DevOps Engineer – Level 5
Listed on 2026-07-20
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IT/Tech
Systems Engineer, Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations
Description
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available. CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes. CLEARANCE TYPE:
Top Secret. TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the time.
At Northrop Grumman, our employees have opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people’s lives today and for generations to come. We seek bold ideas, courage, and a pioneering spirit to invent the future and have fun along the way. Our culture values intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity, and bringing your whole self to work.
* Please be aware that this position is contingent upon capturing program awards and obtaining and maintaining associated funding, final clearances, and program access(es) within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company.
Expand your horizons, advance your career, and contribute to a secure future for generations. Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector invites you to bring your pioneering spirit to our collaborative teams. As a Dev Ops Engineer – Level 5, this role will sit in our Dulles, VA location. In this role, you’ll be a linchpin in missions of paramount importance, defining the art of the possible from day one.
This work will primarily be performed in a SCIF environment.
This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work
. This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off.
Job Responsibilities
Automate cloud native technologies, deploy applications, and provision critical infrastructure
Work with microservices and distributed application architecture, such as containers, Kubernetes, and/or serverless technology
Work within the Open Stack cloud ecosystem to configure and deploy optimized infrastructure
Ensure monitoring and health of the resources deployed via Nagios or other enterprise management solutions
Document procedures used during deployment cycles
Experience with operational monitoring tools
Work with the fellow Dev Ops team and play a mentoring role to cross-train and grow technical talent across Dev Ops team and assist in troubleshooting tasks
Implement clean and maintainable infrastructure-as-code that adheres to industry best practices, Terraform
This work will primarily be performed in a SCIF environment.
This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work
. This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off.
This position is contingent upon the candidate obtaining final clearances and program access(es) within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company.
Basic Qualifications (must have/required to be considered):
Requires an active
/
current U.S. Government Top-Secret (
TS
)/Sensitive Compartmented Information (
SCI
) security clearance [TS/SCI]
at time of application [US citizenship required]
Level 5: (Staff level)
Bachelor’s degree with 12 years of relevant experience
An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a completed Bachelor’s
Master’s degree with 10 years of relevant experience
PhD with 8 years of relevant experience
8+ years of Dev Ops experience
8+ years in a technical leadership role managing technical objectives
Experience in Jira metrics reporting
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Terraform, & Ansible
Experience with Kubernetes (K8s)
Preferred Qualifications (not required, but nice to have):
STEM degree
Experience in Linux tools/automation and shell scripting
Experience in Python
Experience with Open Stack management
Docker containerization
Experience with continuous integration/deployment tools such as Jenkins or Git Lab
Experience creating, executing, and troubleshooting complex, automated processes used to configure servers and/or deploy code
If this job description reads like it was written specifically for you, consider joining our team!
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