Principal/Sr. Principal Software Engineer (AHT)

In the Defense Systems sector, you’ll join our experts in developing systems that keep our world safe.  We are looking for a Software Engineer to develop, document, test, and debug solutions to business/mission problems.  The position supports our Engineering organization’s goals to meet the current and future needs of the programs and technologies within the sector portfolio.  This role will help foster the establishment and maintenance of a world class Software and Digital Technologies organization in Orlando, FL.

The ideal candidate demonstrates a broad skill set that is balanced between interpersonal, business, and technical capabilities. You have the ability to collaborate within and across teams to accomplish goals. You are committed to ethics, integrity, and innovation while challenging traditional ways of doing business. You have excellent verbal and written communication skills, and you are comfortable engaging with the internal and external customers.

This position is unfunded and contingent upon award.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Develop, document, test, and debug software that contains logical and mathematical solutions to business/mission problems.

• Apply appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the development life cycle.

• Diagnose problems encountered during application integration among products and address fixes/enhancements according to prescribed program processes.

• Design and develop complex software using a variety of programming and scripting languages.

This requisition is open as a dual level opportunity. We are open to consider candidates at a level 3 or level 4.

Basic Qualifications (Level 3):

• Bachelors of Science in Engineering, Computer Science or other STEM discipline with 5 years of relevant experience in engineering development projects –OR– Master’s degree in STEM with 3 years of relevant experience in engineering development projects

• US Citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance

• Experience with the Agile Development Method

• 3+ years professional experience developing software using Java

• Experience with Spring Framework

• Experience with JavaScript

• Cloud based development and architecture

• Containerization tools such as Docker or Podman

Basic Qualifications (Level 4):

• Bachelors of Science in Engineering, Computer Science or other STEM discipline with 9 years of relevant experience in engineering development projects –OR– Master’s degree in STEM with 7 years of relevant experience in engineering development projects

• US Citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance

• Experience with the Agile Development Method

• 5+ years professional experience developing software using Java

• Experience with Spring Framework

• Experience with JavaScript

• Cloud based development and architecture

• Containerization tools such as Docker or Podman

• Microservices and Event Driven Architecture

• Messaging systems such as RabbitMQ and/or Kafka

• Orchestration tools such as Kubernetes or Cloud Foundry

Preferred Qualifications:

• Current Active Secret Clearance

• Familiarity with:

  • Microservices and Event Driven Architecture

  • Messaging systems such as RabbitMQ and/or Kafka

  • Orchestration tools such as Kubernetes or Cloud Foundry

  • Front end frameworks such as ReactJS or AngularJS

  • Databases such as PostgreSQL or Oracle

  • Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager

  • Atlassian Toolsuite

  • Spring Boot

  • GraphQL Api

  • WSTARS software

  • RSCCE

  • GSCCE

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/.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.