Infrastructure Lead - Staff DevOps Engineer
United States-Colorado-Aurora · United States-North Carolina-Morrisville$169k–$266kPosted Jul 19, 2026
Skip to main contentHomeProfileJob SearchApplicationsMy EventsJoin Talent NetworkSign InSingle PositionView All JobsInfrastructure Lead - Staff DevOps EngineerUnited States-Colorado-Aurora +1 moreApply NowFind out how well you match with this jobUpload your resumeJob descriptionJob IDR10241033RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance availableCLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: YesCLEARANCE TYPE: Top SecretTRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescriptionAt 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.The Intelligence Systems organization within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills and innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission.This position can be based in Aurora, Colorado or Morrisville, North Carolina.Primary Responsibilities:Lead the planning and evolution of processes and infrastructure to execute programs supporting rapid capability maturation and deployment.Lead the integration of 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.Lead the Agile development team to deliver end-end automation of deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management framework.Lead the building and configuration of delivery environments supporting CI/CD tools using an Agile delivery methodology.Lead the creations of 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 resolutionLead the monitoring and support for all installed systems and infrastructure.Lead the development of custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any tasks.Lead the design of information and operational support systems.Lead the installation, configuration, testing and maintenance of the operating systems, application software and system management tools.Oversee the company’s security, backup, and redundancy strategies.Lead the evaluation of application performance, identify potential bottlenecks, develop solutions, and implement them with the help of developers.Basic Qualifications:United States Citizenship requiredMust have an active U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with the ability to obtain and maintain SCI approval/access.Must have the willingness to submit and successfully pass a polygraph.Willing and able to obtain Security+ certification within 60 daysBachelor’s degree with 12 + years of software development experience; 10 years with a Master's; 8 years with a Ph.D.; 16+...