DevSecOps/Software Infrastructure Engineer – Level 2/3 (Chandler) (AHT)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Interim 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.

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 DevSecOps/Software Infrastructure Engineer – Level 2/3 located in Chandler, Arizona , 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.

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The Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) Flight Software Team is seeking an early- to mid-career DevSecOps/Software Infrastructure Engineer to strengthen the software factory supporting flight software, algorithms, and modeling-and-simulation development. You will improve the reliability, performance, scalability, and security of engineering workflows by supporting GitLab CI/CD pipelines, containerized development environments, software-package management, automated testing, and large-scale software execution.

In this role, you will work across Podman and OCI-compatible containers, Visual Studio Code development containers, Linux-based environments, infrastructure automation, and C++ and Python applications. You will investigate and resolve complex issues involving build and test pipelines, containers, dependencies, development environments, and software runsets, helping teams distinguish infrastructure issues from software, model, or flight-dynamics defects.

You will help establish and mature reliable, repeatable processes for container builds, package and dependency management, automated testing, software releases, and large-scale execution environments. Your work will improve environment consistency, reduce development interruptions and repetitive manual effort, and enable engineering teams to focus on delivering mission-critical capabilities.

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This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off.

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In this job, you will

• Maintain and improve GitLab repositories, branching workflows, integrations, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and software-factory operations.

• Build, configure, secure, maintain, and troubleshoot containerized development and execution environments using Podman, OCI-compatible container images, and Visual Studio Code development containers.

• Create and maintain container definitions, build scripts, base images, reusable development environments, and repeatable container-image build, release, update, distribution, and retirement processes.

• Manage software packages, dependencies, repositories, version compatibility, and configuration baselines across containerized and Linux-based development, test, and execution environments.

• Develop automation for building, testing, code review, deployment, vulnerability scanning, metrics collection, and software-factory operations to reduce manual effort and improve repeatability.

• Diagnose and resolve complex build, test, deployment, environment, infrastructure, container, package, and large-scale software-runset issues; perform root-cause analysis across GitLab pipelines, development environments, and C++ and Python applications.

• Monitor software-factory reliability, performance, utilization, and health metrics; identify recurring failure patterns and implement sustainable improvements.

• Support large-scale software testing and execution, including high-performance computing-related scripts, workflows, resource utilization, job execution, and performance optimization when applicable.

• Collaborate with flight software, algorithms, modeling and simulation, cybersecurity, test, performance, and infrastructure teams to resolve cross-functional issues and improve engineering workflows.

• Create and maintain troubleshooting guides, release notes, tool configurations, operational documentation, and reusable development practices.

• Other duties as assigned.

If this job description reads like it was written specifically for you, consider joining our team!

This position is contingent upon you obtaining final clearances and program access(es) within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company.

This position can be filled at a Level 2 or Level 3.

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Basic Qualifications

DevSecOps/Software Infrastructure Engineer – Level 2

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related STEM discipline with 2 years of relevant experience; or a master’s degree in a related STEM discipline with 1 year of professional experience. An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

• Experience developing or supporting software using C++ or Python.

• Experience with Git-based source control and collaborative software-development workflows.

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated builds or tests, or software-development environment troubleshooting.

• Experience building, maintaining, or troubleshooting container images or containerized environments using Podman, Docker, or another OCI-compatible platform.

• Experience managing software packages or dependencies in Linux-based development or execution environments, including working knowledge of Linux command-line tools.

• Ability to diagnose and resolve issues spanning software, automation, containers, package dependencies, and infrastructure components.

• Ability to work independently, manage priorities, and collaborate across technical disciplines.

• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret security clearance

Basic Qualifications

Principal DevSecOps/Software Infrastructure Engineer – Level 3

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related STEM discipline with 5 years of relevant experience; a master’s degree with 3 years of relevant experience; or a Ph.D. in a related discipline with 1 year of professional experience. An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

• Demonstrated experience developing, integrating, or supporting C++ or Python software applications.

• Demonstrated experience using Git-based source control and collaborative software-development workflows.

• Demonstrated experience designing, maintaining, or troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines, automated build-and-test workflows, and development environments.

• Demonstrated experience building, maintaining, or troubleshooting OCI-compatible container images or containerized environments.

• Demonstrated experience managing Linux software packages, application dependencies, or version compatibility, including working knowledge of Linux command-line tools.

• Demonstrated ability to diagnose and resolve issues spanning software applications, automation, containers, package dependencies, development tooling, and infrastructure.

• Ability to lead technical investigations, coordinate across teams, drive issues through resolution, and help improve repeatable engineering practices.

• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S.