Staff Software Engineer - Architect (San Diego or Palmdale CA)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

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.

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

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking to add Staff Software Engineer - Architect to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Software organization. This position is located on site in either San Diego, CA or Palmdale, CA.

Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Support virtualization and SW architecture statement of work in support of a new development effort

• Understand and decompose customer requirements to support software development and delivery across multiple business areas and baselines

• Monitor external technology development and maturation both in industry and within the company, applying new technologies and principles across programs to build a consistent technical vision for data center systems

• Work with Thread Leads as well as system Responsible Engineers to develop acceptance criteria for engineering design and implementation, ensuring consistency of implementation across multiple business areas and baselines

• Lead new design and capture efforts across the enterprise to build the foundation for future systems and incorporate opportunities into existing programs

• Decompose complex issues into high-level executive briefs for program leadership

• Provide technical leadership to a team of software cloud and infrastructure engineers

• Provide technical leadership, direction and knowledge transfer to other team members during the implementation of technical solutions

The selected candidate should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, collaborative/team settings across all levels.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 12 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 10 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and 8 years of related engineering experience.

• Experience with the full SW Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

• Experience with the following programming and scripting languages: Java, C++, and Python

• Experience with SDLC tools including at least three of the following: Jira, Crucible, Bitbucket, Subversion, Bamboo, Jenkins, Sonarqube, Fortify, or Coverity

• Experience with Agile SW development,  Software integration, and testing

• Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management

• Active in-Scope, U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance.

• Ability to obtain and maintain initial Special Program Access (SAP/PAR). This SAP/PAR must be obtained prior to commencement of employment and must be obtained within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs. (Of note: SAP/PAR will be upgraded once selected candidate is in role. Therefore, candidate must also be able to obtain and maintain upgraded SAP/PAR.)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Current applicable SAP access

• Recent experience and proficiency in software architecture, design, implementation, integration, and debugging of Java applications

• Ability to collaborate with systems engineers, software designers, hardware designers and integration/test engineers to develop and maintain complex systems

• Experience with developing multi-threaded SW used for one near real-time mission critical applications

• Familiarity wi