Principal DevOps Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance availableCLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: NoCLEARANCE TYPE: NoneTRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.Northrop Grumman is in need of a Principal DevOps Engineer to join the AI Infrastructure Engineering team within the Insights & Intelligence (i2) organization. This role will report to the Manager of AI Infrastructure Engineering and will be remote and/or hybrid supporting the Falls Church, VA office.
Insights & Intelligence (i2) is reimagining decision making at Northrop Grumman. As part of our Chief Information & Digital Office (CIDO), i2 works with all enterprise domains and businesses to drive our data, analytics & AI transformation.
As as a DevOps Engineer you will work with a team of DevOps and AI Systems Engineers that maintain, modify, and implement infrastructure, API Gateways, and cloud solutions in support of our AI and Analytics strategy.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

Design and implement systems capable of scaling to meet growing data and computation demands in AI applications.

Implement AI Infrastructure that is compliant with relevant regulations and security standards, implementing necessary controls

Provide metrics to evaluate the performance and reliability of AI infrastructure and implement improvements based on findings.

Track advancements in AI technologies and infrastructure trends and evaluate applicability to the organization's strategy.

Work alongside data scientists, software engineers, and i2 functional teams to provide infrastructure support for new and existing systems.

Basic Qualifications:

Must have 5 years of relevant experience with a Bachelors degree OR 3 Years of relevant experience with Masters degree OR 9 years of relevant experience in lieu of the degree requirement

Must have a minimum of 3 years experience implementing the back-end infrastructure for COTS or SaaS platforms

Must have at minimum, 2 years of experience working with cloud (AWS or Azure) infrastructure and services

Must have experience with DevOps practices and tools for automation (ansible, ArgoCD), CI/CD, and configuration management.

Must have hands-on experience with relevant programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, Powershell/Bash)

Must have experience managing Windows and Linux server environments

Must have basic knowledge of database technologies (e.g., SQL, NoSQL) and distributed computing systems

Must have exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications:

a Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Information Systems or a related field is preferred

Hands-on experience managing Kubernetes cluster, using helm is a plus

Familiarity with cloud native CI/CD services (CodePipeline, CodeBuild, AzureDevOps)

Experience with cyber hardening containers including vulnerability management

Experience developing or adapting applications for deployment to Kubernetes based clusters (Rancher, OpenShift, EKS, AKS)

AWS Associate Level certificate or higher

Azure Associate Level certificate or higher

* Active DOW Secret Clearance

Primary Level Salary Range: $103,600.00 - $155,400.00The 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.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 http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.