Sentinel Cyber Software Engineer Lead - 20458

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription

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.

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems in air and space that impact people’s lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our work preserves freedom, democracy, and advances human discovery and our understanding of the universe. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future and have a lot of 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 Defense Systems would like you to join our team as a Staff Software Engineer. This position will be located in Roy, UT and will support the Sentinel Program. Northrop Grumman supports the Air Force’s sustainment, development, production and deployment of hardware and system modifications for Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Ground and Airborne Launch Control Systems, Launch Facilities and associated infrastructure.

What You’ll Get to Do:

• Provides custom software design and development of specialized tools and techniques.
• Designs and develop end-to-end data flow and tasking into the tools developed.
• Provides/authors documentation, participate in design, code, and software readiness reviews in accordance with the Government's software development procedures and processes. Program systems in languages including C, C++, Java, and Python.
• Develop Windows, Linux, and cross-compiled applications; Embedded platform development using proprietary, COTS, GOTS, or open-source build environments.
• Own the software life cycle engineering execution to include design, integration, verification, deployment, and in-service support.
• Accountable to stakeholders and program managers for project status reviews, impediments / roadblock resolution, and the overall engineering / product quality execution.
• Partnering with the program management team to ensure successful execution while accounting for cost, schedule, and resources management targets.
• Providing technical leadership to the execution team to ensure that best practices as well as the applicable engineering processes and procedures are fully and adequately implemented.
• Lead the design and implementation of sustainable continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines for multiple products.
• Supporting the development and implementation of a critical skills growth strategy focused on building world class execution teams.

Position Benefits:

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• 401k
• Educational Assistance
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
• Paid Time Off
• Health & Wellness Resources
• Employee Discounts

This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.  This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

Basic Qualifications:

Staff Software Engineer: 12 Years with Bachelor's in related field of study; 10 Years with Masters; 8 Years with PhD or 04 additional years in lieu of a degree.

• U.S. citizenship required with an active Sentinel Secret/SAP clearance at day 1.
• Experience with DoD training devices / training and simulation systems development involving cyber warfare and kinetic weapon systems.
• Hands-on programming experience with one or more high-level programming languages such as Python, C/C++, and Java.
• Lead full life cycle design, integration, verification, deployment, and in-service support.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to lead a diverse multi-disciplinary team with high levels of engagement, including mentoring and coaching.
• Experience with troubleshooting and debugging systems
• Experience with full-stack software engineering and DevSecOps.
• Experience with software CI/CD tools such as GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins
• Experience with development task tracking software such as Jira or Azure DevOps

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) with 12+ years of experience in a related engineering field (Computer Science, Information Systems, or Network Engineering preferred); OR
• Master’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) with 10+ years of experience in a related engineering field. Graduate degrees in business are acceptable if the Bachelor’s degree is in STEM.
• Active Sentinel Top Secret /SAP clearance
• Experience with relational database design, management, optimization, and interaction.
• Experience with Agile software development, object-oriented architecture, software integration and testing.
• Experience in process control and tooling best practices across both Windows and Linux development environments.
• Software rapid prototyping experience to include designing and implementing solutions with minimal formal requirements.
• The ability to learn new technologies quickly and independently solve problems in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to bridge the gap between business and technical stakeholders, creating alignment and synergy to deliver effective solutions.

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Primary Level Salary Range: $152,900.00 - $229,300.00

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.