Engineering Technician 2 – SW Infrastructure

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.

As a member of the Launch Vehicle Software Development Team, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the ground floor of Northrop Grumman's Digital Thread Transformation Initiatives. The Team Member should be a self-motivated individual that will be responsible for the support of a continuously evolving Web Application Infrastructure for Digital Transformation, Model-Based Systems Engineering Tools, and Launch Vehicles business requirements. As a member of the team, you will:

• Work in a highly collaborative environment.
• Work closely with other team members and stakeholders to determine application features, processes, and tool usage.
• Support integration and deployment of applications.
• Support Epic, Story, and Task creation, refinement, implementation, and testing.
• Server – Provisioning, patching, set-up, monitoring, and automating with scripts.
• Create and maintain agile processes.
• Contribute to Peer Reviews.
• Collaborate on Agile Process Improvement, DevOps CI/CD Pipeline Improvement, Web-App Architecture, and Technology Stack.

The team member will utilize some of following tools and technologies to support all phases of the software development lifecycle:

• Python
• PowerShell
• Batch Scripts
• Windows Server
• Linux (RHEL)
• Visual Studio Code
• Git
• Agile and DevOps
• Atlassian Tool Suite (Jira, BitBucket, and Confluence)
• Jenkins and SonarQube
• Microservices
• Containerization such as Docker

Job Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications (You’ll Bring These Qualifications):

• Two years’ relevant experience with web application and microservice infrastructure support.
• An Active Secret clearance or the ability to obtain one.
• Current Security+ certification or can obtain within 5 months.
• Experience working with full stack infrastructure.
• Experience architecting, configuring, and maintaining a DevOps environment.
• Experience architecting, configuring, and maintaining a web stack in a Microsoft Windows or Linux (RHEL) environment.
• High School diploma or equivalent and 2 years additional education and/or related experience

Preferred Qualifications (These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have):

• Experience with Jenkins pipeline development/maintenance/automation.
• Experience with Python
• Experience with JavaScript
• Experience with NodeJS, RabbitMQ and Celery.
• Experience with relational database development.
• Experience developing and maintaining microservices.
• Experience with Containerization.
• Experience developing software in a Windows or Linux environment.

Salary Range: $44,800 USD - $74,600 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.