Principal Engineer Software - Site Reliability (San Diego CA)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be 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 Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal Engineer Software - Site Reliability to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. The selected candidate will be working with modern technology to improve system reliability, using automation and monitoring tools to manage IT tasks, minimizing downtime, and ensure systems meet defined performance and cyber requirements. This position is located in San Diego, CA.

Essential Functions:

• Apply software engineering principles to operations and infrastructure problems to build and maintain scalable, highly reliable software systems
• Develop engineering and automated deployments for datacenter system configurations
• Respond and resolve reported issues with the system
• Collaborate with engineers to troubleshoot and redline documented procedures
• Work closely with engineers and technicians in a lab environment
• Integrate and test software and/or hardware systems in complex IT systems.

The selected candidate should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and collaborative team settings across all levels.  Candidate must be comfortable in a lab environment and be able to collaborate closely with system engineers, hardware designers, and integration/test engineers.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) with 5 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in STEM with 3 years of related engineering experience; OR a PHD in STEM with 1 year of related engineering experience
• Experience with VMware products (ESXi, vSphere, vCenter, NSX, etc)
• Experience in developing/maintaining Ansible playbooks.
• Experience with one or more of the scripting languages: Python, PowerShell, Bash
• Strong background in Linux and Windows Administration
• Basic knowledge of Backup/Storage and Network technologies
• Excellent troubleshooting skills with networks, storage devices and VMs
• Experience authoring and maintain technical installation, configuration, and/or upgrade documentation
• Active Top Secret DoD Clearance with ability to obtain and maintain program access

Preferred Qualifications:

• Program access (PAR)
• Experience with concepts such as micro services *including scalability best practices), containers, and container orchestration using Docker or Kubernetes
• Experience with OpenShift
• Experience with version control, GIT experience preferred
• Familiar with Agile methodology
• Experience with Multi-Factor Authentication(MFA) and Private Key Infrastructure (PKI)

Primary Level Salary Range: $110,300.00 - $165,500.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs