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Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. Our Engineering and Sciences (E&S) organization pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills and innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission!
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a Principal or Senior Principal Cyber Software Engineer to join our Strategic Cyber team located in Huntsville, AL, San Antonio, TX, or Annapolis Junction, MD. As a Cyber Software Engineer at Northrop Grumman, you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation. Through the use of Model-based Engineering, DevSecOps and Agile practices we continue to evolve how we deliver critical national defense products and capabilities for the warfighter. Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly and continuously drive innovation. The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment & shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation.
What You'll Get to Do:
In this role, the Cyber Software Engineer develops software products to meet cyber requirements or provide cyber capabilities targeted for current and future potential programs.
Be part of our Agile development team using modern development practices in a DevOps environment. Work on C++, Java, and/or Python programming. You'll utilize the Atlassian product suite, including Jira and Confluence. Our small but highly energized Agile Scrum team has a significant development effort with a large impact. Please consider joining us and thrive within our fast-paced software development team! We pride ourselves in our experience and highly supportive environment.
This is a great opportunity for a flexible self-starter to work in a dynamic environment with real world technical content supporting a number of tools and systems.
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This requisition may be filled at a higher grade based on qualifications listed below
This requisition may be filled at either a Principal Level or a Sr. Principal Level.
Basic Qualifications for a Principal Cyber Software Engineer:
Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 5 years of related experience; 3 years of related experience with a Master's degree; 0 years of related experience with a PhD; an additional 4 years of related experience may be considered in lieu of degree
Experience in higher level programming languages such as Java, Python, C++ Experience in object-oriented design and development
US Citizenship is required in order to obtain and maintain security clearance
Basic Qualifications for a Sr. Principal Cyber Software Engineer:
Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 9 years of related experience; 7 years of related experience with a Master's degree; 4 years of related experience with a PhD; an additional 4 years of related experience may be considered in lieu of degree
Experience in higher level programming languages such as Java, Python, C++ Experience in object-oriented design and development
US Citizenship is required in order to obtain and maintain security clearance
Preferred Qualifications:
Cyber certification such as a Security+ or CISSP
Current Secret or higher Security Clearance
Software Assurance experience
Experience managing and directing efforts following an Agile and DevSecOps process model
Expertise with containerized software systems in accordance with DoD DevSecOps Reference Design
Excellent communication (written and oral), negotiation, coordination, and interpersonal skills
Proven collaboration with program managers and customer representatives to meet program objectives
Ability to calmly negotiate challenging program requirements, strategies, and conflicting constraints among a large and diverse group of program stakeholders
Expertise with Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE) and related tools such as DOORS and Cameo
Knowledge of Cyber Security Engineering practices, network technologies, DoD system development life cycles and methodologies, and insight into information technology infrastructure management/monitoring and applications
Proven success analyzing, estimating, and implementing solutions to complex problems spanning multiple engineering disciplines
Salary Range: $104,700 - $157,100
Salary Range 2: $129,800 - $194,800
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.
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 most positions.