Requisition ID: R10174715
Category: Engineering
Location: Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
Clearance Type: Top Secret
Telecommute: No - Teleworking not available for this position
Shift: Days (United States of America)
Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time
Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available
Positions Available: 1
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. 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.
The Payload and Ground Systems organization within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills and innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter.
About this specific job: You’ll be joining an existing on-contract classified portfolio called Swordfish and one of its programs we call “TPSE”. This program provides coordinated planning and execution with a diverse set of advanced and traditional assets in traditionally denied environments by delivering a Common Operating Picture that ensures real-time situational awareness. It supports Combatant and Air Component Commanders and Joint All Domain Command Control. The program is a small geographically dispersed team using Agile methods with Atlassian tools. The program’s codebase is Java and Javascript. They use Jenkins, Maven, Nexus, Docker/Kubernetes, and Helm.
Basic Qualifications:
Principal SW Engineer: Bachelor’s degree in Science with 5+ years of relative software development experience; 3+ years relative SW development experience with a Master's; or 4 additional years of relative experience in lieu of a degree.
Sr. Principal SW Engineer: Bachelor’s degree in Science with 8+ years of relative software development experience; 6+ years relative SW development experience with a Master's; or 4 additional years of relative experience in lieu of a degree.
Active Top Secret clearance required at time of application, with the ability to obtain an SCI clearance prior to starting work.
Ability to pass a Counterintelligence Polygraph (CI-Poly) (not required to start)
Experience working on a geographically dispersed team
Experience on a program applying Agile principles, processes, and tools
Experience developing applications in Java
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or similar
Current Top Secret/SCI security clearance
Ability to travel (limited, up to 10%)
Prior completed Counterintelligence Polygraph (CI-Poly)
Prior engineering or development experience with the Space Industry
Ability to effectively communicate and present to program management and customers
Ability to effectively write technical documentation
Experience sharing knowledge, mentoring, and working in a collaborative environment
At least 3 years of experience developing object-oriented applications in Java
Experience developing Frontend software, including at least 1 year of experience developing applications in Javascript
Experience using message brokers in event-driven publish/subscript architecture (for example with ActiveMQ, Kafka, DDS, etc.)
Experience developing to deploying containerized systems, including the use of Kubernetes, Docker, Nexus Repository, and Helm
Experience with CI/CD and DevOps, including the use of Jenkins and Maven
Strong analytical, problem-solving, testing, and troubleshooting skills
Active Security+ (or similar) certification
Salary Range: $102,400 - $153,600
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, education, skills and current market conditions.
Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
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