RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Northrop Grumman Mission System’s Engineering and Sciences (E&S) Baltimore and Partnered Sites (BaPs) Division is seeking a Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CICD) Systems Engineer to join our Modeling Simulation & Analysis team. This position will be in Baltimore, MD, and is a full time on site role.  What You’ll get to Do: As an integral part of our Foundational Systems Engineering department located in Linthicum, MD you will focus on accelerating the delivery of capabilities to our customers through the development and use of advanced models and simulations of platforms, sensors, weapons, and their interactions with the environment. - Design and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or equivalent platforms, ensuring end-to-end automation from code commit to production deployment. - Develop automation scripts in Bash and Python to streamline pipeline steps, secret handling, and environment provisioning - Implement monitoring and observability for CI/CD processes, integrating tools such as Jenkins or Gitlab to provide actionable insights. - Build, test, and deploy Docker based microservices to Kubernetes clusters - Utilize Modeling, Simulation, Experimentation, and Analysis (MSE&A) of advanced systems using C++ object-oriented design, advanced data structures and test-driven development. - Develop large scale data analytics, probabilities, and statistics, including the application of design of experiment techniques for the evaluation of system and mission performance. - Integrate MS&A with operational flight software, collecting and analyzing data from laboratory or flight tests, the verification and validation of simulation performance against flight test data, and formally verifying that the models meet specified requirements. - Support publication quality reports which define the foundation for simulation credibility across all stakeholders and provide the artifacts to support formal simulation Verification, Validation and Accreditation (VVA). - Innovate to solve problems and identify improvements across MSE&A products. - Performs operational analysis and mission effectiveness analysis. - Develops new and/or integrates existing system simulation frameworks, performance models and algorithms, threat models and command and control models. - Models operational environments, performs trade studies via computer simulation and recommends alternative architectures. - Develops, integrates, and uses advanced graphical user interfaces and visualization tools. This position is contingent upon contract award, successful transfer of an active U.S Government Secret Clearance and the ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP). Basic Qualifications: - Bachelor’s Degree with 2 years of experience, Master’s degree with 1 years of experience, Ph.D. with 1 years of experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related technical fields; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree. - U.S. Citizenship is required. - A current/active DoD Secret clearance. - Ability to obtain/maintain Special Access Program (SAP) access. - Experience with programming languages such as C/C++, Python, Bash or C shell scripting on the Linux and Windows computing environments. - Experience working with Infrastructure‑as‑Code (IaC). - Experience provisioning, scaling, and hardening Jenkins masters and agents (or GitLab Runner fleets) on Linux VMs or Kubernetes. - Experience administering Linux servers that host a high-performance computing grid (HPC) and automate OS‑level tasks with Bash/Python and enforce security best practices. - Experience with analytical modeling approaches using a Python environment. Preferred Qualifications: - Active U.S Government Top Secret Clearance or higher. - Advanced degrees in Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Physics, Applied Mathematics, or a related technical field. - Experience with deploying Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CICD) tool sets across multiple systems/program areas - Experience with Modeling, Experimentation, Simulation, and Analysis. - Experience with domain experience in simulations of RF, EOIR, Communications or related systems. - Experience with real-time and/or reactive simulation software applications development. - Experience with one or more of the following: statistics, design of experiments, descriptive/diagnostic/predictive/prescriptive analytics, high performance computing. - Understanding of the Systems Engineering and Integration & Test processes. - Experience with DPC, CUDA, OpenCL, Verilog, VHDL, or other domain specific languages. - Experience with Agile and/or SAFe methodologies. Northrop Grumman provides a comprehensive benefits package and a work environment which encourages your growth and supports the mutual success of our people and our company. Northrop Grumman benefits give you the flexibility and control to choose the benefits that make the most sense for you and your family.  Your benefits will include the following: Health Plan, Savings Plan, Paid Time Off and Additional Benefits including Education Assistance, Training and Development, 9/80 Work Schedule (where available), and much more!  Primary Level Salary Range: $87,600.00 - $131,400.00 The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business. The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.