Senior/Principal Cyber Software Engineer (No Clearance Required to Start)

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 requisition may be filled at a higher grade based on qualifications listed below.

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 with 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!

We offer phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly collaborative workplace. We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do. Does this sound like you?

Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) provide benefits for the member, our leaders and the company. Our ERGs offer opportunities to be a friend, be active, be a volunteer, be a leader, to be recognized and to be yourself! Every ERG is inclusive of all employees!

Our diverse portfolio of programs means there are endless paths to cultivate your career. We are well-known for our inclusive environment, as well as our excellent work/life balance. We also offer exceptional benefits/healthcare, a 9/80 schedule, and a great 401K matching program.

We have an opening for either a Principal Cyber Software Engineer or a Senior Principal Cyber Software to join our qualified, diverse team. We are seeking a team member who wants to solve interesting, complex problems to help protect our nation. We are a trusted mission payload and ground system provider with extensive experience providing end-to-end mission solutions from concept through operations and support. The team you will support is located at our Space Park campus in Redondo Beach, CA. This position supports a hybrid work schedule.

What you’ll get to do?

As a Cyber Software Engineer on this team, you will support a very fast-moving team to help design, model and develop the ground system for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) low earth orbit constellation for SDA’s Tranche 1 constellation. The constellation is a mesh network of 126 optically-interconnected SVs that will provide a resilient, low-latency, high-volume data transport communications system that will be launched starting in September 2024. SDA’s vision is to deliver a minimum viable product on time, every two years to the warfighter by employing spiral development methods.

Tranche One Tracking Layer (T1TRK) is part of an ambitious space architecture to bring next-generation communications capabilities to the warfighter around the globe. This program builds upon existing Transport Layer capabilities to perform OPIR tracking missions for the DoD.  You will join an integrated, agile team to expand the Tranche One Ground System portfolio on an aggressive schedule. If you want to rapidly grow a broad spectrum of skills and experiences in space ground systems, come join us.

Core Responsibilities:

• Designs, develops, documents, tests and debugs applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions
• Conducts multidisciplinary research and collaborates with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems for product and commercial software
• Determines computer user needs; analyzes system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls; prepares operating instructions; designs and develops compilers and assemblers, utility programs, and operating systems
• Ensures software standards are met

This requisition may be filled at either a Principal Cyber Software Engineer level or a Senior Principal Cyber Software Engineer level

Basic Qualifications for Principal Cyber Software Engineer:

• Design and engineer solutions that meets business requirements, cyber security practices, and compliance regulations.

• Provide security guidance in compliance with NIST 800-171 and Cyber Maturity Model Certification (CMMC)

• Asses technical designs and identify security design gaps in existing and proposed architectures.

• Identify and communicate current and emerging security threats.

• Identify risks and provide guidance regarding remediation of gaps to facilitate a hardened and sustainable solutions.

• Take ownership of solutions, assignments, actions items and issues, and remain accountable for their completion.

• Lead effectively especially with other team members, customers and key stakeholders and foster team success.

• Communicate and collaborate with leadership and technical teams to include systems and network administrators, security engineers, and IT Support teams. • Security and risk assessments for services, applications, hardware, and systems

• Conducts multidisciplinary research and collaborates with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems for product and commercial software

• Ensures software standards are met

• Bachelor's degree with 5 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree with 3 years of relevant experience; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree
• Ability to obtain/maintain a Top Secret/SCI Clearance

Basic Qualifications for Senior Principal Cyber Software Engineer:

• Design and engineer solutions that meets business requirements, cyber security practices, and compliance regulations.

• Provide security guidance in compliance with NIST 800-171 and Cyber Maturity Model Certification (CMMC)

• Asses technical designs and identify security design gaps in existing and proposed architectures.

• Identify and communicate current and emerging security threats.

• Identify risks and provide guidance regarding remediation of gaps to facilitate a hardened and sustainable solutions.

• Take ownership of solutions, assignments, actions items and issues, and remain accountable for their completion.

• Lead effectively especially with other team members, customers and key stakeholders and foster team success.

• Communicate and collaborate with leadership and technical teams to include systems and network administrators, security engineers, and IT Support teams. • Security and risk assessments for services, applications, hardware, and systems

• Conducts multidisciplinary research and collaborates with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems for product and commercial software

• Ensures software standards are met

• Bachelor's degree with 9 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree with 7 years of relevant experience; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree
• Ability to obtain/maintain a Top Secret/SCI Clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to patch systems, scan systems for vulnerabilities (Security Center/Nessus, SCAP), harden systems (DISA STIGS), audit log files, update virus definitions and participate in successful IS accreditations/inspections

• Ability to plan for and maintain development networks, storage, COTS upgrades, virus definitions and collaboration tools, create and maintain user accounts • Professional/technical certifications: CISSP, CISM, CCSP, Security Plus, AWS Certified Security - Specialty, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Security Engineer, Azure Solutions Architect

• DoD 8570 IAT/IAM Level II or III certification

• Experience in areas such as system security, network, and application security

• Knowledge of current and emerging cyber security threats, vulnerabilities, and controls

• Contributor for architectural/industry changes in the area of cyber security

• Experience performing risk assessments of both internally and externally hosted solutions

• Experience with Linux and Windows operating systems

• Experience with operating in an Agile/DevOps environment

• Experience with Scripting

• Experience submitting ongoing authorization inputs and artifacts to support authorizing authority’s ongoing assessment and authorization decisions

Salary Range: $115,200 USD - $172,800 USD

Salary Range 2: $142,800 USD - $214,200 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/.

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.