Sr. Principal Software Engineer (Active TS/SCI clearance require with Security Clearance

Requisition ID: R10164425

Category: Engineering

Location: Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Clearance Type: SCI

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. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity, and bringing your whole self to work.

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. Come be a part of our mission.

What You'll get to Do:

We are looking for a Software Engineer experienced in Java (as your primary and most skilled in Object-Oriented programming language) who wants to work on an agile development team using modern development practices tackling both new development and operational support of systems that advance National Security. Our Aurora campus has numerous programs in all phases of development and operational lifecycle, from smaller single scrum team efforts to larger multi-team efforts, some that leverage remote teams from other Northrop Grumman sites. Many of our programs are using a micro-service event-driven architecture using Docker Containers, Kubernetes, Helm charts, and AWS services.

Basic Qualifications:

1. Bachelor's degree in Science with 9+ years of software development experience; 7+ years with a Master's; or 4 additional years of experience in lieu of a degree.
2. Experience as a front-end, back-end, or full-stack developer.
3. Experience developing on teams using Agile methodology, process, and tools.
4. Experience designing, developing, and troubleshooting in Java.
5. Experience using object-oriented design.
6. Experience using version control software.
7. Current Top Secret/SCI security clearance required to apply.
8. Candidate must be able to obtain a Counterintelligence Polygraph (CI-Poly).
9. Offers are contingent upon receiving the Top Secret (TS) / SCI clearance crossover.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Front end experience and/or interest in using JavaScript frameworks (VueJS).
2. Working in Agile environment.
3. Developing using microservice architecture in a Cloud environment.
4. Experience and/or developing with AWS.
5. Space/Space Missions Domain Knowledge.
6. Experience with Rest & JMS.
7. Data processing knowledge.
8. Git, maven, helm, harbor.
9. Experience with Robot Framework, Cucumber, or another Automated Test Framework.
10. Proclivity for SW/Microservice Architecture and Design.
11. Full-stack (or with back-end experience and interest in learning front-end at some point).

Salary Range: $127,000 - $190,600. 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. Employees may be eligible for 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.

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.