Staff DevSecOps Engineer (*TS/SCI required)
Northrop GrummanAbout the role
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.The Payload and Ground Systems, a division within Northrop Grumman’s Space Systems Sector is known for pushing the boundaries of innovation, redefining engineering capabilities, and driving advances in various sciences through cutting-edge technology. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, and innovative technologies to develop, design, produce, and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Be a part of our mission!
Northrop Grumman Space Systems (NGSP) seeks to find a Staff-level DevSecOps Engineer in the Payload and Ground Systems Division Engineering organization supporting the Integrated National Systems (INS) Business Unit (BU) to support a Ground program.
This position may be at our Morrisville, NC, Aurora CO, Fairfax VA, or Linthicum MD sites. (Compensation varies per location)
A DevOps Engineer plans and evolves processes and infrastructure to execute programs which support rapid maturation and deployment of capability while sustaining a stable security posture and incorporating ongoing stakeholder feedback. Integrates development pipelines leveraging automation with test-driven development tools and continuous integration/test frameworks. Implements provisioning and deployment techniques via packaging, componentizing, 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.
This position requires being onsite and does not support remote or hybrid work.
Basic Qualifications
Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) security clearance at time of application
Must be willing to submit and successfully pass a polygraph
Minimum years of experience needed to be considered:
12 Years of relevant experience with a completed Bachelor's
10 Years of relevant experience with a completed Masters's
8 Years of relevant experience with a completed Ph.D.
14 Years of relevant experience with a completed associate’s degree
16 years of relevant work experience in lieu of a completed degree (High School diploma or equivalent is required)
Must have above minimum experience on the below:
Experience with developing microservices
Must hold a Security+ Certification
Experience with Kubernetes, AWS/C2S and Terraform
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, Container Security, AWS Cloud Security
Preferred Qualifications
Active/Adjudicated Polygraph (CI or FSP)
Experience creating, developing, and implementing solutions to address infrastructure and security requirements
Ability to identify the needs to build automation, designing and implementing CICD solutions
Experience working with Docker containers and Helm charts
Familiarity with space vehicle ground segment design
Experience with Agile development
Excellent technical writing and team building skills
To better support our employee’s work/life balance, most NG worksites support a 9/80 work schedule. The 9/80 schedule allows employees to work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday and take every other Friday off. Thi
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