Sentinel DevOps Engineer

Staff Dev Ops Engineer – Roy, UT

Relocation assistance may be available.
Clearance required at start:
Yes.
Clearance type:
Secret.
Travel:
Yes, 10% of the time.

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• 401(k)
• Educational Assistance
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
• Paid Time Off
• Health & Wellness Resources
• Employee Discounts

• Assist with design and configuration of infrastructure and/or cloud resources necessary to reliably host, run, and support applications through all phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC).
• Create and maintain continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Write scripts and configurations to automate software testing, deployment, and maintenance in a manner consistent with software engineering best practices.
• Proactively monitor build and deployment pipelines and infrastructure, apply patches, troubleshoot issues, and resolve errors.
• Automate infrastructure and/or cloud resource deployments and configuration using infrastructure‑as‑code tools.
• Remediate findings from vulnerability scanning and penetration testing.
• Informally mentor other staff in Dev Ops concepts and processes.
• Work with peers and business partners to identify workflows or processes where automation can improve efficiency and/or reduce costs.
• Provide application support, configuration, installation, and troubleshooting.
• Troubleshoot technical issues, identify causes, determine possible resolutions, and remediate issues in existing applications.
• Act as Product Owner managing priorities, scope, and schedule, as needed.
• Provide rotating 24×7 on‑call support to lead the resolution of system issues and anomalies (currently 1 week of on‑call out of every 8–12 weeks).

• Bachelor’s Degree with 12 years of relevant experience; 10 years with a Master’s degree; 8 years with a Ph.D.; or 4 additional years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen with active Secret clearance and the ability to obtain Top Secret/SAP clearance.
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within 6 months of hire.
• 4 years experience with build tools (Maven, Ant, GNU make) and/or continuous integration environments (Jenkins, Git Lab, Bamboo) and/or repositories (Nexus, JFrog).
• 2 years experience with Jira/Confluence in an Agile environment.
• Proficiency with Linux‑based software development tools.
• 4 years experience with Microsoft and Linux Red Hat operating systems.
• 4 years experience with scripting languages (PERL, Python, Bash, YAML).
• 4 years experience with Dev Ops in support of building and implementing CI/CD pipelines.
• 4 years experience with container orchestration technologies (Kubernetes, Docker, Open Shift).
• Experience with virtualization technologies.
• IAT Level II certification (e.g., Security+ CE) or ability to obtain within 1 month.

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field of study.
• Experience as a Product Owner or other technical leadership position in an Agile environment.
• Familiarity with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
• Active DoD Secret clearance with a reinvestigation date occurring in the last 6 years.
• Experience with automation/configuration management using Ansible, Chef, or equivalent.
• Experience with source code configuration management tools (e.g., git).
• Experience with Hashi Corp Packer and Vault.
• Familiarity with container hardening and SBOM.
• Certified Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Product Owner.
• Proven ability to help solve problems or conflicts within teams.
• Proven ability to hold team members accountable to complete work based on approved technical architecture, on schedule and within budget.
• Strong critical thinking and logical reasoning skills with the ability to solve issues.

Primary level salary range: $ – $. The above range is a general guideline and may be adjusted based on scope, responsibilities, and candidate experience. Additional compensation may include overtime, shift differential, and discretionary bonuses.

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.