DevOps Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Polygraph TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description 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 - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have 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 Space Systems is looking for a DevOps Engineer - Level 2 to augment our team. This position can be based in Aurora, CO or Morrisville, NC Primary Responsibilities Responsible for planning and evolving processes and infrastructure to execute programs supporting rapid capability maturation and deployment.Integrates development pipelines leveraging automation with test-driven development tools and continuous integration/test frameworks.Define and implement the build, deployment, provisioning, and monitoring standards for the program.Ensures implementation of Software Configuration Management (SCM), code quality, and code coverage with automated testing for Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.Work as part of an Agile development team to deliver end-end automation of deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management framework.Build and configure delivery environments supporting CD/CI tools using an Agile delivery methodology.Create scripts and/or templates to automate infrastructure provisioning and management tasks.Work closely with development teams to create an automated continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) system.Work together with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolutionMonitor and support all installed systems and infrastructure.Develop custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any tasks.Contribute to the design of information and operational support systems.Install, configure, test and maintain operating systems, application software and system management tools.Oversee the company’s security, backup, and redundancy strategies.Evaluate application performance, identify potential bottlenecks, develop solutions, and implement them with the help of developers. Basic Qualifications Must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with the ability to obtain and maintain SCI approval/access.Must have an active U.S. Government CI Polygraph at time of application, current and within scope.Bachelor’s degree with 2 + years of relevant experience; 0 years with a Master'sSecurity+, not needed to start, but must be able to obtain within 6 monthsAdministration experience with Linux or related operating systems.Experience in an Agile software development frameworkExperience with at least 3 of the preferred qualifications Preferred Qualifications Active Security+TerraformKubernetes administrationAWS administrationFluxHelmDynamoDBNATS configurationBig Bang (Grafana, Prometheus, Loki)Jenkins/GitLab/Bamboo Primary Level Salary Range: $87,600.00 - $137,600.00 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.