Sr Principal Software Engineer – SW CI/CD Engineer (25-175)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance 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.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems—Launch and Missile Defense Systems has an exciting career opportunity for a Sr. Principal Software Engineer – SW CI/CD Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position, located in Colorado Springs, CO, plays a crucial role in supporting the U.S. President, Secretary of Defense, and combatant commanders at the strategic, regional, and operational levels.

Position Overview:

The Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) program integrates the Missile Defense System. It is a crucial operational system that enables the U.S. president, secretary of defense, and combatant commanders at strategic, regional, and operational levels to systematically plan ballistic missile defense operations, observe the battle develop collectively, and dynamically manage designated networked sensors and weapons systems to achieve global and regional mission objectives.

C2BMC supports a layered missile defense capability that allows an optimized response to threats of all ranges in every phase of flight. C2BMC serves as a force multiplier both globally and regionally. Networks integrate and synchronize autonomous sensor and weapon systems and operations to enhance performance. C2BMC is essential to all system ground and flight tests, which verify and exercise all current and future missile defense system capabilities.

As a member of the Regional Applications Agile Release Train (RA ART) of the Missile Defense National Team for Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) (also known as C2BMC NT), this position will be responsible for collaborating across the ART to implement and maintain a standardized CI/CD pipeline for all Product Teams within the RA ART, across two development sites.

Essential Functions:

• Must collaborate closely with the Cyber and Platforms ART to ensure that the tools and applications within the pipeline are maintained and meet security and other requirements
• Must provide regular updates on the status of the pipeline and work to address any issues
• Experience in classified environments implementing CI/CD pipelines to support various software releases and build versions
• Must possess strong verbal and written communication skills, the ability to work independently, and the poise and flexibility required to thrive in a highly dynamic environment
• Will collaborate with various disciplinary teams, especially Systems Admins, IT, and Security

Basic Qualifications:

Please note your updated security clearance and IAT/relevant certifications on your resume, if applicable.

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline preferred from an accredited university and 8 years of related experience, or a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of experience, or a PhD and 4 years of experience, or 12 years of related experience in lieu of a degree may be considered.
• Applicants must possess a current, active in-scope DoD issued Secret security clearance at the time of application, which is required to start
• DoD 8140 certification at IAT Level II or higher (Security+, CE, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, SSCP, CCNA Security, etc.) is required
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 10% to meet business needs
• The following technical skills are required:
  • Linux system administration
  • System Security Implementations
  • Experience with all or some of Git
  • Nexus
  • Jenkins
  • Jira
  • Confluence
• Experience in CI/CD, particularly within a classified development environment
• Experience in working with DEVSECOPS
• Experience with:
  • Linux shell scripting
  • Ansible playbook development and management
  • Security-Enhanced (SE) Linux
  • Red Hat repository administration
• Experience in an Agile development environment
• Knowledge of any or all of the following:
  • Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG)
  • Multi-Factor Authentication implementation, like IPA and ADFS
  • OpenShift
  • OpenStack
  • VMware ESXI
  • QAS/VAS
  • Windows
  • Active Directory
  • Backup and Recovery
  • Containers and Container Orchestration products
• Comprehend the concept of PaaS and SaaS
• Understanding Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery, and their implementation in IT and IT products

Preferred Qualifications:

• A master’s degree in a related field, along with six years of relevant work experience, is highly desired

Salary Range: $124,900.00 - $187,300.00

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.