Staff 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 5/22/2026full-timeRoy • Utah • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $152,900 - $253,600 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDockerJenkinsKubernetesLinuxMavenOpenShiftPerlPythonSDLC

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
Serve as Product Owner managing priorities, scope and schedule, as needed Providing rotating 24x7 on-call support to lead the resolution of system issues and anomalies. On call rotation is subject to change, based on team size, and is currently 1 week of on-call out of every 8-12 weeks.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s Degree with 12 years of relevant experience; 10 Years with Masters; 8 Years with PhD; or 4 additional years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
Must be a US Citizen with active Secret clearance and the ability to obtain Top Secret/SAP clearance
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within 6 months of hire
4 years 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).
2 years experience with Jira/Confluence in an Agile environment.
Proficiency with Linux based software development tools.
4 years experience of Microsoft and Linux Red Hat operating system.
4 years experience with scripting languages (i.e. PERL, Python, Bash, YAML).
4 years of DevOps experience with container technologies in support of building and implementing CI/CD pipelines
4 years experience with container orchestration technologies (i.e. Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift)Experience with Virtualization Technologies
IAT Level II certification (e.g. Security + CE) or ability to obtain within 1 month.

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 deploymentautomation scriptinginfrastructure-as-codevulnerability scanningpenetration testingDevOpscontainer orchestration

Soft Skills

mentoringcollaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationprioritizationtime managementefficiency improvementtechnical troubleshootingleadershipon-call support

Certifications

Bachelor's DegreeMaster's DegreePhDIAT Level IISecurity + CESecret clearanceTop Secret/SAP clearanceSpecial Access Program (SAP) approval