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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 Aeronautics Systems Sector is searching for a Staff Systems Engineer to join our System Infrastructure Team located in Melbourne, FL as a Cloud Architect.   The selected candidates must have the following skills and abilities: The Systems Architect is responsible for designing and managing the Cloud infrastructure. Duties include ensuring the cloud architecture meets program requirements, coordinating architecture decisions with hardware and test teams, creating and managing the development backlog for cloud-related software development, deploying product updates, setting up software factory, virtual machines, containers, and orchestration. This role will have a large impact on team productivity and as such requires an understanding of the software development lifecycle and various automation tools for developing digital pipelines (CI/CD pipelines).   This position requires work full-time, on-site at our facility. There is no remote / hybrid / telework available for this position. Travel up to 10% may be required.   We offer flexible work arrangements, 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off, phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly team environment. We are looking for self-directed professionals who thrive in collaborative environments.   Basic Qualifications: • Bachelor of science degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 12-years of experience OR a Master of science degree in a STEM discipline and 10-years of experience OR a PhD degree in a STEM discipline and 8-years of experience. • Must have an active U.S. Government Secret Clearance or higher (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation) • Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs. • Experience with Cloud Computing and Hybrid On-Prem Solutions • Experience with Terraform or similar Infrastructure as Code tool • Experience with Docker or similar container technology • Experience setting up or administering a small to medium sized Kubernetes cluster • Experience with Kubernetes Service Mesh or similar service mesh technologies   Preferred Qualifications:  • Any Cloud Service Provider Certification (e.g. AZ-900, AZ-104, AWS Cloud Practitioner, etc)  • Security+ Certification  • Terraform Associate Certification  • Vault Associate Certification Primary Level Salary Range: $152,900.00 - $229,300.00 The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, ed

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