Sr. Principal Software Engineer – Software Architect, Mission Applications (23-301)

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Northrop Grumman Space Systems – Launch and Missile Defense Systems has an exciting career opportunity for a Sr. Principal Software Engineer – Software Architect, Mission Applications to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located out of Colorado Springs, CO.

Position Overview:

The Sr. Principal Software Engineer will be part of the C2BMC software architecture team responsible for the Mission Applications Agile Release Train (ART) products. Responsibilities will include defining and overseeing the implementation of the software architecture for a Java-based missile defense command and control system and ensuring the architecture is consistent with the architecture design tenets on the C2BMC program. This includes providing direct technical support to the chief architect and coordinating across engineering disciplines (e.g., Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Integration & test, sustainment).

Essential Functions:

• Perform trade studies and analysis for current and future C2BMC development activities - Maintain the software architecture artifacts for the ART.
• Oversee the development of ART software design documentation.
• Determine ramifications and impacts of proposed architectural changes to the software baselines.
• Analyze system performance to include quantifying performance, identifying bottlenecks, and measuring throughput.
• Support briefings, presentations and demonstrations to customer.
• Support analysis, design, and implementation of cyber requirements in the software.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline preferred from an accredited university and 9 years of related experience, or a Master's Degree in a STEM discipline and 7 years of related experience, or a PhD. And 4 years of related experience, or 13 years’ experience in lieu of a degree.
• Must possess a DoD 8570 certification at IAT Level II or higher (Security+, GSEC, SCNP, SSCP, CISSP, CISA, GSE, SCNA)
• Recent experience in software architecture and distributed systems design and implementation.
•  Experience performing trade studies and analysis across software engineering disciplines.
• Familiarity with the system engineering discipline including Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) and Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (OOA/OOD)
• Hands on application development experience with Java.
• CI/CD pipeline experience.
• Automated test development experience.
• Familiarity with Information Assurance (IA) mitigations for RMF and STIGs.
• Familiarity with Fortify/SonarQube.
• Applicants must have a current active in-scope U.S. Government DoD issued Secret security clearance which is required to start.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience with System Oriented Architecture (SOA) or Event Driven Architecture (EDA), cloud computing, use of containerization, virtualization, and how to approach refactoring existing code bases into those paradigms is a plus.
• Skills in logical/physical architecture modeling, and knowledge of CI/CD pipeline architecture and implementation, Safety, and cyber security concepts are highly desirable.
• Previous experience with Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) or Event Driven Architecture (EDA), cloud computing, micro-services, use of containerization, virtualization, and how to approach refactoring existing code bases into those paradigms is a plus.

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Salary Range: $117,900 USD - $176,900 USD

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.

The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

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