Software Engineer/Principal Software Engineer (AHT)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

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 (NGDS), Beavercreek Ohio, is seeking Full Stack Software Engineers. Successful candidates will demonstrate a broad skill set balanced between interpersonal and technical capabilities achieving sustainable quality products. They will have a track record as an effective communicator and problem solver who is able to develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders. The selected candidates will participate in the entire software development lifecycle with a concentration in software engineering. They will implement solutions in a web-based environment and integrate them into a microservice cloud-based architecture. The candidates will work closely with other software developers accomplishing the following:

• Support team in completing necessary software on schedule
• Complete work independently and as a part of an Agile team
• Solve complex problems through innovative and creative solutions
• Collaborate with software designers and/or software engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of software systems
• Regularly demonstrate progress to customers

This requisition may be filled as a Software Engineer or Principal Software Engineer based on the below qualifications.

Basic Qualifications for a Software Engineer:

• One of the following:
  • A high school diploma with a minimum of 6 years of software development experience
  • A bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 2 years of software development experience
  • A master’s degree with a minimum of 0 years of software development experience
• Full Stack Web Development programming experience
• Working knowledge and experience in the Agile development processes
• Strong interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with small technical teams
• Ability to prioritize and adjust tasks to accomplish project results
• Ability to comprehend and analyze complex problems and develop solutions
• U.S. Citizenship with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI security clearance

Basic Qualifications for a Principal Software Engineer:

• One of the following:
  • A high school diploma with a minimum of 9 years of software development experience
  • A bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 5 years of software development experience
  • A master’s degree with a minimum of 3 years of software development experience
  • A PhD with a minimum of 4 years of software development experience
• Full Stack Web Development programming experience
• Working knowledge and experience in the Agile development processes
• Strong interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with small technical teams
• Ability to prioritize and adjust tasks to accomplish project results
• Ability to comprehend and analyze complex problems and develop solutions
• U.S. Citizenship with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with front-end development frameworks such as Vue, React, and Angular.
• Experience with Graph and Document NoSQL databases
• Experience with back-end development frameworks such as Spring, NodeJS, Django
• Experience with microservices, swagger and API definitions
• Experience with:
  • Geospatial 2D/3D Mapping
  • Geospatial Information Systems
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • Graph Databases (ex. ArrangoDB, MarkLogic)
  • NoSQL Databases (ex. MongoDB, Cassandra)
  • Java
  • Python
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Istio
  • Grafana
  • Helm
  • Elastic
  • HTML
  • CSS
• DevOps / DevSecOps experience
• Continuous Integration (CI) / Continuous Deployment (CD)
• Software Security Tools
  • Clair