Sr Principal Engineer Systems Architect – Systems Architect (25-179)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: 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 Space Systems—Launch and Missile Defense Systems has an exciting career opportunity for a Sr Principal Engineer Systems Architect – Systems Architect (25-179) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position, located in Huntsville, AL, plays a crucial role in our mission to support the U.S. President, Secretary of Defense, and combatant commanders at strategic, regional, and operational levels.

Relocation assistance is not available for this position, and this role is on-site with no remote options.

Position Overview:

The Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) program integrates the Missile Defense System. It is a vital operational system that enables the U.S. president, secretary of defense, and combatant commanders at strategic, regional, and operational levels to systematically plan ballistic missile defense operations, collectively observe the battle develop, and dynamically manage designated networked sensors and weapons systems to achieve global and regional mission objectives. C2BMC supports a layered missile defense capability that provides an optimized response to threats of all ranges in all phases of flight. C2BMC serves as a force multiplier both globally and regionally. Networks integrate and synchronize autonomous sensor and weapon systems and operations to optimize performance. C2BMC is integral to all system ground and flight tests, which verify and exercise the capabilities of all current and future missile defense systems.

C2BMC is a dynamic and exciting program in the Missile Defense and Space mission areas. C2BMC has a long history of providing solutions to the Missile Defense Agency and continues to be contracted to deliver innovative solutions for both missions. The selected candidate will have the opportunity to work across C2BMC in both Missile Defense and Space. They will be part of an integrated architecture and systems engineering team on a multi-company teammate program, responsible for defining the operational, physical, functional, and technical architecture necessary to articulate the vision and desired capabilities of an evolving C2BMC effort. The candidate will join a team that is architecting missile defense command and control and battle management systems, utilizing existing commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) and government off-the-shelf (GOTS) components while ensuring DoD interoperability.

Essential Functions:

• Analyzing overarching needs by using a structured and logical approach
• The candidate will be responsible for developing System Architecture solutions and concepts for various new and emerging capabilities of the C2BMC system, in collaboration with other architects, including the lead Systems Architect, software architects, network architects, cyber architects, and others
• Communicates and collaborates on system architecture solutions with various teams, including software developers, network engineers, cyber engineers, DevSecOps, infrastructure, test, and deployment teams
• This encompasses both physical and logical architecture throughout the System
• Additionally, the candidate will collaborate with project leads, product owners, and the MDA customer
• The candidate will present architectural concepts to a diverse range of audiences and serve as the focal point for System Architecture, supporting development, testing, and deployment efforts
• The candidate will present internal and external design reviews
• Candidates may help document or review architecture using an MBSE tool like CAMEO
• Maintains knowledge of current and emerging technologies and design methodologies in the realm of DoD Command and Control, as well as COTS/FOSS information technology products
• Familiarity with private cloud solutions and IT technologies such as VMware, Nuta