Software Engineer - Level 5 - R10208961

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI

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. 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.

Expand your horizons, advance your career, and contribute to a secure future for generations. Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector invites you to bring your pioneering spirit to our collaborative teams. This Software Engineer – Level 5 role will be in either our Morrisville, NC, Fairfax, VA or Linthicum, MD sites. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work. This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off.

• Design, develop, document, test and debug applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions.
• Conduct multidisciplinary research and collaborate with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems for product and commercial software.
• Determine computer user needs: analyze system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls; prepare operating instructions; design and develop compilers and assemblers, utility programs, and operating systems.
• Ensure software standards are met.

This position is contingent upon clearance verification and transfer to the NG sponsored program as well as continued ability to maintain required clearance level.

• Requires an active Top-Secret (TS)/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance [TS/SCI] at time of application
• Level 5: (Staff level)
• Bachelor’s degree with 12 years of software development experience (an additional 4 years may be considered in lieu of a completed Bachelor’s)
• Master’s degree with 10 years of software development experience
• PhD with 8 years of software development experience
• Experience with Java Programming Language (Required for support of design, implementation, testing, code reviews, etc.)
• Experience with Git (Required for support of releases, patching, pipeline, developer support, etc.)
• Experience with Kubernetes/Helm (Required for support of deployments, environment support, and IT&D integration, etc.)
• Experience with Databases (Elastic, Mongo, MySQL or equivalent)
• Experience with Product Owner, Scrum Master, Configuration Management, Integration Test and Development (working directly with these roles)

• STEM degree
• Experience with REST architecture
• Experience as a full-stack developer
• Experience with software development on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Experience with Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket)

Offering satellite, payload, directed energy, and electronics for security and civil markets. We are built on innovative, cost-effective aerospace/defense solutions, ensuring mission success.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit

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