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Staff Software Defined Infrastructure Engineer
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · 🇺🇸 United States-Remote · Remote
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About the role
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No 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. At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and secure technological solutions to enable strategic objectives. We’re looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we will support yours by expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field or an industry thought leader. At Northrop Grumman, you will have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career. Northrop Grumman’s Corporate Sector's Chief Information & Digital Office (CIDO) is seeking a Staff Software Defined Infrastructure Engineer to support its IT Infrastructure & Operations organization. As a Staff Software Defined Infrastructure Engineer at Northrop Grumman, you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to lead our technical efforts to implement Software Defined Everything across our environments. Through the use of Infrastructure as Code, automation, Model-based Engineering, DevSecOps, and Agile practices, we are transforming how we design, deploy, and operate critical national defense products and capabilities for the warfighter. You will be a key technical leader, driving the architecture and implementation of automated infrastructure. This will include the tools and other infrastructure required to support our IT Infra organization in using tools such as Ansible and Terraform, building robust Python-based automation services, and guiding the migration from traditional IT environments to modern, software-defined platforms. Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly, and continuously drive innovation. The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented, with a focus on team empowerment & shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation. This is a virtual/remote role, however the preferred candidate will be within driving distance to a major Northrop Grumman site. Key Responsibilities: • Lead the design and implementation of Software Defined Infrastructure solutions using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Ansible and Terraform. • Architect and implement automated provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management of servers, containers, and Kubernetes clusters across on-prem and cloud environments. • Develop tooling, services, and frameworks to orchestrate infrastructure workflows, validate configurations, and integrate with CI/CD pipelines. • Drive migration of traditional IT environments to automated, software-defined platforms, including refactoring legacy configura