Hybrid Staff Engineer, DevOps

at Northrop Grumman

• Job title: Staff Engineer, DevOps
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $152,900 - $229,300 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Ansible, Cloud, Gradle, Java, JavaScript, Kubernetes, Linux, Maven, Python, TypeScript, Go
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Roy, United States

About the role

• Staff DevOps Engineer supporting the Sentinel program at Northrop Grumman. Creating IaC and managing CI/CD pipelines in cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain IaC using Ansible (or comparable tools) to provision and configure cloud resources, containers, and networking components.
• Write automation scripts and playbooks in Python, Go, Bash, or other languages for building images, running SAST scans, and automating repetitive tasks.
• Design, build, and own SDP‑compliant CI/CD pipelines , ensuring they incorporate security checks, automated patching, and governance requirements.
• Maintain CI/CD platforms (e.g., GitLab) – keep them updated, performant, and integrated with other tooling.
• Develop and evolve build, deployment, and release processes , including versioning, artifact storage, and promotion across environments.
• Develop containers with Podman and orchestrate deployments on Kubernetes (or similar platforms).

Requirements

• 12 Years with Bachelors in Science from an accredited university; 10 Years with Masters; 8 Years with PhD.; or in lieu of degree, an additional 4 years of related experience.
• Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within six months of hire or as determined by the company to meet its business need.
• IAT Level II certification (e.g. Security+ CE) or ability to obtain within 6 months.
• At least 7 years of experience with build tools and package managers such as CMake, Make, npm, Maven, pip, dnf, NuGet, Gradle or MSBuild.
• At least 7 years of experience building software in C, C++, C#, Golang, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, Python or similar language.
• At least 5 years of experience developing and implementing CI/CD Pipelines.
• At least 5 years of experience using Linux (RHEL preferred) and Microsoft operating systems.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills.
• Strong critical thinking and logical reasoning skills with the ability to solve issues.

Benefits

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