Software Developer – Data Processing Team

Relocation Assistance

Relocation assistance may be available.

Yes

Top Secret

Yes, 10% of the Time

At Northrop Grumman, our employees work on revolutionary systems that impact people’s lives around the world today and for generations to come. We seek individuals who bring bold ideas, courage, and a pioneering spirit to invent the future and enjoy the journey. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity, and authenticity, driving us to do what others deem impossible. Contribute to a secure future for generations as a Software Developer – Data‑Processing Team – Level 3 or 4 located in McLean, VA.

This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work.

In these roles, the focus is on development, integration, deployment, and sustainment of satellite ground software. The position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off.

• Full‑stack development at the OS, platform, and mission‑unique software layer.
• Develop client and server applications and services using service‑oriented or object‑oriented architectures, micro‑services, and message‑bus‑based data exchange that include first‑of‑a‑kind capabilities.
• Primary language Python (with C++ and occasional Java), PostgreSQL, Qpid message broker (AMQP) – exploring gRPC (both use Protocol Buffers).
• GUIs built in Qt (transitioning to web‑based GUIs using Elixir).
• Containerization with Docker for local development and Kubernetes for production orchestration.
• Operating systems:
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Windows workstations.
• Act as a self‑starter capable of making decisions with overall project budget and schedule in mind.
• Support ground‑software operations and associated configurations, including troubleshooting software errors and hardware affecting ground software.
• Support Acceptance Test events, run tests, and provide test automation.
• Configure ground‑segment software, resolve and remediate software defects, and deliver enhancements per customer change requests or mission needs.
• Provide ground‑software support during launch and launch‑rehearsal events.
• Other duties as assigned.

This position is contingent upon the candidate obtaining final clearances and program access(es) within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company.

This position can be filled at either a Level 3 or Level 4.

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM field with 5 years of professional experience – OR – Master’s degree with 3 years of professional experience – OR – PhD with 1 year of professional experience.
• Requires an active U.S. Government Top‑Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope.
• Demonstrated software development experience.
• Python application development, C++, Bash scripting experience.
• Develop high throughput pipelines that ingest raw telemetry, sensor data, and ground station logs.
• Implement data cleaning, transformation, and enrichment routines (time series alignment, outlier removal).
• Design databases and storage solutions (PostgreSQL, object storage) for archival and fast query.
• Build analytics dashboards that processed data to mission planners and downstream users.
• Create automated quality control and validation checks; integrate static code analysis and security scans into CI pipelines.
• Support real‑time monitoring of satellite health and performance, delivering alerts to operators.

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM field with 8 years of professional experience – OR – Master’s degree with 6 years of professional experience – OR – PhD with 4 years of professional experience.
• Requires an active U.S. Government Top‑Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope.
• Demonstrated software development experience.
• Python application development, C++, Bash scripting experience.
• Develop high throughput pipelines that ingest raw telemetry, sensor data, and ground station logs.
• Implement data cleaning, transformation, and enrichment routines (time series alignment, outlier removal).
• Design databases and storage solutions (PostgreSQL, object storage) for archival and fast…