Northrop Grumman - Dulles, VA

posted 4 months ago

Full-time - Senior
Remote - Dulles, VA
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

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. We have an opening for a Staff DevOps Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals in the Tactical Space organization. This position will be in Dulles, VA. This work will primarily be performed on the unclassified side, however, some SCIF work will be required at some point, and on-site support will be required. A Top Secret Clearance is required to start. In this role, you will automate cloud native technologies, deploy applications, and provision critical infrastructure. You will work with microservices and distributed application architecture, such as containers, Kubernetes, and/or serverless technology. You will also work within the OpenStack cloud ecosystem to configure and deploy optimized infrastructure, ensure monitoring and health of the resources deployed via Nagios or other enterprise management solutions, and document procedures used during deployment cycles. Additionally, you will work with the fellow DevOps team and play a mentoring role to cross-train and grow technical talent across the DevOps team and assist in troubleshooting tasks. Implementing clean and maintainable infrastructure-as-code that adheres to industry best practices using Terraform will also be a key responsibility.

Responsibilities

  • Automate cloud native technologies, deploy applications, and provision critical infrastructure.
  • Work with microservices and distributed application architecture, such as containers, Kubernetes, and/or serverless technology.
  • Work within the OpenStack cloud ecosystem to configure and deploy optimized infrastructure.
  • Ensure monitoring and health of the resources deployed via Nagios or other enterprise management solutions.
  • Document procedures used during deployment cycles.
  • Work with the fellow DevOps team and play a mentoring role to cross-train and grow technical talent across DevOps team and assist in troubleshooting tasks.
  • Implement clean and maintainable infrastructure-as-code that adheres to industry best practices, terraform.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in a STEM field (ideally Computer Science or Engineering) and 14 years of experience; OR a master's degree and 12 years; OR a PhD and 9 years. Experience can be considered in lieu of degree.
  • 9+ years of experience in Linux tools/automation and shell scripting.
  • 9+ years of experience in Python.
  • 5+ years of experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Terraform, & Ansible.
  • 5+ years of experience with Docker containerization, Kubernetes (K8s) required.
  • 5+ years of experience with continuous integration/deployment tools such as Jenkins or GitLab.
  • 5+ years creating, executing, and troubleshooting complex, automated processes used to configure servers and/or deploy code.
  • 3+ years of experience with OpenStack management.
  • 5+ years of DevOps or software development experience.
  • 5+ years in a technical leadership role managing technical objectives and Jira metrics reporting.

Nice-to-haves

  • Kubernetes expertise is critical for this role.
  • Expertise in Ansible, DevOps CI/CD.

Benefits

  • Medical
  • Dental & Vision coverage
  • 401k
  • Educational Assistance
  • Life Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
  • Paid Time Off
  • Health & Wellness Resources
  • Employee Discounts
  • Flexible Schedules (For example the ability to work a 9/80 work schedule, which allows an employee to work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday and take every other Friday off of work)
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