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DevOps Engineer - Level 5 - Active poly - Sign-on Bonus

Northrop Grumman

United States-Colorado-Aurora, US$177k – $266konsite

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RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Polygraph

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’s Space Systems Sector is looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer - Level 5 to join our team. This position is based in Aurora, CO.

Sign-on Bonus : Must meet the position Basic Qualifications and possess an Active Top Secret/SCI with Full Scope poly.

About our organization: You'll be joining our growing Aurora Software and Digital Engineering department which has 200+ Software Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Systems Administrator, Database Administrator, and Network Engineer peers from entry-level to the most senior chief engineers and architects. DevOps Engineers frequently get into informal (example: Subject Matter Expert) and formal technical leadership roles within their programs, as applicable and per interest.  We have plenty of opportunities for career advancement into higher level technical roles or leadership positions. Our department is part of a larger organization that includes Systems Engineering, Integration, and Test staff as well as a Hardware Engineering unit. This larger organization influences cross-program collaboration, professional development and training, as well as engagement and inclusion activities such as lunch-n-learns, campus events, and leadership mixers.

Essential Functions: • Responsible for planning and evolving processes and infrastructure to execute programs supporting rapid capability maturation and deployment.

• Integrates development pipelines leveraging automation with test-driven development tools and continuous integration/test frameworks.

• Define and implement the build, deployment, provisioning, and monitoring standards for the program.

• Ensures implementation of Software Configuration Management (SCM), code quality, and code coverage with automated testing for Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.

• Work as part of an Agile development team to deliver end-end automation of deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management framework.

• Build and configure delivery environments supporting CD/CI tools using an Agile delivery methodology.

• Create scripts and/or templates to automate infrastructure provisioning and management tasks.

• Work closely with development teams to create an automated continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) system.

• Work together with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution

• Monitor and support all installed systems and infrastructure.

• Develop custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any tasks.

• Contribute to the design of information and operational support systems.

• Install, configure, test and maintain operating systems, application software and system management tools.

• Oversee the company’s security, backup, and redundancy strategies.

• Evaluate application performance, identify potential bottlenecks, develop solutions, and implement them with the help of developers.

  Basic Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree with 12 + years of relevant experience; 10 years with a Master's; 8 years with a PhD; or 16+ years of total experience in lieu of a degree

• Active Top Secret/SCI with Full Scope poly required at time of application

• Strong experience building and running containers

• Strong experience with Linux Administration

• Strong experience with shell scripting

• Experience with git

• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines (gitlab or Jenkins experience is preferred)

• Experience working with Kubernetes

• Experience with messaging software (kafka, artemis, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications • Experience with Ansible

• Experience with Java, python

• Experience with system monitoring (E.g. Prometheus or similar)

• Familiarity with computer networking

• Familiarity with access control techniques (RBAC, ABAC, etc.) and software (keycloak)

Curious about all the exciting developments with the Northrop Grumman Space Sector? Click the link below:

https://www.northropgrumman.com/space

Working at Northrop Grumman is more than just a paycheck. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards and benefits package designed to help you thrive at work and in life. For more information on our Total Rewards package, please visit our Total Rewards site.

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Primary Level Salary Range: $177,000.00 - $265,600.00

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 c

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