Principal/Senior Principal Engineer DevOps*
Company: Northrop Grumman
Location: Huntsville
Posted on: March 23, 2026
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Job Description:
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be
availableCLEARANCE TYPE: SecretTRAVEL: 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. At Northrop Grumman, our employees
have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems in
air and space that impact people’s lives around the world today,
and for generations to come. Our work preserves freedom, democracy,
and advances human discovery and our understanding of the universe.
We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a
pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future and have a
lot of 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 has an opening for a Principal or
Senior Principal DevOps Engineer to join our team of qualified,
diverse individuals. This position can be located in Roy, UT,
Bellevue, NE, or Huntsville, AL . As an DevOps Engineer, you will
Develop scripts, workflows, and playbooks for storage provisioning,
automation, and backup integration. Design, build, maintain and own
SDP?compliant CI/CD pipelines , ensuring they incorporate security
checks, automated patching, and governance requirements. D evelop
containers with Podman and orchestrate deployments on Kubernetes
(or similar platforms). Create and maintain IaC using Ansible (or
comparable tools) to provision and configure cloud resources,
containers, and networking components. Write automation scripts and
playbooks in Python, Go, Bash, or other languages for building
images, running SAST scans, and automating repetitive tasks.
Develop and evolve build, deployment, and release processes ,
including versioning, artifact storage, and promotion across
environments. Basic Qualifications Must have an active U.S.
Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application,
current and within scope, with an ability to obtain and maintain
Special Access Program (SAP) approval as determined by the company
to meet its business need Hold or have the ability to obtain
Security CE (or other DoD 8570/8140 certification) Level 3 (T3): 5
Years with Bachelors in Science from an accredited university; 3
Years with Masters; 1 Year with PhD or 4 additional years of
relevant experience in lieu of a degree. Level 4 (T4): 8 Years with
Bachelors in Science from an accredited university; 6 Years with
Masters; 4 Years with PhD or 4 additional years of relevant
experience in lieu of a degree. Experience with developing CI/CD
workflows and utilizing tools such as Nexus, Maven, Jira, GitLab,
and Release Management Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as
Code tools (e.g., Puppet, Chef, Ansible.) Programming and scripting
experience in a UNIX environment (GoLang, C++, Perl, Python, Bash,
Ruby, Shell, Scripts) Preferred Qualifications Experience with
Kubernetes, Docker, and/or other cloud orchestration tools and
technologies Experience with Podman, Buildah, Skopeo and/or other
container tools and technologies Experience with CI/CD best
practices, automated builds and tests, quality gates, software
quality, and CI tools, i.e., Jenkins Experience with configuration
management tools, i.e., Git, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, others
Familiarity with branching strategies, gated commits,
source-controlled management, etc. Familiarity with the principle
of DevSecOps Familiarity with Atlassian Tool Suite Jira, Confluence
Familiarity with using a Nexus Repository Familiarity with security
coding standard best practices, static and dynamic scanning tools,
i.e., SonarQube, Fortify, Coverity, PCLint, Anchore, Nexus
Lifecycle, etc. Familiarity with Agile Development Primary Level
Salary Range: $98,400.00 - $147,600.00Secondary Level Salary Range:
$122,800.00 - $184,200.00The 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.
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