Staff DevOps Engineer, TS/SCI, Space Satellite Systems

• Category: Engineering
• Location: Dulles, Virginia
• US Citizenship Required for this Position: Yes
• Clearance Type: SCI
• Telecommute: Yes –May Consider Occasional/Part Time Teleworking for this position
• Shift: 1st Shift
• Travel Required: Yes, 25 % of the Time
• Positions Available: 1

Embark on a career putting innovative, reliable, and agile products and ideas into orbit, and beyond. Northrop Grumman has opportunities waiting for you that play a vital role in human space exploration, national defense, and scientific discovery, supporting multiple programs across the universe. With us, you’ll discover a culture of curiosity and collaboration that will have you Defining Possible from the day you start. Our space systems connect and protect millions of people on earth every day, now and for the future. Explore your future and launch your career today. Northrop Grumman Tactical Space Systems is seeking a Staff DevOps Engineer with an active or current TS SCI Clearance. This... position will be located in Dulles, VA and will support Tactical Space Systems Division in their development and deployment of satellite ground software to development and customer resources. The selected candidate will support system administration of multiple environments, software deployment, troubleshooting, and automation in an Agile / DevSecOps environment for a critical customer program. What You’ll Get To Do:

• Work on systems administration related issues with hardware and software for different network environments.
• Support deployment of custom software solutions integrating COTS, GOTS, and developed software.
• Propose system administration process improvement to reduce overall maintenance requirements by working with the design team and manufacturers.
• Determines systems requirements, input/output processes, and working parameters for hardware/software compatibility and maintenance of system configuration.
• Identifies, analyzes, and resolves program support deficiencies.
• Develops and recommends corrective actions.
• May provide technical guidance for database administrators and software developers.

This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off. This position will be based in Dulles, VA, El Segundo, CA, or Cincinnati, OH. Relocation assistance may be available

You’ll Bring These Basic Qualifications:

• A minimum 14 years of related experience with a Bachelor's in Science; 12 years with a Master's; 10 years with a PhD
• Active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance with a re-investigation date occurring in the last 5.5 years.
• CompTIA Security+ (or equivalent) DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II Certification

These Preferred Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:

• Experience with OpenStack
• Knowledge of DevSecOps principals
• Experience with Docker
• Experience with Terraform
• Experience with Ansible
• Agile methodology experience
• Experience in Shell scripting – bash, ruby, perl
• Experience with automation

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions