Jobs / Northrop Grumman
Principal/Sr. Principal Dedicated Cloud Engineer
Northrop Grumman · Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, United States
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, United StatesExp: 3-12 yrs98,400-193,900 USD/yearlyOnsite
Remuneration
98,400-193,900 USD/yearly
Location
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, United States
Visa sponsorship
Not specified
Job summary
The Dedicated Cloud Engineer role focuses on defining and enhancing the Air Force's mission capabilities in the cloud. Responsibilities include deploying cloud-hosted applications, designing solutions in Kubernetes environments, automating processes with GitOps and CI/CD pipelines, and managing infrastructure components. This position requires strong problem-solving skills and effective communication with mission partners.
Benefits
Health insurance coverageLife and disability insuranceSavings planCompany paid holidaysPaid time off (PTO)
Qualifications
- Active Top Secret clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI)
- Ability to obtain IAT Level II certification within 60 days of start date
- Technical knowledge of infrastructure components: Network, Storage, Linux/Windows, IT security concepts
- Familiarity with cloud-based technologies: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud
- Experience with Kustomize and Helm
- Experience with Linux
- Experience with GitOps and CI/CD, emphasizing GitLab
- Experience in application deployment and release management
- Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift)
- Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI, ArgoCD)
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Ansible
- Experience with monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack)
- Proficiency in at least one scripting language (Python, Bash)
- Understanding of application deployment strategies (blue/green, canary)
Responsibilities
- Enable and deploy cloud-hosted applications and services.
- Design, implement, and support solutions in Kubernetes-centric environments.
- Automate deployment, configuration, and monitoring using GitOps and CI/CD pipelines.
- Integrate and manage infrastructure components including networking, storage, Linux/Windows hosts, and security controls.
- Contribute to platform engineering efforts to improve reliability, scalability, and security.
- Diagnose complex issues across applications, networks, containers, and cloud platforms.
Skills
AnsibleArgo CDAWSAzureBashCircleCIDockerGCPGitLabGitLab CIGrafanaHelmIstioJenkinsKubernetesKustomizeLinkerdLinuxOpenShiftPrometheusPythonTerraformWindows
Certifications
Top Secret clearanceIAT Level II certification (such as CASP+ or Security+)
Degrees
High school diplomaBachelor’s degreeMaster’s degree
Travel
10% of the Time
Security clearance
Top Secret
Relocation
No