✦ Luna Orbit — DevOps & SRE

Staff DevOps Engineer

at Northrop Grumman

📍 United States-Colorado-Aurora Unknown 💰 $177K – $265K USD / year Posted March 13, 2026
Salary $177K – $265K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience senior
Exp. Years 8+ years
Education Bachelor's degree with 12+ years of relevant experience
Category DevOps & SRE

This role involves planning and evolving DevOps processes and infrastructure to support rapid deployment of aerospace systems, emphasizing automation, security, and system monitoring.

  • Plan and evolve DevOps processes
  • Integrate automation with CI/CD pipelines
  • Define build, deployment, and monitoring standards
  • Work with vendors and IT teams
  • Support system security and performance

The technical environment includes automation tools, cloud platforms like AWS, container orchestration with Kubernetes, scripting in Python and Shell, and Agile development practices.

The ideal candidate is a senior DevOps engineer with extensive experience in automation, infrastructure provisioning, and CI/CD pipelines, holding an active Top Secret/SCI clearance. They should have a strong background in scripting, cloud environments, and agile methodologies, capable of supporting complex aerospace defense systems.

Active Top Secret/SCI clearanceCI PolygraphBachelor's degree12+ years relevant experience
Agile developmentTest automationInfrastructure as CodeVendor collaboration
JenkinsGitDockerKubernetesAnsibleTerraformAWSAmazon Web ServicesLinuxRed Hat
DevOpsCI/CDAutomationScriptingInfrastructure provisioningSCMAgileMonitoringLinuxSecurityBackupRedundancyPerformance evaluationPythonShell scriptingKubernetesTerraformAnsibleJenkinsGitAWS
DevOpsContinuous IntegrationContinuous DeliveryCI/CDAutomationScriptingInfrastructure provisioningSoftware Configuration ManagementSCMTest-driven developmentAgileMonitoringLinuxOperating SystemsSecurityBackupRedundancyPerformance evaluationBashPythonShell scripting
Problem-solvingTeamworkCommunicationCollaborationAdaptabilityCognitive diversity

Required

Top Secret/SCI clearanceCI Polygraph
Industry Aerospace, Defense, Government/Public Sector
Job Function DevOps engineering and infrastructure automation for aerospace defense systems
Clearance Required Top Secret/SCI
DevOpsCI/CDAutomationScriptingInfrastructure provisioningSCMAgileMonitoringLinuxSecurityBackupRedundancyPerformance evaluationPythonShell scriptingKubernetesTerraformAnsibleJenkinsGitAWSAmazon Web Services

Lack of active Top Secret/SCI clearance, No CI Polygraph, Less than 8 years of relevant experience, Unwillingness to relocate or work onsite

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