DevOps Engineer – Level 5

United States-Virginia-Dulles$177k–$266kPosted Jul 15, 2026
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Top 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. *Please be aware that this position is contingent upon capturing program award(s) and obtaining and maintaining associated business and/or customer funding. Furthermore, this position is contingent upon the candidate obtaining final clearances and program access(es) within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company. Continued employment thereafter will be subject to maintenance at the level of clearance and program access required for the position in the future* Expand your horizons, advance your career, and contribute to a secure future for generations. Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector invites you to bring your pioneering spirit to our collaborative teams. As a DevOps Engineer – Level 5, this role will sit in our Dulles, VA & Colorado Springs location. In this role, you’ll be a linchpin in missions of paramount importance, defining the art of the possible from day one. This work will primarily be performed in a SCIF environment. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work. This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off. Job Responsibilities In this role you will: * Automate cloud native technologies, deploy applications, and provision critical infrastructure * Work with microservices and distributed application architecture, such as containers, Kubernetes, and/or serverless technology * Work within the OpenStack cloud ecosystem to configure and deploy optimized infrastructure * Ensure monitoring and health of the resources deployed via Nagios or other enterprise management solutions * Document procedures used during deployment cycles * Experience with operational monitoring tools * Work with the fellow DevOps team and play a mentoring role to cross-train and grow technical talent across DevOps team and assist in troubleshooting tasks * Implement clean and maintainable infrastructure-as-code that adheres to industry best practices, terraform This work will primarily be performed in a SCIF environment. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work. This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off. This position is contingent upon the candidate obtaining final clearances and program access(es) within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company. Basic Qualifications (must have/required to be considered): * Requires an active/current U.S. Government Top-Secret (TS)/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) security clearance [TS/SCI] at time of application [US citizenship required] Level 5: (Staff level) * Bachelor’s degree with 12 years of relevant experience * An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a completed Bachelor’s * Master’s degree with 10 years of relevant experience * PhD with 8 years of relevant experience * 8+ years of DevOps experience * 8+ years in a technical leadership role managing technical objectives * Experience in Jira metrics reporting * Experience with Infrastructure as Code...

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