Staff Software Defined Infrastructure Engineer

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $177k - $265.6k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

👷 Infrastructure Engineer

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Northrop Grumman

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1939

🏭 Manufacturing

📦 Logistics

🎖️ Defense

Manufacturing • Logistics • Defense

Northrop Grumman is a leading global aerospace and defense company, recognized for its innovative solutions in air, cyber, land, sea, and space domains. With a focus on advanced technologies and innovation, Northrop Grumman provides unmatched expertise in military communications, satellite communications, and microelectronics manufacturing. The company is committed to solving complex challenges and 'defining possible' by transforming the concepts of what's achievable. Northrop Grumman is also actively involved in sustainability efforts and offers career opportunities to various levels of professionals, including veterans and entry-level candidates.

📋 Description

• Lead the design and implementation of Software Defined Infrastructure solutions using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Ansible and Terraform • Architect and implement automated provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management of servers, containers, and Kubernetes clusters across on-premises and cloud environments • Develop tooling, services, and frameworks to orchestrate infrastructure workflows, validate configurations, and integrate with CI/CD pipelines • Drive migration of traditional IT environments to automated, software-defined platforms • Define and enforce standards, patterns, and best practices for Infrastructure as Code, automation, testing, and documentation • Collaborate with software engineering and IT infrastructure teams to design resilient, scalable, and secure architectures for mission-critical systems • Maintain and optimize containerized and Kubernetes-based environments, including cluster configuration, observability, and incident response • Participate in Agile activities including backlog grooming, sprint planning, and continuous improvement • Mentor and coach junior engineers • Contribute to knowledge-sharing sessions, design reviews, and documentation

🎯 Requirements

• 12 Years of relevant work experience with a Bachelors; 10 Years with Masters; 8 Years with PhD. • Candidates must have the ability to obtain a U.S. Government Secret level security clearance as a condition of continued employment • Strong experience designing and implementing automated infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Ansible and Terraform • Strong proficiency in Python, including building automation services, libraries, or frameworks with robust testing and documentation • Experience leading migrations from traditional IT environments to software-defined, automated platforms • Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, or similar), including cluster-level configuration and lifecycle management • Experience with daily development and administration in Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu, or similar) • Experience maintaining production-grade applications or platform services in virtualized or cloud environments such as Amazon Web Services, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform • Experience working with and presenting accomplishments to internal and external customers, including technical briefings and status updates • Experience mentoring junior engineers and contributing to knowledge-sharing sessions and documentation • Understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies • Preferred: Experience deploying and managing CI/CD pipelines integrating Infrastructure as Code, automated testing, and environment promotion • Preferred: Experience with infrastructure and Kubernetes monitoring and observability using Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or similar • Preferred: Experience integrating security and compliance tooling into automated pipelines and deploying them into classified or air-gapped environments • Preferred: Experience with Git-based workflows, including branching strategies and code review practices • Preferred: Experience with model-based or declarative configuration approaches and configuration management at scale • Preferred: Strong communication skills with the ability to influence architecture decisions and drive alignment across stakeholders • U.S. Citizenship is required for positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements • Phenomenal learning opportunities • Exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers • Friendly team environment • Exceptional benefits/healthcare • Health insurance coverage • Life and disability insurance • Savings plan • Company paid holidays • Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business • 9/80 work schedule • 401k matching program • Potential overtime, shift differential, and discretionary bonus in addition to base pay