US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: Yes
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret
TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the Time
**Description**
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 worlds 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 Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. Our Engineering and Sciences (E&S) organization pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission!
We are looking for you to join our team as a Senior Principal Software Engineer based out of San Diego, CA.
In this role you will be the software development lead of a team responsible for the design and integration of applications for our end-user customers and businesses.
Essential Functions:
+ Overseeing and participating in the development of the architecture and software for distributed services and user interfaces running in a multi-language, multi-OS, virtualized enterprise
+ Architecture definition, technical work package execution, and ability to articulate technical concepts to a wide range of stakeholders (internal and external)
+ Lead a team while remaining hands on with the day-to-day software development activities
+ Work with multi-disciplinary teams, such as Systems Engineering, Test Automation, DevSecOps and Systems Test in an Agile software development environment
+ Cost account management, schedule oversight, and briefings to internal and external stakeholders.
+ Involved in the evolution of the current design to advance the enterprise into a cloud-enabled architecture (e.g. containerization)
**_Basic Qualifications:_**
+ Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in a STEM field from an accredited institution with a minimum of 9 years of experience; OR 7 years of experience with a Masters (MS) degree; OR 4 years of experience with a PhD
+ Proven experience leading Small Team software development, leveraging agile concepts and methodologies
+ Object oriented development experience using C#, Java, and Python.
+ Experience developing application services that read/transform/transmit heterogeneous messages (e.g. XML, WCF, REST, TCP, etc.)
+ Thick Client HMI Development Using C#
+ **CLEARANCE:** Candidate must currently have and be able to maintain an active U.S. Government DOD Secret Clearance
**_Preferred Qualifications:_**
+ Web client development experience using JavaScript, React, HTML.
+ Experience with containers, service orchestration, and other virtualization methodologies
+ Automated testing using the Robot Framework test automation framework
+ Automated deployment leveraging ansible
+ XMPP and ActiveMQ protocol experience
+ Familiar with Agile and DevOps concepts and lifecycle
+ DevOps Tools experience including git, Bitbucket, JIRA, and Crucible
+ Experience with the Kongsberg TerraLens Mapping SDK
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Salary Range: $125,800.00 - $188,600.00
Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
**The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority** . The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/ .
Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO . U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.
