Sentinel Principal DevOps Engineer

Relocation Assistance Relocation assistance may be available. Clearance required for start: Yes. Clearance type: Secret. Travel: Yes, 10% of the time. Position Overview Principal DevOps Engineer Location: Roy, Utah or Huntsville, AL – supporting the Sentinel program. Position Benefits Medical, Dental & Vision coverage 401k Educational Assistance Life Insurance Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions Paid Time Off Health & Wellness Resources Employee Discounts Work Schedule The standard schedule is a 9/80 (nine‑hour days Monday‑Thursday, alternate Fridays off). Responsibilities Assist with designing, configuring, and maintaining infrastructure and/or cloud resources necessary to host, run, and support applications through all phases of the SDLC. Create and maintain continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines. Write scripts and configurations to automate software testing, deployment, and maintenance in a manner consistent with software engineering best practices. Proactively monitor build and deployment pipelines and infrastructure, apply patches, troubleshoot issues, and resolve errors. Automate infrastructure and/or cloud resource deployments using infrastructure‑as‑code tools. Remediate findings from vulnerability scanning and penetration testing. Informally mentor other staff in DevOps concepts and processes. Work with peers and business partners to identify workflows or processes where automation can improve efficiency and/or reduce costs. Provide application support, configuration, installation, and troubleshooting. Provide rotating 24x7 on‑call support to resolve system issues and anomalies. Basic Qualifications 5 years experience with a Bachelor's degree; 3 years with a Master's; 1 year with a PhD; or 4 additional years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree. U.S. Citizen with an active DoD security clearance (Secret, Top Secret, etc.) and re‑investigation within the last 6 years. Ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP). Experience with build tools (Maven, Ant, GNU make) and/or continuous integration environments (Jenkins, GitLab, Bamboo) and/or repositories (Nexus, JFrog) in a Linux environment. 5 years experience with Microsoft and Linux RedHat operating systems. 5 years experience with scripting languages (PERL, Python, Bash, YAML). 3 years experience with Kubernetes implementation and Day‑2 operations in a CI/CD pipeline. 3 years experience with VMware Cloud Foundation, Terraform, vCenter, vSphere or similar. 3 years experience with container technologies. 3 years experience developing and implementing CI/CD pipelines. Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills. Strong critical thinking and logical reasoning skills. Available for after‑hours, on‑call, and 24/7 coverage as required. Preferred Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field. Active DoD Secret clearance with reinvestigation within the last 6 years. IATII certification (e.g., Security+CE) or ability to obtain within 6 months. Experience with automation/configuration management using Ansible, Chef, or equivalent. Experience with source code configuration management tools such as git. Experience with HashiCorp Packer and Vault. Familiarity with container hardening and SBOM. Experience with Jira/Confluence in an Agile environment. Salary Range Primary Level: $98,400.00 – $163,200.00. Salary is based on scope, responsibilities, experience, education, skills, and market conditions. EEO Statement Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions. #J-18808-Ljbffr