Sr Principal Information Systems Project Manager – NK Release Mgr (26-254)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

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—Missile Defense Integration offers an excellent opportunity for an Internal Only: Sr Principal Information Systems Project Manager – Network Release Manager (26-254) to join our team of skilled and diverse professionals. Based in Colorado Springs, CO, or Huntsville, AL, this role is essential to supporting the U.S. President, the Secretary of Defense, and combatant commanders at the strategic, regional, and operational levels.

 

NOTE: This position is only available to current and active C2BMC personnel

 

This position does not provide relocation assistance and requires on-site work with no remote options.

 

Position Overview:

 

The Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) program is a key component of the Missile Defense System. It is a vital operational system that enables the U.S. president, the secretary of defense, and combatant commanders at strategic, regional, and operational levels to systematically plan ballistic missile defense operations, collectively monitor the battle, and dynamically control networked sensors and weapon systems to achieve global and regional mission goals. C2BMC supports layered missile defense capabilities that enable an optimized response to threats across all ranges and flight phases. It serves as a force multiplier by networking, integrating, and synchronizing autonomous sensor and weapon systems and operations, both globally and regionally, to improve performance. C2BMC is essential for all ground and flight tests that verify and demonstrate the current and future capabilities of missile defense systems.

 

In this role, the candidate will serve as a Network Release Manager. The NES Release Manager is responsible for ensuring that NES ART artifacts for each Release, Patch, Hotfix, and Bug accurately reflect work performed on the network. In addition, the Release Manager tracks deployed changes to the network in the field and accurately maintains the NES ART portion of the Configuration Management (CM) baseline.

 

Essential Functions:

 

• Coordinates with developers, product owners, and engineering managers to ensure the team meets completion and artifact-creation timelines
• Coordinates emergency changes to the network that the team implements because of an operational deficiency or anomaly that degrades service
• Assigns the highest priority to those fixes to ensure customer satisfaction
• Will be responsible for creating, maintaining, and presenting KPIs and other metrics for Network Enterprise
• Will be responsible for managing multiple processes and documents, and will be the primary point of contact from the Network Agile Release Train (ART) to other ARTs on the program
• Coordinates with key program stakeholders, including Configuration Management (CM), Release Management, and Quality Assurance, for the release of Network artifacts and for creating the media used to apply updates to production
• Runs leadership meetings such as the Network Internal Review Panel (NIRP) and the Network Configuration Control Board (NCCB)
• Any other required tasks by the program

 

Basic Qualifications:

 

Please list your current security clearance and IAT or relevant certifications on your resume, if applicable.

 

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Contracts, Project Management, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field from an accredited university, along with 8 years of experience; or a Master’s degree in a related field with 6 years of relevant work experience; or 12 years of relevant work experience may be considered as an alternative to a degree