Requisition ID: R10172251

• Category: Engineering
• Location: Manhattan Beach, California, United States of America
• Clearance Type: Top Secret
• Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this position
• Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)
• Travel Required: No
• Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available
• Positions Available: 1

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 Defense Systems (NGDS) is looking for a DevSecOps Engineer based out of Manhattan Beach, CA. * Our Team works on state-of-the-art Mission Planning systems. This position is for our Restricted A* effort. The Restricted A effort provides software development and engineering product releases as well as technical and training support.   The program is managed across several contracts with the efforts ranging from new development of micro-services within a service-oriented architecture to maintenance of existing windows application-based baselines that have transitioned to virtual deployments to an on-prem cloud environment.

Responsibilities Include:

• Designs, develops, documents, tests and debugs applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions.
• Ensures software standards are met.
• Maintain and improve the software CI/CD pipelines to enable fast, bug free delivery of critical business software to production.
• Set up and deploy Development, Test, and Build environments
• Create and update Windows installers
• Install, test, and verify software products
• Maintain multiple baseline repositories
• Provide support for the software build and installation.

All work must be performed on-site in Manhattan Beach, CA.

Basic Qualifications Level 2:

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience OR 0 years of experience with a Master’s degree in STEM; OR 6 additional years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree
• Current DoD Top Secret Clearance (adjudicated within the last 5 years), with ability to obtain Special Access Program (SAP) clearances
• Experience with DevSecOps pipeline tools and concepts such as Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment, Quality gate, Bamboo or Jenkins, and Docker
• Understanding of software design principles, functional programming and Object-Oriented programming paradigms
• Experience with Agile Software Development and DevOps practices
• Work well in a team-environment

Preferred Qualifications Level 2:

• Experience with Microsoft Windows-based Applications
• Proficiency in C#, .NET Framework
• Experience with Windows Installers such as InstallShield
• Experience with SonarQube and Fortify
• Experience with Microservice development and service communication protocols such as gRPC and/or REST
• Experience with Object Oriented Design and Software Design Patterns
• Experience with/using Relational Databases, SQL
• Experience with/using one or more of the following scripting languages: yaml, Python, PowerShell, Curl
• Experience with/using one or more of the following configuration management tools: Git, GitHub,
• Experience with the Atlassian Tool Suite: Bitbucket, Jira, Confluence, Crucible/Fish-eye
• Familiarity with/using/deploying to Cloud technology: Azure and/or AWS
• Familiarity with/using Containers in Docker and/or Kubernetes
• Experience with/using and/or managing these DevOps tools: Ansible, Terraform, Chef, or Puppet
• Previous in-depth mission planning domain knowledge of program software design and code

Basic Qualifications Level 3:

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience OR 3 years of experience with a Master’s degree in STEM; OR 6 additional years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree
• Current DoD Top Secret Clearance (adjudicated within the last 5 years), with ability to obtain Special Access Program (SAP) clearances
• Experience with DevSecOps pipeline tools and concepts such as Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment, Quality gate, Bamboo or Jenkins, and Docker
• Understanding of software design principles, functional programming and Object-Oriented programming paradigms
• Experience with Agile Software Development and DevOps practices
• Works well in a team-environment

Preferred Qualifications Level 3:

• Experience with Microsoft Windows-based Applications
• Proficiency in C#, .NET Framework
• Experience with Windows Installers such as InstallShield
• Experience with SonarQube and Fortify
• Experience with Microservice development and service communication protocols such as gRPC and/or REST
• Experience with Object Oriented Design and Software Design Patterns
• Experience with/using Relational Databases, SQL
• Experience with/using one or more of the following scripting languages: yaml, Python, PowerShell, Curl
• Experience with/using one or more of the following configuration management tools: Git, GitHub,
• Experience with the Atlassian Tool Suite: Bitbucket, Jira, Confluence, Crucible/Fish-eye
• Familiarity with/using/deploying to Cloud technology: Azure and/or AWS
• Familiarity with/using Containers in Docker and/or Kubernetes
• Experience with/using and/or managing these DevOps tools: Ansible, Terraform, Chef, or Puppet
• Previous in-depth mission planning domain knowledge of program software design and code

Salary Range: $87,200 - $130,800

Salary Range 2: $107,300 - $160,900

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.
Employees may be eligible for 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 committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.