Sentinel DevOps Engineer

Relocation Assistance & Clearance

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

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Staff Dev Ops Engineer located in Roy, UT. The role supports our pioneering work in air and space systems, contributing to revolutionary technology and defending freedom.

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

Standard work schedule 9/80: nine‑hour days Monday through Thursday, every other Friday off. Competitive relocation assistance may be offered.

• Design, configure, and maintain infrastructure and/or cloud resources to host, run, and support applications throughout the SDLC.
• Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Write scripts and configurations to automate software testing, deployment, and maintenance.
• Proactively monitor build and deployment pipelines and infrastructure, apply patches, troubleshoot issues, and resolve errors.
• Automate infrastructure and/or cloud resource deployments using infrastructure‑as‑code tools.
• Remediate findings from vulnerability scanning and penetration testing.
• Informally mentor staff in Dev Ops concepts and processes.
• Collaborate with peers and business partners to identify workflows where automation improves efficiency or reduces costs.
• Provide application support: configuration, installation, and troubleshooting.
• Serve as Product Owner, managing priorities, scope, and schedule as needed.
• Provide rotating 24/7 on‑call support; rotation is one week out of every 8‑12 weeks.

• Bachelor’s degree with 12 years of relevant experience, or 10 years with a master’s degree, or 8 years with a Ph.D., or 4 additional years of experience in lieu of a degree.
• U.S. citizen with active Secret clearance and ability to obtain Top Secret/SAP clearance.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within 6 months of hire.
• 4 years experience with build tools (e.g., Maven, Ant, GNU make) and/or continuous integration environments (e.g., Jenkins, Git Lab, Bamboo) and/or repositories (e.g., 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 (e.g., PERL, Python, Bash, YAML).
• 4 years Dev Ops experience with container technologies supporting CI/CD pipelines.
• 4 years experience with container orchestration technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker, Open Shift) or virtualization technologies.
• LevelII certification (e.g., Security+ CE) or ability to obtain within 1 month.

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field.
• 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 within 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 SAFe Product Owner.
• Proven ability to resolve conflicts within teams.
• Proven ability to hold team members accountable for completing work on schedule and within budget.
• Excellent interpersonal communication, leadership, and organizational skills.
• Strong analytical and logical reasoning skills.
• Availability for after‑hours, on‑call, and 24/7 coverage as required by program needs.

Primary Salary Range: $ - $. Base salary is based on scope, responsibilities, experience, education, skills, and market conditions. Eligible for overtime, shift differential, discretionary bonus, and long‑term incentives for VP/Director positions.

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