DevOps Engineering Manager 1

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. Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS) Sector has an immediate opportunity available for a Manager, DevOps Engineering 1 located in Linthicum, MD or Baltimore, MD. What You’ll Get To Do: The Manager, DevOps Engineering 1 will serve as the functional manager for a team of up to 8 DevOps engineers supporting software development and delivery programs. This role is responsible for employee performance management, staffing and workload assignments, career development, mentoring, training, and fostering an inclusive, accountable, and collaborative work environment. The position is expected to allocate approximately 10% of its time to functional management responsibilities, with the remaining 90% dedicated to direct technical contributions supporting DevOps, software integration, automation, and deployment activities. The manager will work with program leadership and technical leads to align team resources with program priorities, address staffing needs, remove organizational impediments, and support the team’s execution of DevSecOps, software integration, and deployment activities. The DevOps Manager will also communicate organizational direction, ensure adherence to applicable processes and standards, monitor team performance and capacity, and drive continuous improvement in workforce capability and delivery effectiveness. Roles & Responsibilities: • Lead and manage a team of DevOps engineers supporting software development, integration, test, release, and deployment activities. • Provide technical and functional insight for CI/CD pipelines, build and release automation, development environments, infrastructure automation, and software integration activities. • Partner with software, systems, test, cybersecurity, hardware, and program teams to support demand priorities and resolve cross-functional issues. • Guide the team in applying DevSecOps practices, including continuous integration, automated testing, source-code management, configuration management, Infrastructure as Code, monitoring, and vulnerability remediation. • Remove or escalate team impediments that affect delivery commitments, technical execution, or employee effectiveness. • Track and communicate team progress, delivery status, capacity, risks, metrics, and key accomplishments functional leadership. • Establish clear employee performance expectations; provide timely feedback; recognize accomplishments; and address performance concerns. • Conduct performance reviews, support staffing and workload assignments, and guide employees in career development. • Provide technical coaching, DevOps mentoring, and professional-development support to team members. • Communicate organizational direction, program priorities, and functional expectations to the team. • Foster an inclusive, respectful, accountable, and collaborative