Senior Principal Engineer DevOps

Requisition ID : R10164645

Do not wait to apply after reading this description a high application volume is expected for this opportunity.

Category : Engineering

Location : Linthicum, Maryland, United States of America Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States of America

Clearance Type : SCI

Telecommute : No - Teleworking not available for this position

Shift : 1st Shift (United States of America)

Travel Required : Yes, 10% of the Time

Relocation Assistance : Relocation assistance may be available

Positions Available : 2

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.

We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage, and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity, and bringing your whole self to work.

Today’s dynamic global security threats require solutions both big and small solutions living within the Northrop Grumman Microelectronics Center (NGMC).

Boasting state-of-the-art design capabilities, multiple processing nodes, electrical testing, environmental and QCI screening, and failure analysis, the NGMC is a leader in designing, fabricating, packaging, and delivering discriminating microelectronics to the military, aerospace, and commercial markets.

For more than 70 years, we have been offering a wide range of trusted foundry and semiconductor services that deliver high performing and reliable microelectronics.

One of our most challenging new fields is Microelectronics Design and Applications (MDA), which combines the unique properties of superconductivity and quantum mechanics to develop radical new energy-efficient computing systems.

Our team is chartered with providing the skills to transform computing beyond Moore’s Law, advancing development of computer architectures, processing / memory subsystems, and large-scale high-performance computing systems.

MDA is seeking a Senior Principal Engineer DevOps with demonstrated ability to support our innovative MDA team in support of emerging supercomputing technologies.

Responsibilities :

• Design, deploy, and maintain DevOps infrastructure supporting multiple teams across multiple development, test, and production environments;
• Assist with the development, testing, maintenance, and debugging of CI / CD pipelines;
• Define and implement DevOps processes, policies, and procedures;

Grow DevOps awareness and improve adoption through mentoring and advocacy.

This position requires onsite work at our Linthicum, MD and / or Annapolis Junction locations .

Common Basic Qualifications :

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or comparable degree;
• Experience with the Agile software development lifecycle;
• Experience using Linux and Windows operating systems;
• Experience with IP, DNS, and SSL networking concepts;
• Experience writing or maintaining BASH and Python programs / scripts;
• Experience using or administering Git source control or infrastructure;
• Experience using or administering CI / CD pipelines or infrastructure;
• Experience using or administering Docker and Kubernetes container technologies;
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with quick turnaround times and shifting priorities;

Candidates must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a US DoD TS / SCI clearance with Polygraph

Basic Qualifications Level 4 :

A minimum of 9 years of experience in software development or DevOps (7 years with a MS degree; 4 years with PhD);

Common Basic Qualifications (see above).

Common Preferred Qualifications :

• Experience employing Agile software methodologies and tools : Scrum, Kanban, Jira;
• Experience administering Red Hat Linux within an Active Directory domain;
• Experience with additional networking concepts, e.g., DHCP, LDAP, NFS, CIFS, SMTP, NTP, Kerberos, TLS, PKI, routing, BGP, IPsec, MACsec;
• Experience writing or maintaining programs / scripts in additional languages, e.g., PowerShell, C / C++, Java, JavaScript, Matlab;
• Experience using and administering GitLab CI / CD pipelines and infrastructure, including security and quality tool integration;
• Experience using or administering additional container technologies, e.g., Istio, Helm, MinIO;
• Experience writing, maintaining, or employing Infrastructure as Code technologies, e.g., Ansible, Terraform;
• Experience using or administering monitoring tools, e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios, Splunk;
• Experience using or administering binary repository tools, e.g., Nexus, Artifactory;
• Experience using or administering web application stacks, e.g., JavaScript / Node / React, Python / Flask / Gunicorn, Java / Tomcat, Apache, Nginx;
• Experience using or administering database tools, e.g., MariaDB, InfluxDB, MongoDB;
• Experience using build systems, e.g., Visual Studio Build, MSBuild, CMake, Maven, Ant;
• Experience writing and maintaining GitLab CI / CD pipelines;
• Experience administrating DevOps technologies in a production environment;
• Background in chip fabrication and test, such as ASIC manufacturing;

Active TS / SCI Clearance with Polygraph

Salary Range : $102,400 - $153,600

Salary Range 2 : $127,000 - $190,600

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers.

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.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer.

U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

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