The Payload and Ground Systems organization within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission!
We are seeking to fill either a Principal DevOps Engineer or Senior Principal DevOps Engineer to join our talented, diverse team. This position is located in Redondo Beach, CA, and requires being onsite.
What you'll get to do?
The ideal candidate will have a passion for developing and automating creative solutions. Key areas of responsibly include system analysis, design, develop, build, test, implement, and maintain various systems to meet functional objectives of the business. We cover a wide variety of technologies including Jenkins, Fortify, Ansible, Atlassian suite, TeamForge, ASP, Visual Build, Docker, Kubernetes and many more. Candidate will Implement provisioning and deployment techniques via packaging, containerizing or Cloud distribution. Functions with agile principles to execute efficiently in an environment of continuous feedback. Ensures implementation of Software Configuration Management (SCM), code quality, and code coverage with automated testing for Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
Basic Qualifications:

Principal DevOps Eng: 5 Years with Bachelors in Science; 3 Years with Masters; 1 Year with PhD
* Senior Principal DevOps Eng: 8 Years with Bachelors in Science; 6 Years with Masters; 4 Years with PhD
* Active Secret Clearance at the time of application
* Security+ Certification
* Experience with Kubernetes, containers
* Experience with Linux and Ansible
* Experience with Jira, Jenkins and Git/Version Control Software
* Ability to express technical information clearly at different organizational levels
* Familiarity with API Security and Container Security
Preferred Qualifications:

Experience creating, developing, and implementing solutions to address requirements
* Ability to identify needs for automation, designing and implementing of CICD solutions
* Experience working with Docker containers
* Experience with Agile development
* Experience with developing microservices
* Excellent technical writing and team building skills
Salary Range: $107,300 - $160,900
Salary Range 2: *$133,000 - $199,600
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.
Employees may be eligible for 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 committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.