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’s Space Sector is seeking a Full-stack (Front-end focused) Software Engineer on Starfleet – Level 3 (Principal) to join our team in Aurora, CO to support our Payload & Ground Systems - Integrated National Systems team.
The Payload and Ground Systems organization within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems 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.
About our local organization: You’ll be joining our Aurora Software and Controls Department which has 200+ Software Engineers, DevOps Engineers, Systems Administrators, Database Administrators, and Network Engineers from entry-level to the most senior chief engineers and architects. This engineering organization supports numerous programs within the Payload and Ground Systems organization. We have plenty of opportunity for career advancement into higher level technical roles or leadership positions. We are part of a larger local engineering organization that includes Systems Engineering and Hardware Engineering staff. This overall local engineering organization influences cross-program collaboration, professional development and training, as well as engagement and inclusion activities such as lunch-n-learns, campus events, and leadership mixers.
About the program: You’ll be joining an existing on-contract classified portfolio called Swordfish and one of its program’s we call “Starfleet” that is supporting a critical national security mission that is both in major development and operations. The program team is based in Aurora, CO yet has distributed team members located at several other Northrop Grumman sites across the US as well as at collaborating partner company sites. Some of the program’s baseline and environments are unclassified allowing some software development outside of a secure facility. The team located in Aurora is roughly 25 staff primarily composed of software developers organized into agile scrum teams that primarily work in two large rooms with cubicle like individual spaces (rather than in dedicated offices). The program’s culture is agile, fast-paced, high performing, proactive, collaborative, and welcoming of new ideas, technologies, and tools that could benefit the mission or help the team be more productive or produce a higher quality product.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of professional experience – OR – Master’s degree with 3 years of professional experience – OR – PhD with 1 year of professional experience) (excluding internships, research projects, etc.)
• Ability to pass a Counterintelligence Polygraph (CI-Poly) (not required to start)
• Experience with Agile principles, processes, and tools
• Experience developing front-end applications in two or more of the following: Typescript, React, Lit, Node.js, Angular
• Experience developing applications in Java
• Experience developing applications in a containerized architecture using Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience developing applications on a Linux/Unix operating system
• Requires an active Top-Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance at time of application

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or similar
• Prior completed Counterintelligence Polygraph (CI-Poly)
• At least 1 year of experience developing front-end applications
• At least 3 years of experience developing object-oriented applications in Java
• At least 3 years of experience developing applications on Linux/Unix operating systems including proficiency with OS commands and shell scripting
• At least 1 year of experience developing in environment using Docker and Kubernetes
• Prior engineering or development experience with the Space Industry
• Ability to effectively communicate and present to program management and customers
• Ability to effectively write technical documentation
• Experience sharing knowledge, mentoring, and working in a collaborative environment
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, testing, and troubleshooting skills
• Expertise in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed software systems
• Ability to debug, optimize code, and to automate routine tasks
• Active Security+ (or similar) certification
• Ability to travel (limited, up to 10%)

Please refer the Job description for details