✦ Luna Orbit — DevOps & SRE

Sr Principal DevOps Engineer

at Northrop Grumman

📍 United States-Colorado-Aurora Unknown 💰 $142K – $213K USD / year Posted March 13, 2026
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Position Details

Salary $142K – $213K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience senior
Exp. Years 8+ years
Education Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline
Category DevOps & SRE

About this role

Senior DevOps Engineer role supporting defense systems with a focus on automation, system health, and secure infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage CI/CD pipelines
  • Automate deployments
  • Monitor system health
  • Support secure classified environments
  • Manage infrastructure as code

Technical Overview

Environment includes Linux, containers, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code tools, and cloud integrations, primarily in defense and aerospace sectors.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior DevOps engineer with over 8 years of experience in system architecture, containerization, and automation within defense or aerospace sectors. They possess active Top Secret/SCI clearance, strong Linux skills, and experience managing CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code.

Must-Have Skills

Bachelor's degree in STEM8+ years of experienceActive Top Secret/SCI security clearanceExperience with containersLinux Administration

Nice-to-Have Skills

Master's degree in STEMPhD in STEMExperience with CI/CD toolsExperience with cloud platformsAgile methodologies

Tools & Platforms

DockerKubernetesGitJenkinsTerraformAnsible

Required Skills

ContainersLinux AdministrationCI/CD pipelinesSource controlAgile principlesInfrastructure as CodeDockerKubernetesJenkinsTerraformAnsible

Hard Skills

ContainersLinux AdministrationCI/CD pipelinesSource controlAgile principlesInfrastructure as CodeDevOps tools

Soft Skills

Cognitive diversityIntellectual curiosityPioneering spiritTeam collaborationProblem-solving

Certifications

Required

Top Secret/SCI security clearanceCI Polygraph

Industry & Role

Industry Defense
Job Function DevOps engineering for defense systems

Clearance & Visa

Clearance Required Top Secret/SCI

Keywords for Your Resume

DevOps EngineerContainersLinux AdministrationCI/CD pipelinesSource controlAgile principlesInfrastructure as CodeDockerKubernetesJenkinsTerraformAnsibleTop Secret/SCIPolygraph

Deal Breakers

Lack of active Top Secret/SCI clearance, Less than 8 years of relevant experience, No experience with containers or Linux administration

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