RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes
CLEARANCE TYPE: Uncleared
TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time
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Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a candidate to fill a
StaffDevOps Software Engineer position.
This position will be located in Chantilly, VA at the SIGINT Technology Center's (STC). The STC is where technology and teamwork come together to meet the unique needs of the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense. The STC is comprised of multiple mission-focused programs with projects ranging from Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) SIGINT payload and data link development to OCONUS/CONUS mission/maintenance support. STC tasks include system design, engineering development, system integration, hands-on build and test, field operations and maintenance, training, and production.
This role is to support a program that works on SIGINT payloads that are integrated on various airborne and ground platforms. The team supports tasking ranging from Operations and Maintenance (O&M) to Research and Development (R&D) to low quantity Production. The current portfolio includes 9 different types of systems and 32 fielded systems that are operated globally. The team provides 24/7/365 subject matter expert (SME) support to ensure the systems are functioning properly. In support of these systems, the team coordinates with external parties including field service representatives (FSRs), payload operators, subcontractors, and our government customer for engineering and maintenance tasks. The program focuses on daily tasking dictated by the customer's mission and a 24/7/365 operational tempo managed by Internal Product Team (IPT) leads including troubleshooting issues, providing guidance for maintenance and upgrades, recreating findings reported by operators, and interfacing with our internal logistician.
The Staff DevOps Software Engineer in this position will be supporting the engineering and operations and maintenance (O&M) task orders. As part of this role, they will be supporting these systems by developing a general knowledge of systems and software architectures while building out infrastructure and process to increase efficiency, reliability, and maintainability.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, document, test, and debug software development environments and software pipelines
- Document current and future DevOps processes
- Develop procedures to ensure data pipeline integrity and reliability
- Build and maintain computer images (Linux and Windows)
- Managed software repositories
- Develop and execute system builds and deployments on our System Integration Labs (SILs) and development environments
- Support system design, testing, and building of upgraded capabilities to include software and hardware integration and test (I&T)
- Conduct multidisciplinary research when needed and collaborates with engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of DevOps systems for SILs, testing, or production
- Obtain knowledge of system and software architecture & mission operations
Basic Qualifications for Staff DevOps Software Engineer:
- Must have a Bachelor’s degree in computer science or an equivalent STEM related discipline with minimum 12 years of experience, Masters degree with minimum 10 years of experience , or PhD with minimum 8 years of experience.
- US citizenship is required with an active Secret clearance. Willing and able to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance.
- A background in software DevOps for both software and hardware integration
- Experience with CI/CD best practices, automated builds and tests, quality gates, software quality, and CI tools
- Jenkins administration and pipeline development experience
- Experience with network engineering (TCP/IP, VLAN, network protocols, etc.)
- Knowledge and familiarity with using and building Windows and Linux Operating Systems
- Demonstrated experience in documentation and process development
- Experience maintaining and administrating a Git version control system
- Knowledgeable with the development lifecycle, including the V-model of the systems engineering process.
- Strong interdisciplinary problem-solving skills, demonstrated by frequent and successful application of technical standards, theories, concepts, and techniques
Preferred Qualifications:
- Active Top Secret/SCI security clearance
- Experience with Software development
- Experience with Development Operations (DevOps)
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IAC) and immutable OS
- Experience with System Administration
- Experience working with GitHub
- SonarQube administration experience
- Experience working with Sonatype Nexus
- Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, and/or Rancher
- Able to work independently and identify solutions to complex problems
- Experience with Data Analytics
- Experience with setting up networks using routers, switches, firewalls, etc.
- Experience with cabling physical networks and troubleshooting physical and virtual networks
- Experience with writing scripts using a variety of languages (Python, MATLAB, JavaScript).
- Experience with Atlassian (Jira/Confluence) tool suite
· Knowledge of system architecture
· Knowledge of SIGINT operations
Primary Level Salary Range: $194,700.00 - $292,100.00
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.
