Information Systems Project Manager

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret

TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time

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 - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon.

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 — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Staff Information Systems Project Manager to join a multi-disciplined team responsible for the design, build, delivery, and sustainment of high-performance computer environments. The Information Systems Project Manager is responsible for leading and managing the project(s) through design, build, integration, and delivery of high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure supporting a new ground-based radar system for Space Domain Awareness (SDA).

This role leads cross-functional Information Technology (IT) and engineering teams, defines technical objectives, and ensures solutions are delivered on schedule, within budget, and in compliance with performance and security requirements. This role will be reporting directly to the Compute Integrated Product Team (IPT) lead who is responsible for multiple Information Systems projects and collaborate with peer project managers.

• Lead one or more IT infrastructure projects that span multiple functional organizations.
• Own the infrastructure design, build, integration, and delivery of HPC solutions supporting SDA ground-based radar missions.
• Develop and maintain project execution plans, schedules, and milestones.
• Identify and coordinate technical and business resources across System Administrators, Network Engineers, Hardware Engineers, Software Developers, Cyber Security Engineers, Requirements Engineers, and MBSE Systems Engineers.
• Ensure projects meet cost, schedule, quality, and technical performance goals.
• Apply extensive technical expertise in HPC, Red Hat Linux, networking, and cyber security to solve complex problems.
• Provide technical and analytical guidance; mentor and direct the work of multi-disciplinary team members (~15).
• Exercise considerable latitude in determining technical objectives and solution approaches.
• Represent the organization as the primary technical contact on assigned contracts and projects.
• Prepare and deliver clear technical briefings, status updates, and recommendations to internal leadership and external customers.
• Stay current on advances in IT, HPC, and cyber security and recommend improvements to architectures and processes.

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field with 12 years of professional experience – OR – Master’s degree with 10 years of professional experience – OR – PhD with 8 years of professional experience.
• Requires an active U.S. Government Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Experience leading or managing information technology projects involving:
  • High-performance computing environments
  • GPGPU and multi-node processing architectures
• Experience with Agile methodologies and execution.
• Hands-on experience with Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence).
• Demonstr…