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.
Job Description:
We are looking for you to join our team based within the Mission Systems Sector onsite at our San Diego, CA location as a Principal or Sr. Principal Software Configuration Analyst. The ideal candidate will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation efforts on a multidisciplinary research team collaborating with engineers and/or vendors in the planning, design, development, and utilization of modernized systems for software development.
What You'll Get to Do:
Develops and maintains software configuration management tools to support configuration identification, control, reporting, and delivery of both internally developed and externally purchased commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software products. Performs configuration management and release engineering tasks to ensure new software product operating parameters are documented, comply with standard hardware configurations, and are logistically sustainable. Designs, develops, automates, and maintains productivity tools using programming, database or scripting languages to improve software modeling and development. Designs and implements build procedures that are used to support software product development and use. May develop software configuration standards for company-wide use. May train software developers in the use of configuration management tools and the implementation of software quality standards.
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 ClearCase (CC) / ClearQuest(CQ) to solve release and SW build problems.
- 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 or Sr. Principal S/W Configuration Analyst.
This position may be filled with a Principal or Senior Principal role.
Basic Qualifications for Principal Software Configuration Analyst:
- 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 ClearCase (CC) / ClearQuest (CQ), Jira and/or Git Hub 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 ClearCase (CC) / ClearQuest (CQ), Jira and/or Git Hub 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 base ClearCase (CC) / ClearQuest(CQ), performing: administrator tasks such as creating VOB, directory structures in CC, create CQ database for programs, queries, add rules and users in both tools.
- 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 - $155,400.00Secondary Level Salary Range: $129,300.00 - $193,900.00The 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 the Principal role
- Master’s degree in a relevant field with 3 years of relevant experience for the Principal role
- Additional 4 years of relevant experience may substitute for the degree requirement
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field with 8 years of relevant experience for the Senior Principal role
- Master’s degree in a relevant field with 6 years of relevant experience for the Senior Principal role
- Experience with ClearCase, ClearQuest, Jira, and/or GitHub in software configuration management processes
- Experience supporting scripting languages and database management
- Experience performing software builds and maintaining build procedures
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance
- Master’s degree in a relevant field
- Extensive ClearCase and ClearQuest administration experience
- Software configuration management architecture experience, including branching, merging, versioning, and build-machine administration
- Scripting experience with Python, Perl, or Windows Batch
- SharePoint administration experience
- Experience with STM Pro, Design Sync for VHDL, PDM or PLM, Visio or Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Office, and Rational toolsets
- Hardware configuration management and Program Configuration Control Board experience
- Experience with CDRL/SDRL data-management submissions through IDE environments
- Active Interim or Secret clearance
Northrop Grumman Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Northrop Grumman and has not been reviewed or approved by Northrop Grumman.
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Retirement Support — 401(k) matching is considered strong, with additional defined-benefit coverage for certain cohorts and options like catch-up contributions. Retirement programs are repeatedly highlighted as a core strength of the total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO, company-paid holidays, and compressed work schedules (such as 9/80) provide meaningful time away and flexibility. These scheduling options are cited as a major quality-of-life benefit across many locations.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave alongside caregiver leave, adoption assistance, and back-up care supports a range of family needs. These programs have been expanded recently, signaling continued investment in family support.
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What We Do
We are a close-knit community of big thinkers collaborating to keep the world safe. Our passion, creativity and expertise bring next-level technology solutions to life in autonomous systems, cyber, C4ISR, strike, space, and logistics and modernization for our customers around the globe. On the Northrop Grumman team, you’ll join our pursuit of excellence immersed in a dynamic culture of innovation and respect. Your unique perspective will help achieve our shared vision for the future of global security. Every step of the way, you'll be supported by world-class training, employee resource groups and a comprehensive benefits package that enables greater health and happiness for you and your family. Worldwide and across disciplines, we’re challenging what’s possible for technology to protect people and places from undersea to outer space and into cyberspace. And we see the impact of our performance every day. We are Northrop Grumman, and we work on what matters—now, you too can make a difference. Explore opportunities in engineering, IT, manufacturing, business management, cybersecurity and more with us. Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
