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Northrop Grumman

Principal/ Software Engineer (AHT)

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United States of America
79K-146K Annually
Senior level
United States of America
79K-146K Annually
Senior level
The Principal Software Engineer leads software development efforts, collaborates in Agile teams, and solves complex technical challenges while ensuring quality products.
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RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

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.

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems (NGDS), Beavercreek Ohio, is currently seeking a Principal/ Software Engineer. The successful candidates will demonstrate a broad skill set balanced between interpersonal and technical capabilities achieving sustainable quality products. They will have a track record as an effective communicator and problem solver who is able to develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders. The selected candidates will participate in the entire software development lifecycle with a concentration in software engineering. The candidates will work closely with other software developers accomplishing the following:

  • Complete work independently and as a part of an Agile team
  • Support or lead team in completing necessary software on schedule
  • Solve complex problems through innovative and creative solutions
  • Collaborate with software designers and/or software engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of software systems
  • Regularly demonstrate progress to customers

Basic Qualifications for a Software Engineer:

  • One of the following:
    • A high school diploma with a minimum of 6 years of software development experience
    • A bachelors in science degree in a STEM field with a minimum of 2 years of software development experience
    • A masters in science degree in a STEM field with a minimum of 0 years of software development experience
  • Full Stack Web Development programming experience
  • Working knowledge and experience in the Agile development processes
  • Strong interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with small technical teams
  • Ability to prioritize and adjust tasks to accomplish project results
  • Ability to comprehend and analyze complex problems and develop solutions
  • U.S. Citizenship with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI security clearance

Basic Qualifications for Principal Software Engineer:

  • One of the following:
    • A high school diploma with a minimum of 9 years of software development experience
    • A bachelors in science degree in a STEM field with a minimum of 5 years of software development experience
    • A masters in science degree in a STEM field with a minimum of 3 years of software development experience
    • A PhD in a STEM field with 0 years of experience
  • Full Stack Web Development programming experience
  • Working knowledge and experience in the Agile development processes
  • Strong interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with small technical teams
  • Ability to prioritize and adjust tasks to accomplish project results
  • Ability to comprehend and analyze complex problems and develop solutions
  • U.S. Citizenship with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with web development frameworks such as Django, React, Angular
  • Experience with Graph or Document NoSQL databases
  • Experience with:
    • Python
    • Java
    • Docker
    • Elastic
    • HTML
    • CSS
    • JavaScript
    • TypeScript
    • Geospatial
  • DevOps / DevSecOps experience
  • Continuous Integration (CI) / Continuous Deployment (CD)
  • Software Security Tools
    • Claire / Trivy
    • SonarQube
  • Experience with microservices, swagger and API definitions
  • Demonstrated use of configuration management (Git, Bitbucket)
  • Experience working with project management (Jira, Confluence)

Salary Range: $79,300.00 - $118,900.00Salary Range 2: $97,500.00 - $146,300.00

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.

Employees may be eligible for 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 committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA 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.

Top Skills

Angular
Bitbucket
Cd
Ci
Claire
Confluence
CSS
DevOps
Django
Docker
Document Nosql
Elastic
Full Stack Web Development
Geospatial
Git
Graph
HTML
Java
JavaScript
JIRA
Python
React
Sonarqube
Trivy
Typescript

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