RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: No

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 Defense Sector is hiring a Software Engineer-DevOps focus. You will be part of a growing team in Newport, RI working at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center that is designing, constructing, and delivering the next generation of undersea warfare Training Systems to the Fleet. Your focus will be on delivery of the Training Systems, helping to solve challenges providing the automation for integration and testing of the hardware, operating system, system configuration and software. Your primary goal will be to provide a robust continuous delivery pipeline to integrate and test engineering changes from the development teams, providing the teams fast and comprehensive feedback. You will also be responsible for providing processes and tools to improve developer experience. We are looking explicitly for candidates who align more with software engineering than operations.

Job Responsibilities: 

Implement continuous delivery best practices within our software development lifecycle.  Implement and support a continuous integration and continuous delivery model to streamline development, deployment and testing of multiple software baselines.  Work with systems and software engineers to deploy operating systems and software builds along with supporting the development infrastructure of required tools.

Partner with engineering teams to automate every stage of the software development life cycle.Assist in designing and implementing an infrastructure to support DevOps practices in an on premises cloud environment, including but not limited to:Refine and simplify the process of delivering engineering changes to the Training Systems.Recommend and introduce tools to help achieve this goal.Proactively identify and drive optimizations and improvements to the development workflow and delivery of the Training Systems.Identify automation opportunities within configuration management, build, packaging, deployment, and testing.Design, implement, alter, and test CI/CD pipelines.Build tools to reduce the overhead and streamline building, packaging, deploying, and testing.Creating solutions to give developers fast feedback on engineering changes.Researching and delivering new and innovative methods for providing continuous delivery solutions.Develop automated test tools to verify build and deployment mechanisms.This position has no on-call requirements

Basic Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Software Engineering or a relevant STEM field in addition 2 years of relevant experience. 4-years of experience in lieu of degreeMore than two years of experience in a Software Engineer roleProficiency working in Linux environments (RHEL7/CentOS7, RHEL8/CentOS8).Proficiency working with Bash Shell ScriptingProficiency working with AnsibleExperience with at least one compiled language (e.g. C, C++, Rust, Go)Ability to obtain a secret clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

Comprehensive understanding of the software development lifecycleGeneral understanding of the build automation processExperience with virtual machine provisioning and configurationStrong communication skills and ability to explain protocol and processes with team and management.Excellent troubleshooting skills with the ability to spot issues before they become problems.Self-directed and motivated to learnTime and project management skills, with the capability to prioritize and multitask as needed.Working knowledge of PythonWorking knowledge of Make and/or ClearcaseWorking knowledge of GradleWorking knowledge of Puppet/Chef, Nexus/Artifactory, Docker/Podman, Kubernetes, SonarQubeActive secret clearanceWell versed in modern continuous delivery principles and best practicesExperience with virtualization architectures including RedHat KVM, VMWare ESXi/vSphereInformation Assurance Technical (IAT) Level 1 certification to support DoD Cybersecurity Workforce.  Certifications include A+, CCNA, Network+, Linux+, Security+.Experience with DevOps supporting a software development and deploymentExperience supporting development environments in the Defense industryExperience performing troubleshooting in mission-critical infrastructuresKnowledge of Defense industry practices and standards

Salary Range: $85,400.00 - $128,000.00

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 committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA 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.