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 an Infrastructure Product Owner (DevOps) – Level 4, you will be supporting our Software and Electronics/Payloads Department which has ~200 Software Engineers, DevOps Engineers, Systems Administrators, Database Administrators, Network Engineers, and Engineering Leaders from entry-level to the most senior chief engineers and architects to Product Owners and Scrum Masters. This engineering organization supports numerous programs across Divisions and Business Units of the Space Sector. We have opportunities for career advancement into higher level technical roles or leadership positions over one’s career.
This role will be located at our Morrisville, NC location. On this team, you’ll be a linchpin in missions of paramount importance, defining the art of the possible from day one.
This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work. This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off.
The ideal candidate must have relevant DevOps experience and prior Agile Product Owner experience to join a small team as their Product Owner.
This position is contingent upon the candidate verification/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 U.S. Government DoD Top-Secret (TS)/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance [TS/SCI] current and within scope, at time of application
Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of professional experience – OR – Master’s degree with 6 years of professional experience – OR PhD with 4 years of professional experience.Will consider an additional 4+ years of experience in lieu of a degree.
DevOps Engineering experience including CI/CD pipeline deployment
Experience with AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Gitlab Pipelines, and Scripting
Experience with Terraform and environment initialization
Prior Agile experience in either a Product Owner or Scrum Master role
Prior leadership experience
Preferred Qualifications (not required, but nice to have):
Prior Polygraph (CI or FS)
Current and active Security+ and CISSP certifications
Prior engineering experience within the Space Industry
Excellent presentation, communication, technical writing, and organization skills
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
Experience sharing knowledge via mentoring, coaching, or training others
Experience with developing and deploying CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins or GitLab
Experience with deployment automation scripting using Helm or Ansible or related products
Experience troubleshooting virtualization, automation, and deployment applications such as Flux CD, Grafana, Athena, Prometheus, Karpenter or related products
Experience with Linux Operating Systems Preferably RHEL 8/9
Knowledge of basic networking principles (subnets, VLANs, routing, and firewalls)
If this job description reads like it was written specifically for you, consider joining our team!
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Primary Level Salary Range: $135,800.00 - $203,600.00The 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.ngc