 - $

Secondary Level Salary Range: $ - $

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  U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.