Principal/Sr. Principal Engineer Software - Cloud
Listed on 2026-07-01
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Software Engineer
Accomplish
In this role you will help adapt a suite of mobile control station software applications to a cloud environment, participating in building Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and infrastructure to deploy the solution to an Il-5 cloud environment including containerization, instrumentation, integration, security, and system test. You will work with multi-disciplinary teams, such as with Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Cloud & Application, Dev
* Ops, in an Agile software development environment.
The individual we seek will be self-motivated, proactive, goal-oriented to help us grow our services, become even better at what we do and will possess the following qualifications.
** This role may be filled at either the Principal Software Engineer or a Sr. Principal Software Engineer level based on the qualifications below.**
Basic Qualifications:
- Principal:
Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 5 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master's degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related engineering experience OR a PhD degree in a STEM discipline and 1 years of related engineering experience - Sr. Principal:
Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 8 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master's degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of related engineering experience OR a PhD degree in a STEM discipline and 4 years of related engineering experience - Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a US Government clearance and Special Access Program (SAP) within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs
- Experience with infrastructure components (VMs, containers, network, storage, Linux/Windows, and IT security concepts)
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and microservices
- Experience with software-defined networking
- Experience with a coding or scripting language (C, C++, Java, Python)
- Experience with Agile methodologies and tools (Atlassian suite: Jira, Confluence)
Preferred
Qualification:
- A Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Engineering
- An active Secret or higher clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI)
- Certified (associate level or above) in a cloud platform or
- Azure Platform
- AWS Platform
- CompTIA Security+ certification
- CompTIA Cloud+ certification
- Experience with administering cloud-based networking (ACL, Security Groups, WAF)
- Demonstrated experience in cloud adoption, environment prototyping, and data migration
- Knowledge of account management solutions (RBAC, AWS IAM, Azure AD)
- Expertise leveraging git for code management (ArgoCD, Flux, Gitlab)
- Experience leading teams of technical individuals
At Northrop Grumman we are invested in the growth and well-being off all our employees. We offer flexible work arrangements, phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly team environment.
Our Total Rewards Program offers a comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts.
If you are ready to join us in defining possible, apply now.
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