RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be availableCLEARANCE TYPE: Top SecretTRAVEL: 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 Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Sr. Principal DevOps Software Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals.  This position will be located in Melbourne, Florida. 
Sr. Principal DevOps Software Engineer will be responsible for designing and managing the Cloud infrastructure. Duties include deploying product updates, setting up software factory, virtual machines, containers, and orchestration. This role will have a large impact on team productivity and as such requires an understanding of platform engineering best practices and various automation tools for developing digital pipelines (CI/CD pipelines). The Principal DevOps Engineer/Sr. Principal DevOps Engineer will support integration of software for use across multi-domain/multi-platform scenarios using software engineering best practices and standards and participate in software release processes, developing platform as a service (PaaS), managing antifactory, performing integration and test and troubleshooting production environment.
 
Duties/Responsibilities:

• Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and ensure high availability

• Maintain and troubleshoot networking components, including VLANs, firewalls, switches, and routers

• Install, configure, and maintain operating systems, software, servers, and hardware.

• Deploy, manage, and support virtualized environments (e.g. VMware, Hyper-V, or other hypervisors)

• Implement and manage core infrastructure services (e.g., DNS, DHCP, NAS, and Active Directory)

• Set up an overall Cloud-native Software Factory

• Manage and improve container orchestration and deployment strategies

• Support programs with integration and deployment automation in a cloud enabled 

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 8 years of relevant experience OR Master's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 6 years of relevant experience

• Working knowledge of  Windows and Linux environments

• Experience with containers and kubernetes

• Experience scripting in YAML, Powershell, BASH, JSON, etc...

• Experience creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines 

• Familiar with SW Development  in at least one language (Java, Python, C++)

• Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Top-Secret clearance (DoD must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company.


Preferred Experience:

• Familiar with networking concepts

• Experience integrating and debugging SW

• Experience working within an Agile environment

• Familiar with Cloud Management and Administration

• Able to work independently 

• Collaborating with team and adjacent internal team

• Familiar with Ansible, Gitlab, Zarf packaging tool, Rancher Fleet
Salary Range: $118,600.00 - $178,000.00The 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.PDN-9f041f6c-bcce-4cc3-9909-a897c99341d0