DevOps Engineer (Level 3 OR 4)
Company: Northrop Grumman
Location: Aurora
Posted on: April 3, 2026
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Job Description:
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available
CLEARANCE TYPE: Polygraph TRAVEL: 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 Space Systems is seeking a Principal (Level 3) OR
Sr. Principal (Level 4) DevOps Engineer to join our team based in
Aurora, Colorado . Essential Functions: Responsible for planning
and evolving processes and infrastructure to execute programs
supporting rapid capability maturation and deployment. Integrates
development pipelines leveraging automation with test-driven
development tools and continuous integration/test frameworks.
Define and implement the build, deployment, provisioning, and
monitoring standards for the program. Ensures implementation of
Software Configuration Management (SCM), code quality, and code
coverage with automated testing for Continuous
Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines. Work as part of
an Agile development team to deliver end-end automation of
deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management framework.
Build and configure delivery environments supporting CD/CI tools
using an Agile delivery methodology. Create scripts and/or
templates to automate infrastructure provisioning and management
tasks. Work closely with development teams to create an automated
continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) system.
Work together with vendors and other IT personnel for problem
resolution Monitor and support all installed systems and
infrastructure. Develop custom scripts to increase system
efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any tasks.
Contribute to the design of information and operational support
systems. Install, configure, test and maintain operating systems,
application software and system management tools. Oversee the
company’s security, backup, and redundancy strategies. Evaluate
application performance, identify potential bottlenecks, develop
solutions, and implement them with the help of developers. This
position can be filled at either Principal OR Sr. Principal level.
Basic Qualifications: Candidate must possess an active Top
Secret/SCI clearance at the time application AND CI Polygraph to be
considered Principal/Level 3: Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of
relevant experience; 3 years with a Master's; 0 years with a PhD;
or 9 additional years of experience in lieu of a degree. Sr.
Principal/Level 4: Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of relevant
experience; 6 years with a Master's; 4 years with a PhD; or 12
additional years of experience in lieu of a degree Security, not
needed to start, but must be able to obtain within 6 months
Administration experience with Linux or related operating systems.
Experience in an Agile software development framework Experience
with at least 3 of the preferred qualifications ? Preferred
Qualifications: Terraform Kubernetes administration AWS
administration Flux Helm DynamoDB NATS configuration Big Bang
(Grafana, Prometheus, Loki) Jenkins/GitLab/Bamboo Primary Level
Salary Range: $110,300.00 - $165,500.00 Secondary Level Salary
Range: $137,400.00 - $206,000.00 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. 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.
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