Principal / Sr. Principal Software Configuration Analyst DevOps

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history. Software (SW) Configuration Management (CM) analysts are responsible for developing and maintaining software and other technological aspects on a DoD program. General CM software analyst duties and responsibilities are delineated below: - Communicate issues and risks pertaining to issues, solutions and releases. - Coordinate final signoff releases and manage release schedules. - Work with developers, QA and administrators to ensure success of builds and deployments in development, QA, UAT, staging and production environments. - Support the engineering teams using Jira and/or Git Hub and Bitbucket with the CM process - Maintain software tools to support the software release process and SCCB. - Implement software configuration management policies and products. - Timing execution of platform integration builds and ensuring that all issues encountered while generating platform builds are resolved. - Monitor and troubleshoot common and daily SW tasks and documentation updates. - Provide direction on maturing the VHDL CM repository/process from Design Sync. - Responsible for ensuring the necessary technology interfaces appropriately with client needs, including third-party applications and customer interaction ensuring program applications remain secure and are coordinated and communicated with peers both internally and externally. - Ability to multi-task and complete tasks with a sense of urgency. - SW analysts work in an office environment and traditionally work during normal business hours, however – on occasion late shifts or on-call remote work may be requested. - Excellent communication skills. - High level of problem solving is required to troubleshoot system issues and prevent downtime. This requisition may be filled as a Principal S/W Configuration Analyst DevOps or Sr. Principal S/W Configuration Analyst DevOps. Basic Qualifications for Principal Software Configuration Analyst DevOps: - Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or in a related field a with a minimum of 5 years relevant; or Masters Degree with 3 years of relevant experience; may consider an additional 4 years of experience in lieu of a degree. - Experience with Jira and/or Git Hub and Bitbucket with the CM process - Experience supporting scripting languages and database management. - Experience with performing software builds and maintaining procedures. - The ability to obtain and maintain a US Government clearance. Basic Qualifications for Sr. Principal Software Configuration Analyst DevOps: - Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or in a related field a with a minimum of 8 years relevant; or Masters Degree with 6 years of relevant experience; may consider an additional 4 years of experience in lieu of a degree. - Experience with Jira and/or Git Hub and Bitbucket with the C