Software Engineering Manager ; Software Assurance Architecture

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes CLEARANCE TYPE:
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.

This position is a dual-hat position requiring the candidate to perform functional management activities as well as the individual's program responsibilities. It is expected that the Functional management role will comprise 15% to 20% of the candidate's time. This is a dual-hat position so the remaining 80% to 85% of the selectee’s time will be directly funded activities in support of an MDC2 program.

The candidate should have a strong technical background in software development and embedded systems, including strong C/C++, software requirements and software design experience. Software Development focus is for mission applications using software engineering best practices & standards and participate in the full life cycle of software development to include C++ coding to NGAS and MDC2 coding standards, unit testing and software integration testing, software requirements and design documentation and support for program reviews.

Management duties will require tasking and coordination of approximately 10-13 engineers, and process and resource coordination with functional homeroom management.

This candidate will participate in the full life cycle of software development, to include requirements development, modeling and design, application development, unit to CSCI testing, integration, formal system testing, release, installation, and maintenance. The candidate will apply technical expertise in solving complex integrations problems. The candidate will interact with Program Management, external suppliers and/or government customers. Therefore, excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills are required.

Solid experience in OS configuration, bash scripting, C/C++, or other OOP languages, in a Linux environment is required. Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD secret security clearance and Special Program Access is required. The selected individual will play a critical role in the design, development, and delivery of the program’s deployment strategy and network architecture.

• Containerization and securing of applications, Operating System hardening and network security
• Deploying, automating, maintaining, troubleshooting, and improving the systems and software infrastructure for rapid deployment and maintainability of the infrastructure
• Requires you to have hands-on technical experience with virtualization, environment automation and management, and continuous improvements
• The candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day communications, performance assessment and feedback, career counseling, professional development, employee rewards and recognition, and resolving personnel issues and managing staff
• The candidate will provide project staffing support with recruiting, interviews and hiring
• The candidate will be responsible for recommending employees for raises and promotions
• Will provide detailed employee performance feedback, periodic 1-on-1 meetings, annual mid-term, and end of year performance appraisals. Trains, coaches and mentors’ other engineers and support staff within…