Principal-Sr Principal SecDevOps/Virtualization Engineer-AHT

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

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.

**this position is contingent upon funding/award

Job Description

The candidate will perform job duties as a Cyber Dev Ops/Virtualization Engineer. They will be responsible for installing, configuring, managing, and maintaining virtualized systems to ensure data integrity, availability, and security. This also includes researching automation, troubleshooting issues, and mentoring other team members. The selected candidate will promote security, efficiency, and scalability of core services and capabilities. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Support day-to-day lab efforts ensuring that all technologies are operational
• Provide expert-level solutions for virtualized and containerized infrastructure
• Conduct administration tasks as required including installing, configuring, patching, updating, hardening, remediating, and management of virtualized and containerized infrastructure.
• Work with Product Teams in support of secure operating systems, software, applications, networks, hardware, databases, etc.
• Enhance delivery systems with Continuous Integration by designing and implementing technical solutions

Basic Qualifications Level 3:

• Current DoD Secret Security Clearance
• Current DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certification (i.e., Security+, etc.)
• 5 years of relevant experience with Bachelors; 3 years of relevant experience with Masters; 1 year of relevant experience with PhD. Experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Strong understanding of containerization concepts – building container images, dockerfiles, private registries, ansible builder, docker, podman, containderd, runc
• Manage and support various components of the technical infrastructure, including hypervisors, storage, infrastructure solutions, system updating, patching, hardening, and remediating vulnerabilities.
• Understanding of Omnissa Horizon VDI solutions
• Strong understanding of Linux operating systems, specifically Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Knowledge of Linux KVM Virtualization technologies (OpenShift)
• Basic understanding of network concepts when dealing with virtualized and containerized infrastructure

Basic Qualifications Level 4:

• Current DoD Secret Security Clearance
• Current DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certification (i.e., Security+, etc.)
• 8 years of relevant experience with Bachelors; 6 years of relevant experience with Masters; 4 year of relevant experience with PhD. Experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• In addition to Level 3 Basic Qualifications:
  • Strong understanding of on-prem disconnected Kubernetes – Helm, custom deployments, Container Network Interfaces, Container Storage Interfaces, general resources
  • Knowledge of container security concepts – Pod Security Standards, Pod Security Admission, Pod Security Context, etc.
  • Experience in a disconnected multi-cluster environment

Preferred Qualifications (Both Level 3 and 4):

• RHCSA or RHCSE Certified
• CKA/CKS/CKAD Certified
• Experience with one or more of the following technologies: Longhorn, Neuvector, certmanager, Metallb, Hashicorp Vault, ZARF, etc.
• Experience with Kasm Workspaces
• Proficient in any of the following languages: Python, Golang, YAML, Bash, PowerCLI, PowerShell, etc.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)

Salary Range: $115,800.00 - $173,800.00Salary Range 2: $144,000.00 - $216,400.00

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.