Senior Principal Software Engineer, 5G​/Cloud, Secret

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.

We are seeking a Senior Principal Software Engineer to support a research area associated with our key lab environment within the Research & Advanced Design organization. The program technologies include 5G/NextG communications, machine learning, cybersecurity, cloud computing, and future wireless technologies in support of tactical applications for the warfighter. The position is located onsite in Melbourne, FL.

• Integrating, deploying, and enhancing 5G systems based on the O‑RAN standard.
• Designing and deploying microservices architectures on Azure, AWS, and hybrid environments.

Full lifecycle design, implementation, and unit testing of software

• Ability to work independently and identify solutions to complex problems.
• Working with various team members to integrate functionality with other software components.
• Providing technical solutions to a wide range of complex difficult problems that are imaginative, thorough, practicable, and consistent with programs objectives.
• Following software best practices.
• Developing software products from all phases of the software lifecycle.
• Contributing to the full life cycle of system development in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team. This includes requirements development, modeling and design, application development, integration, formal system testing, release, installation, and maintenance.
• Meeting milestones and deadlines by providing best in‑class solutions.
• Adhering to and following roadmaps, plans, and schedules.
• Working closely with the software lead and following their guidance.

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.

• Must have Bachelor's degree in STEM field with 8 years of relevant engineering experience, OR 6 years with Master's Degree in STEM OR 4 years with a PhD.
• In‑depth working knowledge of the full software development life cycle.
• In‑depth working knowledge with the Agile software development process.
• In‑depth working knowledge and experience with C/C++, Java, or other OOP languages.
• Experience implementing and developing in containers.
• Experience developing software in a Linux and Windows environment.
• Experience with configuration management using industry standard tools and processes.
• Experience developing software and COTS software integration
• Experience with virtualization on different platforms
• Experience working with on‑premise, hybrid, and cloud infrastructure
• Experience developing CONOPS and working with other teams to provide demo infrastructure
• Experience with demo/experiment integration and execution
• Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated Secret clearance (Must be in‑scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company.

• Experience with 5G communications protocols and equipment.
• Experience building, deploying, and maintaining microservices architectures in Azure, AWS, or hybrid environments.
• Experience with Kubernetes.
• Experience…