DevOps Engineer/ Principal DevOps Engineer

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This position is contingent upon the candidate obtaining final clearances and program access(es) within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company.

This position can be staffed at a level 2 or 3 based on the basic qualifications below.

- Level 2: Bachelor's in STEM degree with 2 years of professional experience; Master's in STEM degree with 0 years of professional experience. Will consider an additional 4+ years of experience in lieu of degree.

- Level 3: Bachelor's in STEM degree with 5 years of professional experience; Master's in STEM degree with 3 years of professional experience; PhD with 0 years of experience. Will consider an additional 4+ years of experience in lieu of degree.

- Requires an active Top-Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance at time of application

- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain U.S. Government Full Scope Polygraph.

- Relevant DevOps, site reliability, or systems engineering experience.

- Demonstrated experience maintaining GitLab CI/CD in an on-prem environment

- Practical experience administering Nexus repositories

- Experience supporting Apache NiFi infrastructure

- Working knowledge of on-prem Kubernetes operations

- Experience using Grafana and Prometheus in an on-prem context

- Proficiency with Linux systems administration fundamentals and at least one scripting language (e.g., Bash, Python) for automation and operational tasks.

- Familiarity with operating in secure, classified, or highly regulated on-prem environments and adherence to associated processes (security, configuration control, and auditing).

- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills; ability to methodically diagnose issues across multiple interconnected services.

- Experience using Helm and Rancher

- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code and configuration management tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible) for maintaining existing on-prem infrastructure definitions and playbooks.

- Experience with log aggregation and analysis platforms in on-prem environments (e.g., ELK/EFK or similar).

- Experience working within formal change control and release management processes.

- Exposure to microservices running on Kubernetes and related operational patterns (service discovery, scaling, health checks).

- Behavioral Competencies

- Operational ownership: Proactively monitors, maintains, and improves existing on-prem systems and DevOps toolchains.

- Continuous improvement mindset: Identifies and implements incremental enhancements within established architectures and constraints.

- Team collaboration: Works closely with senior engineers, system administrators, security, and development teams to execute defined technical directions.

- Discipline and rigor: Adheres to security, configuration management, and documentation expectations in a classified on-prem environment.

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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.