Principal/Sr. Principal Database Administrator

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Polygraph

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 is seeking a Principal/Sr. Principal Database Administrator for the New Moon program with hands-on experience in database engineering, systems administration and debugging for a fast-paced, growing, dynamic position at our location in Aurora, Colorado.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop, document, test, and debug software that contains logical and mathematical solutions to business/mission problems.
• Apply appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the development life cycle.
• Diagnose problems encountered during application integration among products and address fixes/enhancements according to prescribed program processes.
• Familiarity with developing application software in a Linux environment, using relational databases, and knowledge of client – server applications will help set the candidate up for success. 
• The candidate will be working in an extremely dynamic and challenging environment on a day-to-day basis.                       
      

In addition, the candidate must be a team player, able to work comfortably and effectively with company team members as well as program stakeholders and DoD contractor personnel using strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communications skills.

This requisition is open as a dual level opportunity. We will consider candidates at a level 3 and level 4:

Basic Qualifications:

• Level 3: Bachelor of Science degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) discipline and 5 years of related experience, or a Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related experience, or a STEM PhD and 1 year of related experience
• Level 4: Bachelor of Science degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) discipline and 8 years of related experience, or a Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of related experience, or a STEM PhD and 4 years of related experience
• Candidate must possess an active Top Secret/SCI clearance and Counterintelligence Polygraph (CI Poly) at time of application
• Experience with design and implementation of data warehousing technologies including relational and nonrelational databases, SQL, and data analytics
• Experience implementing Oracle Grid Infrastructure, Oracle database and PostgreSQL database systems running on  Linux
• Experience in full lifecycle project development
• Experience with scripting languages such bash, PLSQL and/or Python for crafting efficient automation scripts and executing database operations
• Experience working on Agile Teams
• Security+ Certification
• Experience documenting design, processes, and procedures
• Experience with CI/CD Pipeline, Bitbucket, Git, Jira

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master of Science in Engineering or other STEM discipline
• Demonstrated experience in implementing automation solutions using Ansible to support distribution and operational processes
• Experience working with DevOps Processes
• Systems administration experience, to include Windows, Linux, and VM environments

Salary Range: $110,300.00 - $165,500.00Salary Range 2: $137,400.00 - $206,000.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determini