Principal or Sr. Principal DevOps Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes

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.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. We have a wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies. Our differentiated battle management and cyber solutions deliver timely, mission-enabling information and provide superior situational awareness and understanding to protect the U.S. and its global allies.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is looking for you to join our Software and Digital Technology Team as a Principal or Sr. Principal Dev Ops Engineer based out of Baltimore, MD.What You’ll Get to Do:

In this role, you will lead the development, implementation, enforcement, maintenance, and automation of Software Configuration Management (SCM) processes for large- and small-scale programs by applying SCM best practices and industry standards while using Dev Ops tools and automation to improve configuration control, build and release management, traceability, and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) workflows.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Developing, implementing, maintaining, and automating SCM processes, procedures, and workflows

Applying SCM best practices, industry standards, and configuration-control principles across the software development lifecycle

Coordinating and creating controlled, repeatable builds for test, integration, and delivery

Administering, configuring, and improving SCM and Dev Ops tool chains

Automating build, release, configuration-control, and delivery activities using CI/CD tools, scripting, and infrastructure automation practices

Facilitating and documenting configuration/control board meetings; creating build, release, and delivery documentation; and supporting process-improvement initiatives

Experience with software source control and configuration management tools and environments, including Atlassian tools, Git, Jira, Clear Case, Clear Quest, Linux, and Windows Establishing and implementing procedures to coordinate, track, and control changes to program data, software baselines, and products

Partnering with Agile software development teams to integrate SCM controls and automated Dev Ops workflows into day-to-day development activities

Identifying opportunities to reduce manual effort, improve repeatability, and strengthen auditability through automation This position may be filled as a Principal or Sr. Principal Dev Ops Engineer based on the qualifications below.

Basic Qualifications:

Principal Dev Ops Engineer:

Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) with 5 years of related experience;
Master’s degree in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) with 3 years of related experience;
PhD in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering or…