Principal​/Sr. Principal Software Engineer; Hybrid - R10221438

Overview

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available
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.

Please note that this opportunity is contingent on program funding. Start dates are determined after funding confirmation.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has opening for an Principal Software Engineer / Sr. Principal Software Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. The location for this opportunity is Melbourne, Florida and will be primarily based within our office spaces to support the program and business needs. Operating on our 9/80 schedule, meaning you will get every other Friday off.

The position MAY have Hybrid work available, nothing guaranteed.

The Aeronautics Systems sector Research & Advanced Design (R&AD) is looking to grow Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) in support of designing and implementing technologies critical to the USAF Open Architecture initiatives. Our work influences the investment decisions of our senior leadership and customer program offices as well as impacting on the Air Force enterprise of acquisition programs.

Duties include deploying product updates, setting up software factory, virtual machines, containers, and orchestration. This role will have a large impact on team productivity and as such requires an understanding of the software development lifecycle and various automation tools for developing digital pipelines (CI/CD pipelines). The Principal Software Developer will support software development for use across multi-domain/multi-platform scenarios using software engineering best practices and standards and participate in the full life cycle of software development, to include requirements development, modeling and design, application development, unit testing, integration, formal system testing within a cluster environment, release, installation, and maintenance of clusters.

• This position may be filled by either a Principal Software Engineer or a Sr. Principal Software Engineer level based on the qualifications listed.
• Java/C++ Development for Open Mission Systems (OMS) 2.3 Compliance
• Install, configure, and maintain operating systems, software, servers, and hardware.
• Deploy, manage, and support virtualized environments (e.g. VMware, Hyper-V, or other hypervisors)
• Implement and manage core infrastructure services (e.g., DNS, DHCP, NAS, and Active Directory)
• Set up an overall Cloud-native Software Factory
• Manage and improve container orchestration and deployment strategies
• Support programs with integration and deployment automation in a cloud enabled environment

• Principal Software Engineer:
  Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline with 5 years experience; OR a master's degree with 3 years; OR a PhD with 1 year
• Sr. Principal Software Engineer:
  Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline with 8 years experience; OR a master's degree with 6 years; OR a PhD with 4 years
• Experience developing software with C/C++/Python/Java
• Experience with OMS, UCI Schema, and CAL development
• Strong working knowledge of Windows and Linux environments
• Experience scripting in YAML, Powershell, BASH, JSON, etc.
• Proficient with networking concepts
• Ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated Secret clearance (DoD must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within…