Northrop Grumman

Site Reliability Engineer (AHT)

Northrop Grumman  •  $83k - $155k/yr  •  United States (Onsite)  •  1 month ago
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Job Description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be availableCLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: NoCLEARANCE TYPE: Top SecretTRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeAt 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 Defense Systems (NGDS), Beavercreek Ohio, is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to define what "reliable enough" means from the user’s perspective, instrumenting and measuring against those targets, and building the tooling and runbooks that make failure recoverable. Candidates will partner with dev teams pushing operational quality upstream before code ships and lead problem resolution in production. SREs are comfortable debugging distributed systems, resolving incidents, and translating findings into lasting reliability improvements. They will work closely with software developer teams accomplishing the following:

  • Incident Response – Lead real time detection, triage, and resolution of production incidents; conduct post mortems and drive corrective actions. Complete work independently and as a part of an Agile team
  • Toil Reduction – Identify repetitive operational work, develop automation and runbooks, and implement CI/CD pipelines to reduce manual effort
  • Reliability Evaluations – Define service level objectives (SLOs) and error budget policies; assess system reliability against those targets using observability data
  • Platform Enablement – Build and maintain shared tooling (e.g., Kubernetes clusters, GitOps workflows); enable development teams with SDKs, instrumentation guidance, and reliability best practices

This requisition may be filled at a higher level based on qualifications listed below and is contingent on funding.

Basic Qualifications:

  • Engineer (Level 2): 2+ years related experience with Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related STEM degree from an accredited institution; 0 years with Master’s degree
  • Principal Engineer (Level 3): 5+ years related experience with Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related STEM degree from an accredited institution; 3 years with Master’s degree
  • U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain a Top‑Secret security clearance
  • Systems‑thinking mindset – understand how components fail together and assess blast radius
  • Observability fundamentals – beyond the three signals, know how to use telemetry to optimize services and engineers’ quality of life
  • Basic software‑engineering skills – build automation, non‑trivial APIs, follow Git workflows, and actively participate in code reviews
  • Linux and networking fundamentals
  • Strong communication, collaboration, and organizational abilities
  • Specialty Skills (1 or more):
    • Platform & Infrastructure – Kubernetes, Argo CD/GitOps, disaster recovery planning, capacity forecasting
    • Observability – OpenTelemetry standards, Grafana/Perses, Tempo, ClickHouse, VictoriaMetrics
    • Automation & Toil Reduction – Scripting, CI/CD pipeline development, runbook automation, “DevOps” practices
    • Developer Enablement – Instrumentation SDKs, onboarding of SRE practices for engineering teams
    • Data & Alerting – High quality dashboards, alert design, anomaly detection techniques

Preferred Qualifications:

  • SRE related certifications (e.g., DevOps Institute, AWS Solutions Architect, or equivalent)
  • Hands on experience with: Python, Go, Kubernetes, Argo CD, GitLab/GitHub, Jenkins, Docker, Locust/Gatling, Prometheus, Grafana/Perses
  • Experience with container orchestration, service mesh, and cloud native infrastructure
  • Proven track record of driving reliability improvements in large scale, distributed systems
  • Familiarity with security best practices for cloud and on prem environments.

Primary Level Salary Range: $83,400.00 - $125,200.00Secondary Level Salary Range: $103,600.00 - $155,400.00The 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, education, skills and current market conditions.Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

Northrop Grumman

About Northrop Grumman

We are a close-knit community of big thinkers collaborating to keep the world safe. Our passion, creativity and expertise bring next-level technology solutions to life in autonomous systems, cyber, C4ISR, strike, space, and logistics and modernization for our customers around the globe.

On the Northrop Grumman team, you’ll join our pursuit of excellence immersed in a dynamic culture of innovation and respect. Your unique perspective will help achieve our shared vision for the future of global security. Every step of the way, you'll be supported by world-class training, employee resource groups and a comprehensive benefits package that enables greater health and happiness for you and your family.

Worldwide and across disciplines, we’re challenging what’s possible for technology to protect people and places from undersea to outer space and into cyberspace. And we see the impact of our performance every day. We are Northrop Grumman, and we work on what matters—now, you too can make a difference.

Explore opportunities in engineering, IT, manufacturing, business management, cybersecurity and more at jobs.northropgrumman.com/careers.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

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Industry
Aviation & Aerospace
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Falls Church, VA
Year Founded
Unknown
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