Software (SW) Configuration Management (CM) analysts are responsible for developing and maintaining software and other technological aspects on a DoD program. General CM software analyst duties and responsibilities are delineated below:
- Communicate issues and risks pertaining to issues, solutions and releases.
- Coordinate final signoff releases and manage release schedules.
- Work with developers, QA and administrators to ensure success of builds and deployments in development, QA, UAT, staging and production environments.
- Support the engineering teams using Jira and/or Git Hub and Bitbucket with the CM process
- Maintain software tools to support the software release process and SCCB.
- Implement software configuration management policies and products.
- Timing execution of platform integration builds and ensuring that all issues encountered while generating platform builds are resolved.
- Monitor and troubleshoot common and daily SW tasks and documentation updates.
- Provide direction on maturing the VHDL CM repository/process from Design Sync.
- Responsible for ensuring the necessary technology interfaces appropriately with client needs, including third-party applications and customer interaction ensuring program applications remain secure and are coordinated and communicated with peers both internally and externally.
- Ability to multi-task and complete tasks with a sense of urgency.
- SW analysts work in an office environment and traditionally work during normal business hours, however – on occasion late shifts or on-call remote work may be requested.
- Excellent communication skills.
- High level of problem solving is required to troubleshoot system issues and prevent downtime.
This requisition may be filled as a Principal S/W Configuration Analyst DevOps or Sr. Principal S/W Configuration Analyst DevOps.
Basic Qualifications for Principal Software Configuration Analyst DevOps:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or in a related field a with a minimum of 5 years relevant; or Masters Degree with 3 years of relevant experience; may consider an additional 4 years of experience in lieu of a degree.
- Experience with Jira and/or Git Hub and Bitbucket with the CM process
- Experience supporting scripting languages and database management.
- Experience with performing software builds and maintaining procedures.
- The ability to obtain and maintain a US Government clearance.
Basic Qualifications for Sr. Principal Software Configuration Analyst DevOps:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or in a related field a with a minimum of 8 years relevant; or Masters Degree with 6 years of relevant experience; may consider an additional 4 years of experience in lieu of a degree.
- Experience with Jira and/or Git Hub and Bitbucket with the CM process
- Experience supporting scripting languages and database management.
- Experience with performing software builds and maintaining procedures.
- The ability to obtain and maintain a US Government clearance.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Masters Degree in relevant field.
- Ability to work professionally to tight deadlines while producing quality work and to communicate to the team effectively.
- Extensive experience with Jira and/or Git Hub and Bitbucket, performing: administrator tasks such as creating VOB, directory structures and databases for programs, queries, add rules and users.
- CM software architect, building, merging/inheriting and establishing new branching versioning, documentation processing and maintain a dedicated build machine to eliminate variable coding differences.
- Scripting experience. Familiar with Python, Perl, or Batch scripts for Windows.
- Perform system level Operational Program (OP), with combined binaries with currently single development branching.
- Perform SharePoint administration such as creating program directory structures, granting access, limiting access to general users, creating excel metric reports for capturing SW CCB agendas, minutes, document releases, archives & directories and internal links to documentation numbering and status.
- Working knowledge of the following tools; STM Pro, Share Point, Design Sync for VHDL coding, PDM or PLM, Visio or Adobe Pro, Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point) and Rational tool sets.
- Past experience with Hardware CM and Program Configuration Control Boards including data management CDRL/SDRL submittals via IDE environments.
- Active Interim or Secret Clearance
Primary Level Salary Range: $103,600.00 - $155,400.00The 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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field with 5 years of relevant experience for Principal level
- Master’s degree in a relevant field with 3 years of relevant experience for Principal level
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field with 8 years of relevant experience for Sr. Principal level
- Master’s degree in a relevant field with 6 years of relevant experience for Sr. Principal level
- Additional relevant experience may substitute for the degree requirement
- Experience with Jira and/or GitHub and Bitbucket in software configuration management processes
- Experience supporting scripting languages and database management
- Experience performing software builds and maintaining procedures
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government clearance
- Professional communication and ability to work to tight deadlines
- Extensive Jira, GitHub, and Bitbucket administration experience
- Software configuration architecture and branching/versioning experience
- Scripting experience with Python, Perl, or Windows Batch
- Experience performing system-level operational program builds and combining binaries
- SharePoint administration experience
- Working knowledge of STM Pro, SharePoint, Design Sync for VHDL coding, PDM or PLM, Visio or Adobe Pro, Microsoft Office Suite, and Rational toolsets
- Hardware configuration management and Program Configuration Control Board experience
- Experience with data management CDRL/SDRL submissions through IDE environments
- Active Interim or Secret clearance
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