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Sentinel Gatekeeper Principal Software Engineer 15059

Northrop Grumman
UTRO01, United States, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 15 Sept 2025
💰 $142,900/yr($95,300/yr$142,900/yr)

About the role

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be 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.

Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking Principal Gatekeeper Software Engineer. This position will be located in Roy, Utah and will support the Sentinel program.

Support the implementation of Gatekeeper as a program wide test data handling solution
Specific duties to include, but are not limited to the following:
• Development of front-end and back-end software that provides an interface for users to upload file, stores data in a temporary database, collects and adds metadata, provides a means for data review, and exports the data for ingestion and storage in the Test Data Management System
• Test data processing to include metadata collection, verification, and data quality checks 
• Automation of system processing
• System performance assessment, requirements analysis, verification and validation, design, development, and integration
• Create technical reports and present metric reports
• Interface with internal and external customers

Position Benefits:

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Space Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:
•Medical, Dental & Vision coverage 
• 401k 
• Educational Assistance 
• Life Insurance 
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions 
• Paid Time Off  
• Health & Wellness Resources 
• Employee Discounts

This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.  This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

Basic Qualifications: 
• Bachelor's degree and 5 years of experience, 3 years of experience with a Master's degree or 4 additional years in lieu of a degree.
• Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with the ability to obtain a U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need 
• Intermediate experience with developing web architecture
• 2 years of experience with one or more of the following: PostgreSQL/SQL, TypeScript/JavaScript, React, HTML, Sass/CSS, Python
• 2 years of experience in application of software test planning and software test execution
• Advanced use of standard Microsoft Office products to include development tools

Preferred Qualifications:
• Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or similar 
• Technical experience with IRIG 106 Chapter 10, Pulse Code Modulation, or Telemetry Description Documentation
• Experience in deployment of deployed software with lab equipment
• Experience with version control management software similar to Git
• Demonstrated ability working with cross-functional teams and customers
• Familiarity with Agile engineering and Jira
• Demonstrated expertise soliciting input from internal and external stakeholders, synthesizing data, and communicating complex results to technical and non-technical stakeholders at various leve

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