Engineer Software at Northrop Grumman in Melbourne, FL

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: No

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 is seeking a software engineer needed to support engineering tools in multi-sector enterprise environments (unclassified and classified).

The position will deploy, support, customize, and maintain the suite of Commercial and Open Source applications used by Software and Systems Engineering.

This role can be performed in one of 4 locations: Roy, Utah, Falls Church, VA, Melbourne, Florida or Redondo Beach, California. Candidates who are able to report to one of these locations on a full time basis will be considered.

Responsibilities include:

• Configure, deploy and administer commercial and open source SW Factory applications
• Develop code to aid in administration of the SW Factory
• Provide end user support to SW Factory suite of applications
• Monitor, address, and resolve production SW Factory application incidents
• Interfacing, collaboratively, with the other development and administration teams inside of Corporate
• Maintain strong expertise and knowledge of current and emerging technologies and products

We are looking for the following characteristics to be demonstrated by our ideal candidate:

• Ability to work well in a virtual team environment, with team members located throughout the country
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to multitask and juggle more than one task at a time
• Self-starter with the ability to independently resolve issues and deliver results
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills

Basic Qualifications:

• Must have a BS Degree and a minimum of three years of experience with both Windows and Linux operating systems

• Server/Client Software installation experience

• Software installation experience

• Understanding of core IT competencies (Networking, Servers, DBs, Apps)

• Experience programing in scripting languages (Python, Java)

• This position requires eligibility to receive a DoD Secret clearance following a reasonable amount of time after hire. (US Citizenship will be required with the ability to obtain Special Program Access following a reasonable amount of time following hire.)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong technical (administrative is preferred) foundation in several of the following technologies:

Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker, GitHub (and GitHub Actions), Gitlab (and GitLab Runners), SonarQube, Nexus Repository Lifecycle and Firewall, Atlassian (Crowd, Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket), Key cloak                                                                     

• Administration experience with Postgres
• CompTIA Security+ certification
• AWS console administration experience
• An Active DoD Secret Clearance.

Primary Level Salary Range: $79,300.00 - $118,900.00

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.

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 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 an Equal Opportunity 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 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.