Principal DevOps Engineer

Northrop Grumman

Principal DevOps Engineer supporting the Sentinel program at Northrop Grumman in Roy, Utah or Huntsville, Alabama. Involves configuring infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and application support.

Posted 5/13/2026full-timeRoy • Alabama, Utah • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $98,400 - $163,200 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
Provide rotating 24x7 on-call support to lead the resolution of system issues and anomalies

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
Must be a U.S. Citizen with an active U.S. Government DoD security clearance (Secret, Top Secret; etc.)
Must have the ability to obtain 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
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 Pipeline/ 3 years experience with VMware Cloud Foundation, Terraform, vCenter, vSphere, or similar Virtual Provisioning
3 years experience with container technologies
3 years previous experience developing and implementing CI/CD Pipelines
Excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills
Strong critical thinking and logical reasoning skills with the ability to solve issues
Available to support after-hours, on-call, and 24/7 coverage as required by program needs.

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 resourcescontinuous integrationcontinuous deploymentautomationscripting languagesKubernetesVMware Cloud FoundationTerraformCI/CD pipelines

Soft Skills

interpersonal skillscommunication skillsorganizational skillscritical thinkinglogical reasoning

Certifications

Bachelor's DegreeMaster's DegreePhDU.S. Government DoD security clearanceSpecial Program Access (SAP)