Sr. Principal Teamcenter Deployment Admin / Container Platform Engineer at Northrop Grumman
New York, NY
$129,300–$193,900from the description
Jul 15, 2026
New York, NY
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A remote platform engineering role focused on deploying and administering Siemens Teamcenter (PLM) environments within a large defense contractor's internal IT organization. Day-to-day work involves managing containerized workloads on Kubernetes/OpenShift, maintaining CI/CD pipelines, and operating Red Hat Enterprise Linux infrastructure. Suited to experienced engineers with a background spanning PLM administration, container platforms, and automated software delivery.
Senior level · 8+ years · Remote · Secret clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role title is 'Senior Principal Software Development Analyst' but the actual work is a hybrid of PLM platform administration (Teamcenter deployment/ops) and container/DevOps engineering (Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines). SOC 15-1252 (Software Developers) was chosen because the JD emphasises building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, containerised deployment patterns, and automation code; 15-1244 (Systems Administrators) is a credible runner-up given the heavy Teamcenter administration and RHEL operations duties.
The clearance header states 'CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No' but 'CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret', indicating a Secret clearance must be obtainable but is not required on day one. Marked as Secret because the JD gates US citizenship and the clearance type is explicitly named.
Experience requirement is stated as a sliding scale tied to degree level (8 yrs BS / 6 yrs MS / 4 yrs PhD); the overall years minimum is set to 8 (the bachelor's-degree floor, the most common case). No degree is hard-required because equivalent experience at lower degree levels is explicitly accepted.
ArgoCD and GitOps-style deployments, Infrastructure-as-Code, and security scanning/hardening appear under 'Preferred Qualifications' and are marked accordingly.
Red Hat OpenShift is listed as an alternative to Kubernetes because the JD explicitly frames them as interchangeable ('Kubernetes and/or Red Hat OpenShift').
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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