Principal Software Engineer – Web-Based SW Engineer (25-258)

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 is offering an exciting opportunity for a Principal Software Engineer – Web-Based SW Engineer to join our team of skilled and diverse professionals. This role, based in Colorado Springs, CO, is crucial in supporting the U.S. President, the Secretary of Defense, and combatant commanders at strategic, regional, and operational levels.

Relocation assistance is not provided for this role, which is on-site with no remote options.

Position Overview:

The Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) program is the key component of the Missile Defense System. It is an essential 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, monitor battle progress, and actively control designated networked sensors and weapon systems to meet global and regional mission objectives. C2BMC supports a layered missile defense capability that offers an optimized response to threats across all ranges and flight phases.

C2BMC functions as a force multiplier by networking, integrating, and synchronizing autonomous sensor and weapon systems and operations both worldwide and locally to improve performance. Furthermore, C2BMC is a vital part of all system ground and flight tests, which verify and demonstrate the current and future capabilities of the missile defense system.

This position supports the C2BMC program in Colorado Springs, CO. It is a mid-level role in configuration management, software, and web development, supporting the Tools Development and Management Lead and the IT teams. The lead oversees responsibilities, including maintaining existing applications and developing user interfaces and tools for internal use on C2BMC. Responsible for understanding documented requirements, implementing solutions, and conducting unit testing of the tools and code. Prior experience with DoD contracts, tools, and web development is highly beneficial.

Basic Qualifications:

Please include your updated security clearance and IAT/relevant certifications on your resume, if applicable.

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field is preferred from an accredited university, along with 5 years of experience; or a Master’s degree (preferred) in a related field with 3 years of experience; or 9 years of relevant experience may be considered in place of a degree
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 10% of the time to support business needs
• Applicants must have a current, active in-scope DoD-issued Secret security clearance at the time of application, which is required to start
• DoD 8140 certification at IAT Level II or higher (Security+ CE, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, SSCP, CCNA Security, etc.) is required to start
• Must possess knowledge of web-based software development and user interface design
• Experience with a framework for developing web applications, such as:
  • Angular or React

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with the following platforms and tools is highly desired:
  • PHP
  • Apache and IIS web servers
  • MySQL
  • Oracle
  • JavaScript
  • RHEL Linux
  • Eclipse and/or Java Beans
  • Sphinx
  • ClearQuest
  • Memcached
• Experience with Relational, Graph, or Document databases
• Ability to work with the following is highly preferred:
  • Java
  • HTTP
  • JavaScript/JSON
  • CesiumJS Open Source JavaScript library
  • WildFly/JBo