Build mission-ready cloud applications for the Air Force.
Northrop Grumman Defense Systems (NGDS) is seeking a Full-Stack Web Developer to maintain and enhance capabilities in support of DAF CLOUDworks at the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL).
DAF CLOUDworks is a rapidly growing secure cloud program that encompasses 10+ teams across information security, infrastructure development, and cloud migration. You will be an active member of one of these teams, providing technical support to customers leveraging DAF CLOUDworks and helping modify and enhance offerings to implement new requirements, improve functionality, increase efficiency, and lower operating/deployment overhead.
Successful candidates should:
- Have a track record as an effective communicator and problem solver who can develop and maintain strong working relationships with internal stakeholders.
- Be able to follow Agile development processes and full life-cycle development.
- Interface with multiple, geographically dispersed teams and effectively communicate project statuses and blockers.
- Have the ability to support 24x7 on-call when required.
- Possess strong interpersonal, problem-solving, organizational, and multi-tasking skills.
- Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Bring strong analytical, problem-solving, testing, and troubleshooting skills.
This position description does not represent a current opening but may be used to identify candidates with skills and experience for positions within Northrop Grumman that frequently become available. Candidates who express an interest may be considered for future positions at Northrop Grumman.
Basic Qualifications
- Education / Years of Experience:
- Level 3:
- Bachelor’s degree in a Science discipline with 5+ years of software development experience OR master’s degree with 3+ years of related experience OR an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
- Level 4:
- Bachelor’s degree in a Science discipline with 8+ years of software development experience OR master’s degree with 6+ years of related experience OR an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
- Level 3:
- Clearance and Certifications:
- Active Secret clearance with the ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance with TS/SCI
- Ability to obtain IAT Level II certification per DoD 8570.01 (such as CASP+ or Security+) within 60 days of start date
- Technical Experience:
- Experience developing full-stack web applications using technologies such as TypeScript, React, Node.js, CSS, Lambda, APIs, NoSQL databases, and Python
- Experience with UI styling
- Understanding of version control systems (Git)
- Experience in AWS and/or Azure
- Experience developing applications using Agile principles, processes, and tools
- Ability to debug, optimize code, and automate routine tasks
- Demonstrated experience in cloud adoption, environment prototyping, and data migration
Preferred Qualifications
- Active Top Secret clearance with TS/SCI
- CompTIA Security+ certification or IAT Level II equivalent per DoD 8570.01
- Prior development experience with the Department of Defense (DoD)
- Strong understanding of web security, including WAF, SQL injection and XSS prevention, and authentication/authorization through Zero Trust workflows (IAM, RBAC)
- Experience with GitLab runners and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with document databases such as DynamoDB
- Exposure to / experience with frameworks such as React, Angular, Java, JavaScript
- Experience with SonarQube or other static code analysis frameworks
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in a science discipline and 5 or more years of software development experience for Level 3
- Master's degree and 3 or more years of related experience for Level 3
- Four additional years of experience may substitute for the degree requirement
- Bachelor's degree in a science discipline and 8 or more years of software development experience for Level 4
- Master's degree and 6 or more years of related experience for Level 4
- Active Secret clearance
- Ability to obtain Top Secret clearance with TS/SCI
- Ability to obtain IAT Level II certification under DoD 8570.01, such as CASP+ or Security+, within 60 days of starting
- Full-stack web application development experience using TypeScript, React, Node.js, CSS, Lambda, APIs, NoSQL databases, and Python
- Experience with UI styling
- Understanding of Git or other version control systems
- Experience with AWS and/or Azure
- Experience developing applications using Agile principles, processes, and tools
- Ability to debug, optimize code, and automate routine tasks
- Experience with cloud adoption, environment prototyping, and data migration
- Strong communication, analytical, problem-solving, testing, troubleshooting, organizational, and multitasking skills
- Active Top Secret clearance with TS/SCI
- CompTIA Security+ certification or equivalent IAT Level II certification
- Prior Department of Defense development experience
- Understanding of web security, including WAF, SQL injection and XSS prevention, and Zero Trust authentication and authorization workflows
- Experience with GitLab runners and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with document databases such as DynamoDB
- Experience with React, Angular, Java, or JavaScript frameworks and technologies
- Experience with SonarQube or other static code analysis frameworks
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