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RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI

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.

The Payload and Ground Systems, a division within Northrop Grumman’s Space Systems Sector is known for pushing the boundaries of innovation, redefining engineering capabilities, and driving advances in various sciences through cutting-edge technology. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, and 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!

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking an experienced senior-level _Software Engineer_ to join our team in the Payload and Ground Systems Division Engineering organization supporting the Integrated National Systems (INS) Business Unit (BU) to support a Ground program.

The program is seeking a Software Engineer to support the Processing Team in development of tasking and scheduling software. The successful candidate will be on an Agile team supporting two programs with a singular baseline. Will be working in the office executing 2-week Sprints for 3-month increment deliveries.

As a Software Engineer, you will design, develop, document, refactor, test, and debug applications software for a Ground Segment. Ultimately, you will support the program through maturity and milestones to achieve the mission. Development is done within the Agile paradigm using the Atlassian tool suite. The work is full-time in the office. The qualified candidate must have and be able to maintain a DoD clearance.

The successful candidate will have Software development experience, with the ability to digest changes and synthesize them into working designs, generate efficient code according to the specifications, and adapt to changes as necessary that are driven by bugs or specification updates or the customer. The candidate is expected to operate independently with little oversight in a dynamic environment, and to be highly self-motivated, reporting information to leads and the customer.

The individual is expected to handle diverse assignments with efficiency, finding unique solutions and working in a very collaborative and fast-paced environment that continues to grow.

This position can be filled from one of our locations in **Morrisville, North Carolina, Fairfax, Virginia, or Linthicum, Maryland** . ( _compensation varies within range depending on location_ )

This position requires being onsite and does not support remote or hybrid work.

Basic Qualifications

+ Must have an active/current U.S. Government DoD Top Secret clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information access [TS/SCI **] at the time of application** [ _US Citizenship required_ ]

+ Minimum years of experience needed to be considered:

+ 12 Years of relevant software engineering experience with a completed bachelor’s degree

+ 10 Years of relevant software engineering experience with a completed master's degree

+ 8 Years of relevant software engineering experience with a completed PhD

+ 14 Years of relevant software engineering experience with a completed associate’s degree

+ 16 years of relevant work software engineering experience in lieu of a completed degree _(High School diploma or equivalent is required)_

+ Must have above minimum experience on the below:

+ DevOps experience in staging environments, maintaining values files configurations, writes configuration/installation documentation

+ Strong JAVA experience

+ Web frameworks: React, Vue

+ Agile development methodologies

+ Software Design

+ Software unit testing

+ Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, microservice architecture, and object-oriented design.

+ Understanding of software testing principles and methodologies

+ Working with a geographically distributed team

Preferred Qualifications

+ STEM degree

+ Proficient with Atlassian tools (i.e., Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket)

+ Proficient working with NodeJS framework

+ Familiar with Key cloak.

To better support our employee’s work/life balance, most NG worksites support a 9/80 work schedule. The 9/80 schedule allows employees to work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday and take every other Friday off. This schedule or other work-hour flexibility options can be determined upon hire.

With us, you’ll discover a culture of curiosity and collaboration that will have you Defining Possible from the day you start. Our space systems connect and protect millions of people on Earth every day, now and for the future. Explore your future and launch your career today. #definingpossible

Salary Range: $155,400.00 - $256,400.00

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 overtime, shift differential, and 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 application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.