Principal Engineer I - Network Software Automation

Company: Northrop Grumman
Location: Colorado Springs
Posted on: October 16, 2024

Job Description:

Category: Engineering
Shift: Days (United States of America)
Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time
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 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. Northrop Grumman Space Systems - Launch and Missile Defense Systems has an exciting career opportunity for a Principal Engineer Dev Ops - DevSecOps Engineer (24-237) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. The Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) program integrates the Missile Defense System. S. president, secretary of defense, and combatant commanders at strategic, regional, and operational levels to systematically plan ballistic missile defense operations, to see the battle develop collectively, and to dynamically manage designated networked sensors and weapons systems to achieve global and regional mission objectives. C2BMC supports a layered missile defense capability that enables an optimized response to threats of all ranges in all phases of flight. C2BMC is the force multiplier that globally and regionally networks integrate, synchronizing autonomous sensor and weapon systems and operations to optimize performance. C2BMC is integral to all system ground and flight tests, which verify and exercise all current and future missile defense system capabilities.
The selected candidate will support the C2BMC DevSecOps team in developing and deploying infrastructure as a service and a platform as a service capability. Assist in managing multiple environments, software deployment, troubleshooting, and automation in a DevSecOps environment for a critical customer program. We are using the leading DevOps practices and tooling (Hashicorp Tools, GitLab CI/CD, Ansible Tower, and Nexus Pro). We work on systems administration-related issues with hardware and software for different network environments.
Will be in a collaborative team environment with other DevSecOps engineers and other program development and deployment teams.
Support deployment of custom software solutions integrating COTS, GOTS, and developed software.
Propose system administration process improvement to reduce maintenance requirements by working with the design team and manufacturers.
Determines system requirements, input/output processes, and working parameters for hardware/software compatibility and system configuration maintenance.
May provide technical guidance for database administrators and software developers.
Please note your updated security clearance and IAT/relevant certifications on your resume, if applicable.

- An active Secret clearance is required to start.
-5 years with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or related field; 3 years with a Master of Science degree in Computer Science or related field9 years' experience in lieu of a degree.
- Experience with Linux or Windows System Administration.
- Scripting skills in languages such as bash or PowerShell.
- Experience with automation.
- Must be an effective communicator with excellent writing and presentation skills using Microsoft PowerPoint and Visio drawing tools.
- Must be responsible for working independently and as an SME on large projects.
- Experience with Ansible Automation Platform, including Ansible Tower.
- Experience in virtualization technology, including, but not limited to, VMware. Understanding of HP server configuration.

Understanding the software development life cycle is highly desired.
Experience with Agile Methodology is highly desired.
Training and Development
Flexible Work Arrangements
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. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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.

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