Software Engineering Manager 2 – DevOps Lead

Northrop Grumman

Software Engineering Manager leading DevOps efforts for Northrop Grumman’s revolutionary systems. Overseeing a talented team in an Agile environment to drive innovation and quality in software production.

Posted 5/27/2026full-timeSan Diego • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $161,100 - $241,700 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleChefJavaJavaScriptJenkinsMaven

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead a team to continuously develop and maintain software production tools and processes across multiple teams in an Agile software development environment
Serve as a work package manager to lead planning, execution, and delivery of DevOps products to meet contractual cost, schedule, and technical requirements
Collaborate with various engineering and test organizations to ensure the team meets mission engineering objectives
Implement and utilize Agile development techniques and metrics to manage team’s progress and work quality throughout the product life cycle
Manage budget, schedule status, and team allocation for DevOps

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 9 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 7 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and 4 years of related engineering experience
Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management
Prior leadership experience using Agile development, including participating as Product Owner, Scrum Master, and/or team member in an Agile development environment
Experience with a variety of DevOps tools such as Ansible, Ant, Bamboo, Chef, GitLab, Jenkins, Maven, etc.
Experience with software development (Java/Javascript, C++, C# or any modern object-oriented language) and its life cycle
Active U.S. Government Top Secret clearance (with a background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)
Ability to obtain and maintain initial Special Access Program (SAP) access via a Program Access Request (PAR).

Benefits

Comp & perks

health insurance coverage
life and disability insurance
savings plan
Company paid holidays
paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

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Hard Skills & Tools

Agile developmentDevOpssoftware developmentJavaJavaScriptC++C#AnsibleJenkinsGitLab

Soft Skills

communicationinterpersonal skillsleadershipcollaborationplanningexecutiondeliverywork package managementteam allocationwork quality management

Certifications

Bachelor’s DegreeMaster’s DegreePhDU.S. Government Top Secret clearanceSpecial Access Program (SAP) access