Requisition ID: R10170166
Category: Information Technology
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Clearance Type: Top Secret
Telecommute: No - Teleworking not available for this position
Shift: 1st Shift (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.
Join Northrop Grumman – Cincinnati (aka Xetron) , part of Mission Systems sector, focused on the development of new capabilities for our military and intelligence customers around the globe. This unique relationship offers employees the ability to know everyone at the site while working on technologies and products that are beyond state-of-the-art.
We are seeking a cleared or clearable mid-senior level Sr. Software Engineer who is self-motivated and energetic with a background in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
Responsibilities:
This position involves developing solutions to national security threats and products in the portfolio include:
Radio Frequency (RF) and Electro-Optical (EO) sensors
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
Extract, Transform Load (ETL) processing
Data lake storage and query
Data modeling and analysis
The position requires solid software development skills. General knowledge of software development environments, virtualization paradigms, and software configuration management tools are all required for full performance. Knowledge of DevOps, digital testing, data interfaces, network security, access controls (authentication & authorization), software modularity and refactoring, and/or Systems Engineering and Cloud Architecture are each desirable. The target development and deployment environment is Amazon Web Services (AWS) so cloud certifications are also desirable, but not required.
Essential Functions:
Good understanding of one or more of the following software languages, including coding best practices, with a detailed understanding of the following software concepts: inheritance, generics, and interfaces.
C++, C#
Java
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
Although many different options are appropriate if they can be connected to one of the core languages above, a basic understanding of source and artifact configuration management, build systems, and/or packaging managers is required.
Git
Nexus
Artifactory
Conan
Npm
Pip
Cmake
Maven
Setuptools
Etc.
Basic understanding of virtualization, for example:
Virtual Machines, ISOs, hypervisors (VMWare, etc.)
Containers, Docker, Docker-compose, docker-swarm
Pods, Kubernetes
AWS Instances, AWS EC2, AMIs
-OR- Significant Experience with other AWS services
-OR- AWS Cloud Practitioner or higher certifications
This position can be filled at the Principal Engineer or Sr. Principal Engineer level.
Basic Qualifications for Principal Software Engineer Level:
B.S. degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field and 5 years of relevant work experience OR M.S. degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field and 3 years of relevant work experience OR Ph.D and 0 years of relevant work experience. NOTE: 4 years of relevant work experience can be substituted for the degree.
Demonstrated software programming experience
Basic understanding of source and artifact configuration management, build systems, and/or packaging managers
Basic understanding of usage for virtualization paradigms
Knowledge and experience of one or more of the following:
DevOps (especially in AWS) and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) (i.e. Terraform by HashiCorp)
Systems testing using virtual machine technology or elastic cloud computing (AWS EC2)
Data interfaces (APIs, REST, markup languages, schemas, and metadata)
Network security, application security, and data access controls
Software modularity and refactoring of legacy code
Cloud Architecture and Systems Engineering
US Citizenship is required
The ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance (not needed to start)
Basic Qualifications for Sr. Principal Software Engineer Level:
B.S. degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field and 8 years of relevant work experience OR M.S. degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field and 6 years of relevant work experience OR Ph.D and 4 years of relevant work experience. NOTE: 4 years of relevant work experience can be substituted for the degree.
Demonstrated software programming experience
Basic understanding of source and artifact configuration management, build systems, and/or packaging managers
Basic understanding of usage for virtualization paradigms
Knowledge and experience of one or more of the following:
DevOps (especially in AWS) and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) (i.e. Terraform by HashiCorp)
Systems testing using virtual machine technology or elastic cloud computing (AWS EC2)
Data interfaces (APIs, REST, markup languages, schemas, and metadata)
Network security, application security, and data access controls
Software modularity and refactoring of legacy code
Cloud Architecture and Systems Engineering
US Citizenship is required
The ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance (not needed to start)
Preferred Qualifications for both levels:
Active Top Secret security clearance
Knowledge and experience of one or more of the following:
DevOps (especially in AWS) and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) (i.e. Terraform by HashiCorp)
Systems testing using virtual machine technology or elastic cloud computing (AWS EC2)
Data interfaces (APIs, REST, markup languages, schemas, and metadata)
Network security, application security, and data access controls
Software modularity and refactoring of legacy code
Cloud Architecture and Systems Engineering
Technical leadership experience for teams of 2-8 engineers
Experience with the Agile methodology (i.e. SAFe 6.0)
This position offers the option of a 9/80 work schedule. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.
Salary Range: $107,300 - $160,900
Salary Range 2: $133,000 - $199,600
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.
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