Northrop Grumman Australia · 7 hours ago
Sentinel Staff Engineer DevOps - 14966-1
United States-Utah-Roy
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$153K/yr - $229K/yr
8+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company that offers innovative solutions for national security. They are seeking a Staff DevOps Engineer to support the Sentinel program, focusing on creating and maintaining infrastructure as code, automating processes, and developing CI/CD pipelines.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Create and maintain IaC using Ansible (or comparable tools) to provision and configure cloud resources, containers, and networking components
Write automation scripts and playbooks in Python, Go, Bash, or other languages for building images, running SAST scans, and automating repetitive tasks
Design, build, and own SDP‑compliant CI/CD pipelines, ensuring they incorporate security checks, automated patching, and governance requirements
Maintain CI/CD platforms (e.g., GitLab) – keep them updated, performant, and integrated with other tooling
Develop and evolve build, deployment, and release processes, including versioning, artifact storage, and promotion across environments
Develop containers with Podman and orchestrate deployments on Kubernetes (or similar platforms)
Qualification
Required
12 Years with Bachelors in Science from an accredited university; 10 Years with Masters; 8 Years with PhD.; or in lieu of degree, an additional 4 years of related experience
Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within six months of hire or as determined by the company to meet its business need
IAT Level II certification (e.g. Security+ CE) or ability to obtain within 6 months
At least 7 years of experience with build tools and package managers such as CMake, Make, npm, Maven, pip, dnf, NuGet, Gradle or MSBuild
At least 7 years of experience building software in C, C++, C#, Golang, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, Python or similar language
At least 5 years of experience developing and implementing CI/CD Pipelines
At least 5 years of experience using Linux (RHEL preferred) and Microsoft operating systems
Excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills
Strong critical thinking and logical reasoning skills with the ability to solve issues
Preferred
Bachelor's degree from an accredited university in computer science or related field
Experience working as a software engineer and system administrator
Experience with the DoD DevSecOps Reference Architecture
Familiarity with scripting languages such as Python, PowerShell or Bash
Experience with automation tools such as Ansible, Puppet or Chef
At least 5 years of experience with Static Application Security Testing tools such as Fortify, Coverity, CodeSonar or SonarQube
At least 3 year of experience with container technologies such as podman, docker or kubernetes
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 Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase