Expand your horizons, advance your career, and contribute to a secure future for generations. Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector invites you to bring your pioneering spirit to our collaborative teams. As a DevOps Engineer – Level 5, this role will sit in our Dulles, VA location. In this role, you’ll be a linchpin in missions of paramount importance, defining the art of the possible from day one.
This work will primarily be performed in a SCIF environment. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work. This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off.
Job Responsibilities
In this role you will:
Automate cloud native technologies, deploy applications, and provision critical infrastructure
Work with microservices and distributed application architecture, such as containers, Kubernetes, and/or serverless technology
Work within the OpenStack cloud ecosystem to configure and deploy optimized infrastructure
Ensure monitoring and health of the resources deployed via Nagios or other enterprise management solutions
Document procedures used during deployment cycles
Experience with operational monitoring tools
Work with the fellow DevOps team and play a mentoring role to cross-train and grow technical talent across DevOps team and assist in troubleshooting tasks
Implement clean and maintainable infrastructure-as-code that adheres to industry best practices, terraform
This work will primarily be performed in a SCIF environment. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work. This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off.
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.
Basic Qualifications (must have/required to be considered):
Requires an active/current U.S. Government Top-Secret (TS)/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) security clearance [TS/SCI] at time of application [US citizenship required]
Level 5: (Staff level)
Bachelor’s degree with 12 years of relevant experience
An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a completed Bachelor’s
Master’s degree with 10 years of relevant experience
PhD with 8 years of relevant experience
8+ years of DevOps experience
8+ years in a technical leadership role managing technical objectives
Experience in Jira metrics reporting
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Terraform, & Ansible
Experience with Kubernetes (K8s)
Preferred Qualifications (not required, but nice to have):
STEM degree
Experience in Linux tools/automation and shell scripting
Experience in Python
Experience with OpenStack management
Docker containerization
Experience with continuous integration/deployment tools such as Jenkins or GitLab
Experience creating, executing, and troubleshooting complex, automated processes used to configure servers and/or deploy code
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Skills Required
- Active/current U.S. Government Top-Secret (TS)/SCI security clearance (US citizenship required)
- Bachelor's degree with 12 years of relevant experience (or an additional 4 years of experience in lieu of degree)
- Master's degree with 10 years of relevant experience
- PhD with 8 years of relevant experience
- 8+ years of DevOps experience
- 8+ years in a technical leadership role managing technical objectives
- Experience in Jira metrics reporting
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Terraform, and Ansible
- Experience with Kubernetes (K8s)
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Retirement Support — 401(k) matching is considered strong, with additional defined-benefit coverage for certain cohorts and options like catch-up contributions. Retirement programs are repeatedly highlighted as a core strength of the total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO, company-paid holidays, and compressed work schedules (such as 9/80) provide meaningful time away and flexibility. These scheduling options are cited as a major quality-of-life benefit across many locations.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave alongside caregiver leave, adoption assistance, and back-up care supports a range of family needs. These programs have been expanded recently, signaling continued investment in family support.
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What We Do
We are a close-knit community of big thinkers collaborating to keep the world safe. Our passion, creativity and expertise bring next-level technology solutions to life in autonomous systems, cyber, C4ISR, strike, space, and logistics and modernization for our customers around the globe. On the Northrop Grumman team, you’ll join our pursuit of excellence immersed in a dynamic culture of innovation and respect. Your unique perspective will help achieve our shared vision for the future of global security. Every step of the way, you'll be supported by world-class training, employee resource groups and a comprehensive benefits package that enables greater health and happiness for you and your family. Worldwide and across disciplines, we’re challenging what’s possible for technology to protect people and places from undersea to outer space and into cyberspace. And we see the impact of our performance every day. We are Northrop Grumman, and we work on what matters—now, you too can make a difference. Explore opportunities in engineering, IT, manufacturing, business management, cybersecurity and more with us. Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
