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Sr. Principal Software Development Analyst

Northrop Grumman
MDLI02, United States, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 20 Oct 2025
💰 $206,000/yr($118,600/yr$206,000/yr)

About the role

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance 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.

At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We’re looking for innovators, who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we will support yours of expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field or an industry thought-leader. At Northrop Grumman, you will have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.

Northrop Grumman's Classified Solutions organization has an immediate need for a Senior level Software Development Analyst to develop service solutions in the ServiceNow platform, to include creating new items and modifying current infrastructure with little impact to the production environment. The selected candidate should be familiar with SAFe Agile practices and the IT Service Management module in ServiceNow, and should possess strong customer service skills for interfacing with stakeholders, helping to refine requirements to meet business needs, design solutions, and develop and implement features. This role will coordinate with service and process workflow owners across a wide variety of services to determine requirements and drive best practice scenarios. The deliverables produced in this role will enable self-service solutions in line with the company's strategic goals, resulting in customer satisfaction and time and cost savings. This role is located in Linthicum, MD, Dulles, VA, Redondo Beach, CA, Morrisville, NC, or Gilbert, AZ.

This is a hybrid position; please note that the selected candidate will be required to work 3 days per week on-site at a Northrop Grumman campus that maintains a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF); please note that hybrid/virtual work arrangements are subject to change based on the needs of the business.

Responsibilities will include but not be limited to the following:

  • Designing, developing, and deploying ServiceNow solutions in support of enterprise initiatives.

  • Modifying, maintaining, and modernizing existing solutions.

  • Mentoring, training, and demonstrating to other professionals, as required.

  • Collaborating with product owners and stakeholders to prioritize efforts to ensure continuous value to the business.

  • Use of various communication channels and software to interact with virtual customers and development teams.

  • Creating technical documentation of software changes.

  • The selected candidate may be required to travel 1-2 times per year for training and/or team meetings.

Basic Qualifications:

  • Associate's degree with 10 years of relevant experience, or Bachelor's degree with 8 years of relevant experience, or Master's degree with 6 years of relevant experience; or a High School Diploma or equivalent with 12 years of relevant experience .

  • Must have a current DoD Top Secret/SCI level security clearance (at a minimum), to include a closed investigation date completed within the last 6 years, or must be enrolled in the DoD Continuous Evaluation Program (CEP), in order to be considered; the required security clearance must be maintained as a condition of continued employment.

  • A minimum of 1 year of development experience with ServiceNow.

  • Competence as a developer utilizing ServiceNow’s App Engine to create applications and digital workflows.

  • Ability to research new technologies for solution creation.

  • Self-motivated, creative problem-solver who can adapt to new technologies and evolving customer requirements.

  • Excellent written and verbal

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