Sr Principal Engineer Software

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 Space Sector is seeking a Software/Integration Engineer to support a Tactical Space Systems Division in their development, integration, deployment, and sustainment of satellite ground software. This position is located onsite on our Dulles, VA campus, and requires a Top Secret/SCI clearance. After hours or extended work week may be required.

What you’ll get to do:

• Develop, modify, and maintain operational programs using software development best practices and standards
• SW integration and test for continuous integration validation and deployment of solution to the cloud
• Developer will be expected to be a self-starter capable of making decisions with overall project budget and schedule in mind
• Support Operations ground software and associated configurations.  This will involve troubleshooting both software errors and hardware affecting the operation of ground software
• Support Acceptance Test events, including running tests
• Test Automation
• Resolution and remediation of software defects
• Configuration of ground segment software
• Resolution and remediation of software defects
• Software Enhancements as directed by customer change requests or mission needs
• Ground software support during launch and launch rehearsal events
• Support the installation of new ground segment software in operational, development and test environments

This position can be filled at a level 3 or a level 4.

Basic Qualifications

Principal Engineer:

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) field from an accredited university with 5+ year’s experience (OR a Master’s Degree with 3+ years of experience or a PhD with 1+ years). Experience can be considered in lieu of degree.
• Familiarity with CICD, containerization, deployment technologies & cloud platforms (Java, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS).
• Maintenance of natural language tests written in Java which utilize Gherkin/Cucumber
• Demonstrated Java software development experience
• Familiarity with DevOps (Kubernetes/Jenkins)
• Must have proven experience with troubleshooting software issues
• Demonstrated experience in technical problem solving, to include decomposition, root cause analysis, solution development, implementation, and monitoring
• Existing DoD Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility at time of application

Sr. Principal Engineer:

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) field from an accredited university with 9+ year’s experience (OR a Master’s Degree with 7+ years of experience or a PhD with 5+ years) Experience can be considered in lieu of degree.
• Familiarity with CICD, containerization, deployment technologies & cloud platforms (Java, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS).
• Maintenance of natural language tests written in Java which utilize Gherkin/Cucumber
• Demonstrated Java software development experience
• Familiarity with DevOps (Kubernetes/Jenkins)
• Must have proven experience with troubleshooting software issues
• Demonstrated experience in technical problem solving, to include decomposition, root cause analysis, solution development, implementation, and monitoring
• Existing DoD Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility at time of application

Preferred Qualifications:

• Agile
• Proficient in MAESTRO
• Linux Operating System experience
• Demonstrated experience in technical problem solving, to include decomposition, root cause analysis, solution development, implementation, and monitoring
• Significant experience with designing, building, and deploying of software products
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