RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Northrop Grumman seeks a talented, self-motivated, energetic professional to join the engineering team in Boulder, Colorado as a Principal DevOps Engineer. This position is located inBoulder, CO. Responsibilities: - Collaborate with development teams to implement Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines - Coordinate activities across multidisciplinary engineering teams, raise issues at the program level, and drive complex projects to success - Analyze system capabilities for output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls. - Provide technical solutions to a wide range of complex difficult problems. - Effectively communicate and present technical subjects to project and program management, other technical managers, and customers - Manage technical dependencies across teams - Participate in continuous improvement initiatives to identify opportunities for automation and process improvement Basic Qualifications - Bachelors degree and 5 years of related experience, or a masters degree and 3 years of related experience, or 1 year of related experience with a PhD. An additional 4 years of related experience may be considered in lieu of a degree. - Applicants must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at the time of application and to start - Experience with modern C++ software language (C++17, C++20), development tools, and integrated development environments (IDEs) and compilers - Experience with Object Oriented Programming - Experience developing in Linux environments - Experience developing in cross-platform (Linux/Windows) environments - Experience with modular software development architectures/practices with source control tools (Git, CMake, Conan etc.) - Experience working with Atlassian suite products (Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence, etc.) - Familiarity with revision control, documentation, planning, and review systems like Git - Software development and troubleshooting in a team environment - Ability and willingness to travel up to 10% to support business needs Preferred Qualifications - Certifications: CompTIA Security+ (SecPlus) - Current and active DoD-issuedTS/SCI clearanceat the time of application - Technical leadership experience - Experience with Python - Familiarity with Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) and Electro-Optical Infrared (EOIR) sensors - Experience with Distributed Systems and Micro-service Architecture & Observability Tools (Graphana, OpenTelemetry, RKE2/K3S/Tanzu/Docker Swarm) - Experience with DevOps and DevSecOps (Jenkins or Git Lab) - Experience with container orchestration and deployment (Kubernetes, Docker Compose, Openshift, Rancher) - Experience with Containerization development (Podman or Docker) - Experience with Configuration Management and Infrastructure as Code (Ansible) Primary 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 candidates 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.