Northrop Grumman · 6 hours ago
Sentinel Staff DevOps Engineer - 17554 - R10220589
Huntsville, AL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$153K/yr - $254K/yr
12+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leader in technological advancements and is seeking a Staff DevOps Engineer to join their team. The role involves designing, configuring, and maintaining infrastructure and cloud resources, automating CI/CD pipelines, and providing application support throughout the software development life cycle.
AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Assist with the design of, as well as configure and maintain, infrastructure and/or cloud resources necessary to reliably host, run, and support applications through all phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC)
Create and maintain continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines
Write scripts and configurations to automate software testing, deployment, and maintenance in a manner consistent with software engineering best practices
Proactively monitor build and deployment pipelines and infrastructure, apply patches, troubleshoot issues, and resolve errors
Automate infrastructure and/or cloud resource deployments and configuration using infrastructure-as-code tools
Remediate findings from vulnerability scanning and penetration testing
Informally mentor other staff in DevOps concepts and processes
Work with peers and business partners to identify workflows or processes where automation can improve efficiency and or reduce costs
Provide Application support, configuration, installation and troubleshooting
Troubleshoot technical issues, identify the cause, determine possible resolutions, and remediate issues in existing applications
Serve as Product Owner managing priorities, scope and schedule, as needed
Serve as Work Package Lead for your product scope, as needed
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree with 12 years of relevant experience; 10 Years with Masters; 8 Years with PhD; or 4 additional years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree
Must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval
4 years experience with build tools (i.e., Maven, Ant, GNU make) and/or continuous integration environments (i.e., Jenkins, GitLab, Bamboo) and/or repositories (i.e. Nexus, JFROG)
2 years experience with Jira/Confluence in an Agile environment
Proficiency with Linux based software development tools
4 years experience of Microsoft and Linux Red Hat operating system
4 years experience with scripting languages (i.e. PERL, Python, Bash, YAML)
4 years of DevOps experience with container technologies in support of building and implementing CI/CD pipelines
4 years experience with container orchestration technologies (i.e. Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift)
Ability to obtain Northrop Grumman Cost Account Management (CAM) certification with 3 months of hire
Hold or have the ability to obtain Security + CE (or other DoD 8570/8140 certification) within 6 months
Preferred
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 date occurring in the last 6 years
Experience with automation/configuration management using either Ansible, Chef or equivalent
Experience with source code configuration management tools (i.e git)
Experience with HashiCorp Packer and Vault
Familiarity with container hardening and SBOM
Previous experience with Cost Account Management (CAM) and Earned Value
Certified Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Product Owner
Proven ability to help solve problems or conflicts within teams
Proven ability to hold team members accountable to complete work based on approved technical architecture, on schedule and within budget
Detailed and team oriented with excellent interpersonal communication, leadership and organizational skills
Strong critical thinking and logical reasoning skills with the ability to solve issues
Benefits
Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
401k
Educational Assistance
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
Paid Time Off
Health & Wellness Resources
Employee Discounts
Company
Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman is an aerospace, defense and security company that provides training and satellite ground network communications software.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.7BKey Investors
U.S. Department of DefenseNASA
2025-05-27Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2024-01-29Post Ipo Debt· $2.5B
2023-12-20Grant· $72M
Leadership Team
Tom Wilson
Corporate Vice President, Enterprise Business Development
Jeffrey Worsham
Chief Product Owner - Advanced Technology Development
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