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Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Onsite
Northrop Grumman Mission System’s Engineering and Sciences (E&S) Baltimore and Partnered Sites (BaPs) Division is seeking a Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CICD) Systems Engineer to join our Modeling Simulation & Analysis team. This position will be in Baltimore, MD, and is a full time on site role.
What You’ll get to Do:
As an integral part of our Foundational Systems Engineering department located in Linthicum, MD you will focus on accelerating the delivery of capabilities to our customers through the development and use of advanced models and simulations of platforms, sensors, weapons, and their interactions with the environment.
Design and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or equivalent platforms, ensuring end-to-end automation from code commit to production deployment.
Develop automation scripts in Bash and Python to streamline pipeline steps, secret handling, and environment provisioning
Implement monitoring and observability for CI/CD processes, integrating tools such as Jenkins or Gitlab to provide actionable insights.
Build, test, and deploy Docker based microservices to Kubernetes clusters
Utilize Modeling, Simulation, Experimentation, and Analysis (MSE&A) of advanced systems using C++ object-oriented design, advanced data structures and test-driven development.
Develop large scale data analytics, probabilities, and statistics, including the application of design of experiment techniques for the evaluation of system and mission performance.
Integrate MS&A with operational flight software, collecting and analyzing data from laboratory or flight tests, the verification and validation of simulation performance against flight test data, and formally verifying that the models meet specified requirements.
Support publication quality reports which define the foundation for simulation credibility across all stakeholders and provide the artifacts to support formal simulation Verification, Validation and Accreditation (VVA).
Innovate to solve problems and identify improvements across MSE&A products.
Performs operational analysis and mission effectiveness analysis.
Develops new and/or integrates existing system simulation frameworks, performance models and algorithms, threat models and command and control models.
Models operational environments, performs trade studies via computer simulation and recommends alternative architectures.
Develops, integrates, and uses advanced graphical user interfaces and visualization tools.
This position is contingent upon contract award, successful transfer of an active U.S Government Secret Clearance and the ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP).
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree with 2 years of experience, Master’s degree with 1 years of experience, Ph.D. with 1 years of experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related technical fields; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
U.S. Citizenship is required.
A current/active DoD Secret clearance.
Ability to obtain/maintain Special Access Program (SAP) access.
Experience with programming languages such as C/C++, Python, Bash or C shell scripting on the Linux and Windows computing environments.
Experience working with Infrastructure‑as‑Code (IaC).
Experience provisioning, scaling, and hardening Jenkins masters and agents (or GitLab Runner fleets) on Linux VMs or Kubernetes.
Experience administering Linux servers that host a high-performance computing grid (HPC) and automate OS‑level tasks with Bash/Python and enforce security best practices.
Experience with analytical modeling approaches using a Python environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
Active U.S Government Top Secret Clearance or higher.
Advanced degrees in Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Physics, Applied Mathematics, or a related technical field.
Experience with deploying Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CICD) tool sets across multiple systems/program areas
Experience with Modeling, Experimentation, Simulation, and Analysis.
Experience with domain experience in simulations of RF, EOIR, Communications or related systems.
Experience with real-time and/or reactive simulation software applications development.
Experience with one or more of the following: statistics, design of experiments, descriptive/diagnostic/predictive/prescriptive analytics, high performance computing.
Understanding of the Systems Engineering and Integration & Test processes.
Experience with DPC, CUDA, OpenCL, Verilog, VHDL, or other domain specific languages.
Experience with Agile and/or SAFe methodologies.
Northrop Grumman provides a comprehensive benefits package and a work environment which encourages your growth and supports the mutual success of our people and our company. Northrop Grumman benefits give you the flexibility and control to choose the benefits that make the most sense for you and your family.
Your benefits will include the following: Health Plan, Savings Plan, Paid Time Off and Additional Benefits including Education Assistance, Training and Development, 9/80 Work Schedule (where available), and much more!
Northrop Grumman has approximately 90,000 employees in all 50 states and in more than 27 countries. We strive to attract and retain the best employees by providing an inclusive work environment wherein employees are receptive to diverse ideas, perspectives, and talents to help solve our toughest customer challenges: to develop and maintain some of the most technically sophisticated products, programs, and services in the world.
Our Values. The women and men of Northrop Grumman Corporation are guided by Our Values. They describe our company as we want it to be. We want our decisions and actions to demonstrate these Values. We believe that putting Our Values into practice creates long-term benefits for shareholders, customers, employees, suppliers, and the communities we serve.
Our Responsibility. At Northrop Grumman, we are committed to maintaining the highest of ethical standards, embracing diversity and inclusion, protecting the environment, and striving to be an ideal corporate citizen in the community and in the world.