DevOps Engineer - Level 3

Position Overview

At Northrop Grumman, our employees work on revolutionary systems that impact lives around the world and shape history. We value bold ideas, courage, and a pioneering spirit. Northrop Grumman is seeking a talented, self-motivated, energetic professional to join the engineering team in Boulder, Colorado as a Principal (Level 3) DevOps Engineer.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with development teams to implement Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Coordinate activities across multidisciplinary engineering teams, raise issues at the program level, and drive complex projects to success.
• Analyze system capabilities for output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls.
• Provide technical solutions to a wide range of complex problems.
• Effectively communicate and present technical subjects to project and program management, technical managers, and customers.
• Manage technical dependencies across teams.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives to identify opportunities for automation and process improvement.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of related experience, or a master’s degree and 3 years of related experience, or 1 year of related experience with a PhD (an additional 4 years of related experience may be considered in lieu of a degree).
• Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at the time of application and start.
• Experience with modern C++ (C++17, C++20), development tools, integrated development environments, and compilers.
• Proficiency in Object Oriented Programming.
• Experience developing in Linux and cross-platform (Linux/Windows) environments.
• Familiarity with modular software development architectures/practices and source control tools such as Git, CMake, and Conan.
• Experience working with Atlassian suite products (Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence, etc.) and revision control systems.
• Proven ability in software development and troubleshooting in a team environment.
• Willingness to travel up to 10% for business needs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certifications: CompTIA Security+ (SecPlus).
• Current and active DoD-issued TS/SCI clearance.
• Technical leadership experience.
• Experience with Python.
• Familiarity with Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) and Electro-Optical Infrared (EOIR) sensors.
• Experience with Distributed Systems, Micro-service Architecture, & Observability Tools (e.g., Grafana, OpenTelemetry, RKE2/K3S/Tanzu/Docker Swarm).
• Experience with DevOps and DevSecOps tools (e.g., Jenkins or GitLab).
• Experience with container orchestration and deployment (Kubernetes, Docker Compose, Openshift, Rancher).
• Experience with containerization development using Podman or Docker.
• Experience with Configuration Management and Infrastructure as Code (Ansible).

Benefits & Perks

• Compensation: Primary Level Salary Range: $110,300.00 - $165,500.00.
• Bonus & Incentives: Eligibility for overtime, shift differential, discretionary bonus, annual bonuses, and potential Long Term Incentives for eligible positions.
• Comprehensive health insurance coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Savings plan options.
• Company-paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and personal business.
• Relocation: No relocation assistance available.
• Travel: Approximately 10% travel requirement.