Sentinel Sr Principal DevOps Engineer - 16639*

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

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.

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 Defense Systems is seeking a Sr Principal DevOps Engineer. This position can be located in Roy, Utah and supports the Sentinel program.

What You’ll Get To Do:

This role will focus on automating the provisioning and management of servers, storage, and networking across VMware and physical environments, improving efficiency, scalability, and reliability for a software development environment.  

As an DevOps Engineer, you will:

• Design and develop infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Terraform and Ansible.

• Develop scripts, workflows, and playbooks for storage provisioning, automation, and backup integration.

• Build and maintain automated patching, compliance, and reporting frameworks.

• Administer and automate Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Windows Server environments including OS deployment, configuration hardening, lifecycle management and patching

• Manage and automate VMware vSphere based infrastructure including ESXi hosts, clusters, resource pools, templates, and virtual networking/storage objects

• Provision, automate, and manage Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environments using Omnissa Horizon including golden image creation, pool configuration and desktop lifecycle maintenance

• Maintain CI/CD pipelines for seamless infrastructure deployments.

• Monitor and optimize infrastructure performance to ensure reliability and scalability.

• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure-related issues efficiently.

• Collaborate with other teams to identify automation opportunities, troubleshoot issues, integrate infrastructure solutions and ensure the reliability, scalability, and security of the systems.

• Document Processes and configurations for clarity and maintainability.

• Optimize infrastructure utilization and reduce manual intervention in operational tasks.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand diverse automation needs and advocate for unified solutions.

• Communicate progress, problems and best practices to management, leads and teammates.

• 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.

Position Benefits:

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, 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.

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