Principal Engineer Software - DevOps

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal DevOps Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals.

This position will be located onsite in Melbourne, Florida .

This is a vital position in support of critical software design and development.

Candidate will be responsible for supporting refactor of existing monolithic codebase into complaint micro-service architecture and serving as expert in refactoring databases.

• Refactor existing monolithic codebases with databases into micro-service architectures using domain-driven design principles.
• Create, configure, and manage CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, Azure Pipelines, GitHub Actions) that automate build, test, containerization, and deployment.
• Containerize services with Docker and deploy them to Kubernetes clusters maintaining Helm charts and handling scaling, upgrades, and troubleshooting.
• Write reusable automation scripts and templates in YAML, PowerShell, Bash, and JSON to support continuous integration, security scanning, and release management.
• Implement and manage core infrastructure services (e.g., DNS, DHCP, NAS, and Active Directory)
• Understand and troubleshoot networking fundamentals (VLANs, firewalls, routing, load-balancing) that affect service connectivity and collaborate with network engineers as needed.

The individual we seek will be self-motivated, proactive, goal-oriented to help us grow our services, become even better at what we do and will possess the following qualifications.