Principal Software Engineer – CI/CD Engineer (26-139)

What we offer

• Health Plan
• Savings Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Education Assistance
• Training and Development
• Flexible Work Arrangements

Northrop Grumman, located onsite in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is seeking a Principal Software Engineer – CI/CD Engineer to design, implement, test, and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automation tools for mission-critical software. The role offers a salary range of $103,600 to $155,400 per year.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and provide technical support for GitLab pipelines and related DevOps tools, troubleshooting complex pipeline and integration problems
• Maintain, debug, and configure CI/CD workflows across development, testing, and production environments
• Develop or improve automated build, test, and deployment processes based on defined requirements and specifications
• Support pipeline design, scripting, testing, debugging, and documentation to ensure consistent and dependable software releases
• Collaborate with development, manual and automated testing, and operations teams to implement code quality checks, generate metrics, automate processes, and establish deployment standards aligned with SDLC and DevOps best practices
• Work with cross-functional teams to resolve system and pipeline issues, contribute to standards, and enhance overall efficiency of the software delivery lifecycle
• Participate in designing, coding, testing, and implementing tools that support infrastructure and operations automation

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field from an accredited university, with 5 years of experience; or Master’s degree with 3 years of relevant work experience; or 9 years of relevant work experience may be considered as an alternative to a degree
• Current, active DoD 8140 certification at IAT Level II or higher at the time of application and throughout the contract
• Current, active in-scope DoD-issued Secret security clearance at the time of application
• Experience building and troubleshooting automated pipelines with GitLab and Jenkins
• Experience with configuration management and automation tools, especially Ansible
• Understanding Infrastructure as Code principles
• Understanding the software development lifecycle and DevOps best practices
• Experience developing Bash scripts and/or PowerShell scripts
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with software developers and testers
• Domain management experience, including creating and maintaining user accounts, RBAC, security groups, and group policy management

Technologies

• GitLab
• Jenkins
• Ansible
• Bash
• PowerShell
• Java

Security and travel

• Clearance required for start: Yes
• Clearance type: Secret
• Travel: Yes, up to 10 percent of the time

Relocation

• No relocation assistance available