Staff Software Engineer - Cloud

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be 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.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Staff Software Engineer. This role is located on site in El Segundo, CA or San Diego, CA.

Northrop Grumman’s Aeronautics Systems – Research & Advanced Design (R&AD) transforms breakthrough ideas into mission-ready capabilities through intelligent anticipation. We’re the front-end design engine, defining what comes next. From developing cutting-edge next-generation future aircraft to trailblazing collaborative autonomous platforms, we push the boundaries of technology and forge industry-leading partnerships that set new standards for what’s possible.

Our team owns the full lifecycle of advanced concept creation, from visionary early-stage designs and rapid prototyping to high-impact demonstrations and solving the toughest technical challenges in survivability, autonomy, and battle management. We seek curious, adaptable people who thrive on turning intuition into breakthrough solutions. If you’re driven to invent the future, build what’s next, and shape the landscape of national security, this is where you belong.

In this role you will help adapt a suite of mobile control station software applications to a cloud environment, participating in building Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and infrastructure to deploy the solution to an Il-5 cloud environment including containerization, instrumentation, integration, security, and system test. You will work with multi-disciplinary teams, such as with Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Cloud & Application, Dev*Ops, in an Agile software development environment.

Basic Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree in STEM with 12 years of Software Engineering experience, or a Master's degree in STEM with 10 years of Software Engineering experience, or a PhD in STEM with 8 years on Software Engineering experience

- Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated U.S. government Secret clearance (must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company.

- Experience with infrastructure components (VMs, containers, network, storage, Linux/Windows, and IT security concepts)

- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and micro-services

- Experience with software-defined networking

- Experience with a coding or scripting language

- Experience with a Cloud platform

- Experience with Agile methodologies and tools (Atlassian suite: Jira, Confluence)

- Strong interpersonal, problem-solving, organizational, and multi-tasking skills

Preferred Qualifications:

- An active Secret or higher clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI)

- Certified (associate level or above) in a cloud platform or

- Azure Platform (>= Azure Administrator Associate)

- AWS Platform (>= Solutions Architect Associate)

- Completed degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Engineering

- CompTIA Security+ certification

- CompTIA Cloud+ certification

- Experience with administering cloud-based networking (ACL, Security Groups, WAF)

- Demonstrated experience in cloud adoption, environment prototyping, and data migration

- Knowledge of account management solutions (RBAC, AWS IAM, Azure AD)

- Expertise leveraging git for code management (ArgoCD, Flux, Gitlab)

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

- Experience leading teams of technical individuals

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Primary Level Salary Range: $177,000.00 - $265,600.00

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.