RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available
CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes
CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret
TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time
DescriptionNorthrop Grumman has an opening for a
DevOps Engineer Level 2/3 - to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. As an integral part of our multi-discipline engineering team in Advanced Weapons, you will be on the forefront of developing next generation solutions to protect technology for our nation's warfighters.
This position is required to be full-time, on-site in the Northridge, CA location. No remote/telework arrangement is available for this position. Applicants must have an active US Government DoD Secret security clearance with ability to get cleared for SAP.
The DevOps Engineer will define, design, and develop the end-to-end CI/CD pipeline architecture for Missile Programs within the Advanced Weapons Business Unit. In this position, you will craft secure, scalable pipeline solutions, drive implementation across multiple development streams, and continuously improve automation, testing, and deployment practices. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in DevSecOps tools and processes together with hands-on experience in embedded software development, understanding the unique constraints of real-time and safety-critical code.
Key Responsibilities:- Design and develop end-to-end CI/CD pipelines for missile program codebases, developing and integrating with tools such as Jenkins, Nexus, SonarQube, and the Atlassian (Jira, Bitbucket, and Confluence) suite.
- Develop and maintain pipeline automation scripts and build configurations (CMake, Visual Studio, custom build scripts) to support continuous integration, testing, and delivery of embedded software.
- Implement static analysis, code quality gates, and vulnerability scanning within the pipeline using SonarQube and other tooling to enforce secure coding practices across C++, Python, and VxWorks projects.
- Collaborate with embedded software engineers to tailor build and test processes for real-time, safety-critical applications, handling cross-compilation, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and simulation environments.
- Coordinate across multiple networks and sites, standardizing pipeline configurations, ensuring consistent security posture, and facilitating seamless integration of code and artifacts across geographically dispersed teams.
- Maintain up-to-date documentation of pipeline architecture, build processes, security controls, and compliance evidence to support audits and accreditation activities
Basic qualifications for a DevOps Engineer 2 (T02): - Bachelor's degree (minimum) in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a STEM related field with 2 years of experience; or Master's with 0 years of experience.
- Embedded systems experience with micro-controllers, DSPs, FPGAs, and real-time operating systems (RTOS) such as VxWorks, FreeRTOS, or QNX in Windows or Linux environments
- Experience with Containers and Orchestration (Podman, Kubernetes)
- Experience with Atlassian tools (Jira, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Nexus, and SonarQube)
- Experience with Cloud Technologies (AWS, Azure)
- Experience creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
- Active US Government DoD Secret security clearance with ability to get cleared for SAP
Basic qualifications for a Principal DevOps Engineer 3 (T03): - Bachelor's degree (minimum) in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a STEM related field with 5 years of embedded software/hardware development, preferably on safety-critical or defense platform; or Master's with 3 years of the same experience.
- Embedded systems experience with micro-controllers, DSPs, FPGAs, and real-time operating systems (RTOS) such as VxWorks, FreeRTOS, or QNX in Windows or Linux environments
- Experience with Containers and Orchestration (Podman, Kubernetes)
- Experience with Atlassian tools (Jira, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Nexus, and SonarQube)
- Experience with Cloud Technologies (AWS, Azure)
- Experience creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
- Active US Government DoD Secret security clearance with ability to get cleared for SAP
Preferred Qualifications:- Proficiency in one or more of the following: C/C++, Flight Software, CI/CD, Software Factory.
- Demonstrated experience as a technical leader setting direction and establishing tasking assignments for teams of 10+ Engineers.
- CISSP, CISM, or Security+ Certification
- Ability to identify needs for automation, designing and implementing of CI/CD solutions
- Software testing experience
- Experience with Agile development
- Demonstrated ability to implement process improvements, streamline activities, and develop efficiencies
- Excellent communication and organizational skills; strong interpersonal and analytic skills
Primary Level Salary Range: $91,800.00 - $137,600.00
Secondary Level Salary Range: $114,000.00 - $171,000.00
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.
