Principal DevOps Engineer

Northrop Grumman

. Assist with the design of, as well as configure and maintain, infrastructure and/or cloud resources necessary to reliably host, run, and support applications through all phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC).

Posted 5/8/2026full-timeManhattan Beach • Alabama, California, Colorado, Utah • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $98,400 - $171,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudJenkinsKubernetesLinuxMavenPerlPythonSDLCTerraformVMware

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Assist with the design of, as well as configure and maintain, infrastructure and/or cloud resources necessary to reliably host, run, and support applications through all phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC).
Create and maintain continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
Write scripts and configurations to automate software testing, deployment, and maintenance in a manner consistent with software engineering best practices
Proactively monitor build and deployment pipelines and infrastructure, apply patches, troubleshoot issues, and resolve errors.
Automate infrastructure and/or cloud resource deployments and configuration using infrastructure-as-code tools.
Remediate findings from vulnerability scanning and penetration testing.
Informally mentor other staff in DevOps concepts and processes.
Work with peers and business partners to identify workflows or processes where automation can improve efficiency and or reduce costs.
Provide Application support, configuration, installation and troubleshooting
Troubleshoot technical issues, identify the cause, determine possible resolutions, and remediate issues in existing applications.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5 Years experience with Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field of study; 3 Years with Masters; 1 Years with PhD; or 4 additional years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
Must be a US citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a DOD security clearance.
Must be willing to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (SAP)
Experience with build tools (i.e., Maven, Ant, GNU make) and/or continuous integration environments (i.e., Jenkins, GitLab, Bamboo) and/or repositories (i.e. Nexus, JFROG) in a Linux environment.
3 years experience with Jira/Confluence in an Agile environment.
5 years experience with Microsoft and Linux Red Hat operating system.
5 years experience with scripting languages (i.e. PERL, Python, Bash, YAML)
3 years experience with Kubernetes implementation and Day 2 Operations in a CI/CD environment.
3 years experience with VMware Cloud Foundation, Terraform, vCenter, vSphere, or similar Virtual Provisioning.
3 year experience with container technologies

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
401k
Educational Assistance
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
Paid Time Off
Health & Wellness Resources
Employee Discounts

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Hard Skills & Tools

infrastructure designcloud resourcessoftware development life cycle (SDLC)continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD)automationinfrastructure-as-codevulnerability scanningpenetration testingscripting languages (PERL, Python, Bash, YAML)Kubernetes

Soft Skills

mentoringcollaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationefficiency improvement

Certifications

DOD security clearanceSpecial Program Access (SAP)