RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be 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 Space Systems, Multi-Domain Operations, Missile Defense Integration Business Unit (BU) has an exciting career opportunity for a DevOps Engineer – Level 3 to join our team of qualified, diverse, and innovative individuals. The position is located in Colorado Springs, CO.
Position Overview:
As a DevOps Engineer – Level 3 working on an Internal Research and Development (IRAD) team, you will work in a collaborative environment to understand system requirements, support development environment and it’s users, implement tools and pipelines. Many of the algorithms and capabilities implemented by the team will be mathematics and physics intensive complex solutions that will be highly critical to the overall end system performance. In addition to DevOps support, you will also be expected to support reviews of requirements and think outside of the box on our environment/tools to ensure the team developing the software capability has the setup they need.
Essential Functions:
- Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines
- Monitor system performance and ensure reliability and availability
- Collaborate with development teams to improve deployment processes
- Ensure security best practices and compliance requirements are met
- Maintain and enhance configuration management tools
Seeking candidates who find satisfaction in working on challenging and diverse assignments in collaborative settings across all levels.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline preferred from an accredited university and 5 years of related experience or a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of experience, or a PhD and 1 year of experience.
- Applicants must have a current, active in-scope US Government issued Secret security clearance at the time of application, which is required to start
- Ability and willingness to travel 10% to support business needs.
- DevOps pipeline experience
- Experience with CI/CD, containers, and pipelines.
- Experience with Software Change Control, Change Management, Code Quality, Static Analysis, and CI/CD tools such as: Atlassian tool suite, Jira, GitHub, GitLab, SonarQube, Coverity, and Jenkins.
- Quick to learn and absorb new concepts and information
- Recent MATLAB and or Python Experience
- Unix/Linux Operating System Experience
- Must be able to support an in-person / closed-area work environment
Preferred Qualifications:
- Highly experienced with Linux, scripting, and operations
- Experience with automated software requirements testing and analysis
- Experience with the battle management and or fire control systems
- Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and container orchestration.
- Experience with Behavior Driven Development (BDD) using tools like Gherkin and Cucumber for automated acceptance testing
- Experience with Static & Dynamic Code Analysis Tools and Fuzzing Tools such as: Coverity, Fortify, AND/OR SonarQube
- Experience developing in an Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) environment.
- Very solid background in math and physics
Primary Level Salary Range: $103,600.00 - $155,400.00
The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.
Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.
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 http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.