Principal​/Sr. Principal Dedicated Cloud Engineer

Dedicated Cloud Engineer

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.

Help define how the Air Force delivers mission capability in the cloud. Northrop Grumman Defense Systems (NGDS) is seeking a Dedicated Cloud Engineer to support DAF CLOUD works, a rapidly growing secure cloud program that encompasses 10+ teams across information security, infrastructure development, and cloud migration.

You will work directly with DAF CLOUD works mission partners to rapidly enable required application functionality and evolve secure cloud offerings—implementing new requirements, enhancing functionality, increasing efficiency, and reducing operating/deployment costs. Successful candidates will be strong communicators and problem solvers who build and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

What You'll Do

• Work side-by-side with mission partners to enable and deploy cloud-hosted applications and services.
• Design, implement, and support solutions in Kubernetes-centric, cloud environments.
• Automate deployment, configuration, and monitoring using Git Ops and CI/CD pipelines.
• Integrate and manage infrastructure components including networking, storage, Linux/Windows hosts, and security controls.
• Contribute to platform engineering efforts to improve reliability, scalability, and security across the DAF CLOUD works environment.
• Diagnose complex issues across applications, networks, containers, and cloud platforms, and drive them to resolution.

This position description does not represent a current opening but may be used to identify candidates with skills and experience for positions within Northrop Grumman that frequently become available. Candidates who express an interest may be considered for future positions at Northrop Grumman.

Basic Qualifications

• Principal Engineer (Level
  3):
  High school diploma with 9+ years of relevant experience OR bachelor's degree with 5+ years of relevant experience OR master's degree with 3+ years of relevant experience
• Sr. Principal Engineer (Level
  4):
  High school diploma with 12+ years of relevant experience OR bachelor's degree with 8+ years of relevant experience OR master's degree with 6+ years of relevant experience
• Active Top Secret clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI)
• Ability to obtain IAT Level II certification per DoD 8570.01 (such as CASP+ or Security+) within 60 days of start date
• Technical knowledge of infrastructure components, including:
  Network, Storage, Linux/Windows, IT security concepts
• Working knowledge and/or familiarity with cloud-based technologies, such as: AWS Platform, Azure Platform, Google Cloud Platform
• Experience with Kustomize and Helm
• Experience with Linux
• Experience with Git Ops and CI/CD, with an emphasis on Git Lab
• Experience in application deployment and release management
• Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, Open Shift)
• Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, Git Lab CI, CircleCI, ArgoCD)
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack)
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language (Python, Bash)
• Strong understanding of application deployment strategies (e.g., blue/green, canary)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with microservice orchestration, with a strong focus on Kubernetes
• Fundamental cloud certifications such…