Principal/ Sr. Principal Software Engineer on TPSE

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.