About the position
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. The Payload and Ground Systems organization within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered by providing the skills, 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.
Responsibilities
- Work on an agile development team using modern development practices tackling both new development and operational support of systems that advance National Security.
- Be responsible for a highly visible component on a Tools Team.
- Engage in development and operational lifecycle programs, from smaller single scrum team efforts to larger multi-team efforts.
- Utilize micro-service event driven architecture using Docker Containers, Kubernetes, Helm charts and AWS services.
- Perform maintenance and sustainment engineering needs on existing deployed baselines which may require troubleshooting and programming in Java and C++/C.
- Support front-end, back-end, and full-stack development needs.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree + 5 years of relative experience; Master's degree + 3 years of relative experience; PhD + 0 years of experience.
- Experience as a front-end, back-end, or full-stack developer.
- Experience developing on teams using Agile methodology, process, and tools (JIRA, Confluence).
- Experience designing, developing, and troubleshooting in Java.
- Experience using object oriented design.
- Experience using version control software.
- Experience with supporting and troubleshooting Operational issues and defects.
- Candidate MUST have a current/active Top Secret/SCI security clearance at time of application.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with New Moon mission and processing.
- Experience designing, developing, and troubleshooting in C++, C, Python, Java and/or JavaScript.
- Experience designing, developing, and troubleshooting in virtualized environments (VMs, AWS Cloud Instances).
- Experience with software development on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
- Experience with Dockerization and Container Management (Docker and Kubernetes).
- Experience with Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket).
- Experience with AWS Services.
- Experience with software system integration, testing, and deployment, including but not limited to automation.
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Life and disability insurance
- Savings plan
- Company paid holidays
- Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
