At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems in air and space that impact people’s lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our work preserves freedom, democracy, and advances human discovery and our understanding of the universe. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future and have a lot of 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 has an opening for a Staff DevOps Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position can be located in Roy, UT.
Position Benefits:
As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Defense Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:
- Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
- 401k
- Educational Assistance
- Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
- Paid Time Off
- Health & Wellness Resources
- Employee Discounts
This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.
What you get to do:
• 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
Providing rotating 24x7 on-call support to lead the resolution of system issues and anomalies. On call rotation is subject to change, based on team size, and is currently 1 week of on-call out of every 8-12 weeks.
You’ll Bring These Qualifications:
• 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 active Secret clearance and the ability to obtain Top Secret/SAP clearance
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within 6 months of hire
• 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)Experience with Virtualization Technologies
• IAT Level II certification (e.g. Security + CE) or ability to obtain within 1 month.
These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:
• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field of study.
• 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
• 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
Available to support after-hours, on-call, and 24/7 coverage as required by program needs. On call rotation is subject to change, based on team size, and is currently 1 week of on-call out of every 8-12 weeks.
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Primary Level Salary Range: $152,900.00 - $229,300.00The 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.Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree with 12 years relevant experience (or 10 years with Master’s, 8 years with PhD, or 4 additional years in lieu of degree)
- Must be a US Citizen
- Active Secret clearance at start and ability to obtain Top Secret/SAP clearance
- Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within 6 months of hire
- 4 years experience with build tools (Maven, Ant, GNU make) and/or CI environments (Jenkins, GitLab, Bamboo) and/or repositories (Nexus, JFROG)
- 2 years experience with Jira and Confluence in an Agile environment
- Proficiency with Linux-based software development tools
- 4 years experience with Microsoft and Red Hat Linux operating systems
- 4 years experience with scripting languages (Perl, Python, Bash, YAML)
- 4 years DevOps experience with container technologies in support of CI/CD pipelines
- 4 years experience with container orchestration technologies (Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift)
- Experience with virtualization technologies
- IAT Level II certification (e.g., Security+ CE) or ability to obtain within 1 month
- Provide rotating 24x7 on-call support (current rotation ~1 week every 8-12 weeks)
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM field
- Experience as a Product Owner or technical leadership in Agile; familiarity with SAFe
- Active DoD Secret clearance with recent reinvestigation (within last 6 years)
- Experience with automation/configuration management (Ansible, Chef, or equivalent)
- Experience with source code management tools (git)
- Experience with HashiCorp Packer and Vault
- Familiarity with container hardening and SBOM
- Certified SAFe Product Owner
- Strong leadership, communication, critical thinking, and team accountability skills
Northrop Grumman Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Northrop Grumman and has not been reviewed or approved by Northrop Grumman.
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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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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.







