Sr. Principal Software Engineer

Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Top Secret

TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time

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 seeking a Full Stack Software Engineer. 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.

They will implement solutions in a web-based environment and integrate them into a microservice cloud-based architecture. The candidates will work closely with other software developers accomplishing the following:

• Support team in completing necessary software on schedule
• Complete work independently and as a part of an Agile team
• 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

• One of the following:
  • A high school diploma with a minimum of 12 years of software development experience
  • A bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 8 years of software development experience
  • A master’s degree with a minimum of 6 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 an active TS/SCI security clearance
• Experience designing and coding front‑end UI for aircraft displays

• Experience with front‑end development frameworks such as Vue, React, and Angular.
• Experience with Relational, Graph and Document No
  
  SQL databases
• Experience with back‑end development frameworks such as Spring, NodeJS, Django
• Experience with microservices, swagger and API definitions
• Experience with:
  • Geospatial 2D/3D Mapping
  • Geospatial Information Systems
  • Java Script
  • Type Script
  • Relational Databases (ex. Postgre
    
    SQL, MySQL, Maria
    
    DB)
  • Graph Databases (ex. Arrango
    
    DB, Mark Logic)
  • No
    
    SQL Databases (ex. Mongo
    
    DB, Cassandra)
  • Java
  • Python
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Istio
  • Grafana
  • Helm
  • Elastic
  • HTML
  • CSS
• Dev Ops / Dev Sec Ops  experience
• Continuous Integration (CI) / Continuous Deployment (CD)
• Software Security Tools
  • Claire / Trivy
  • Sonar Qube
• Demonstrated use of configuration management (Git, Bitbucket)
• Experience with Linux and command line tools
• Cloud experience or certifications

Primary Level Salary Range: $ - $ 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…