Director Software Factory

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret

TRAVEL:
Yes, 25% 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.

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Director Software Factory 1 to lead the strategy, delivery, and continuous evolution of our secure, modern Dev Sec Ops  software factory enabling rapid, reliable, and compliant delivery of mission‑critical software capabilities for U.S. Government and allied customers.

This role is accountable for ensuring delivery of scalable platforms, robust tool chains, standard processes, and an excellent developer experience across multiple programs, environments (on-premises, cloud, hybrid), and security domains. This position can be based onsite in Roy, UT or Huntsville, AL.

This is a senior leadership role that combines technical acumen, product/platform ownership, business alignment, and people leadership.

• Lead a cross‑functional organization of platform, tools, networking, security, and automation teams responsible for designing, delivering, and operating NGINE environments.
• Establish the software factory as an enterprise capability by defining standard architectures, services, tool chains, and engagement models for programs across the portfolio.
• Partner closely with program leadership, capture teams, and engineering organizations to align capability development with program needs, proposals, and execution plans.
• Own performance, reliability, and security outcomes, including availability, capacity, cost, and compliance with applicable requirements and controls.
• Oversee implementation and operation of Dev Sec Ops  platforms and services (e.g., CI/CD, artifact repositories, container platforms, secure development tool chains) across multiple classification levels.
• Shape and govern onboarding and support models, including intake, prioritization, service tiers, and customer engagement practices.
• Drive a culture of engineering excellence, security, automation, and continuous improvement, promoting modern software and platform engineering best practices.
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with IT, infrastructure, cloud, security, and enterprise tools organizations to coordinate investments and ensure alignment.
• Lead budgeting, staffing, and resource planning for the NGINE Software Factory organization; develop talent through mentoring, coaching, and clear career paths.
• Represent NGINE and NGDS in internal and external technical and business forums, including leadership reviews, customer engagements, and technical exchanges.

• Active DoD Secret clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (e.g., Electrical, Mechanical, Software, Systems) or a related technical field with 10+ years of professional relevant experience; or a Master’s degree in engineering (e.g., Electrical, Mechanical, Software, Systems) or a related technical field with 8+ years of professional relevant experience.
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