Manager Software Engineering 2

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 seeks a talented professional to join the engineering team in Aurora, Colorado as a Functional SW Engineering Manager Level 2 managing a team of Software Engineers and related disciplines. This is a dual role encompassing both people leadership and technical execution on a program performing out of Aurora. The successful candidate will have experience contributing to program success and managing people across the following disciplines: Software Engineering, Network Engineering, Database Administration, and Systems Administration. 

What You’ll get to Do:

This is a dual role encompassing both functional management and technical performance on program within a Software related discipline. Technical program performance will serve as the primary aspect of the overall role with part-time responsibilities managing a team of 12-18 engineers. In the functional capacity, responsibilities will include goal setting, conducting performance assessments, ensuring engineering process rigor, training, all phases of the staffing process, mentoring, coaching, employee development and other functional management activities as assigned.

The successful candidate will clearly demonstrate strong leadership skills to achieve sustainable top performance. He/she will have a track record as an effective communicator and problem solver who is able to develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders. This candidate will demonstrate a commitment to ethics and integrity, and the capability to innovate while challenging traditional ways of doing business.  Demonstrated abilities to build diverse and inclusive teams with high levels of engagement, including mentoring and coaching, are a must.  Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required, and the ideal candidate will have demonstrated success collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 8 years related experience in Software Engineering, DevOps, Network Engineering, System Administration, or Database Administration; Master's degree and 6 years of related experience; or a PhD and 4 years of related experience.

• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance required at time of application

• Demonstrated leadership skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment

• Effective verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to successfully prioritize tasks and obligations

• Strong practical knowledge of Engineering Process and Management

• Ability to resolve conflicts and negotiate with positive outcome

• Experience working with both internal and external customers and partners

Preferred Qualifications:

• Direct supervisory experience and/or significant team leadership such as IPT or equivalent role; Functional management experience

• Development experience in Java, Python, C/C++ or RHEL system administration

• Process improvement experience

• Breadth of software engineering lifecycle experience on large or small programs

• Strong understanding of agile principles as well as other lean methodologies

• Experience working with system requirements and architecture

• Experience with DoD programs and processes

Primary Level Salary Range: $156,500.00 - $234,700.00

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 overtim