Expand your horizons, advance your career, and contribute to a secure future for generations. Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector invites you to bring your pioneering spirit to our collaborative teams. As a Software Engineer – Level 3 or 4 supporting our Space team, this role can be based at our Linthicum, MD location. On our team, you’ll be a linchpin in missions of paramount importance, defining the art of the possible from day one.
In this role, the candidate will focus on developing, maintaining, and optimizing software solutions that enable mission critical systems and applications. Responsibilities include creating high quality software to enhance system performance and scalability, implementing automation to streamline workflows and processes, and developing tools to support data integrity and secure software operations. The ideal candidate will possess a strong understanding of system level software architecture, how software components interact within complex systems, and how to translate customer needs into actionable development tasks.
A solid grasp of the software development lifecycle and best practices is critical, including version control, testing, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD). The Software Engineer will work within an Agile team supporting multiple software products, prioritizing enhancements and bug fixes, and managing tasks efficiently to ensure smooth delivery of quality software.
This position is contingent upon the candidate verifying and/or obtaining final clearances and program access(es) within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company.
This requisition may be filled at either a level 3 (Principal), or a level 4 (Sr Principal), depending on the candidate’s experience as laid out in the basic qualifications detailed below as well as the interview assessment.
Basic Qualifications for Level 3:
Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of professional experience – OR – Master’s degree with 3 years of professional experience – OR – PhD with 1 year of professional experience.Will consider an additional 4+ years of experience in lieu of degree
Requires an active U.S. Government Top-Secret security clearance [TS] at time of application, current and within scope, with the ability to obtain and maintain Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) approval/access within a reasonable period of time
Experience with designing, testing, implementing, and developing in Java.
Experience with Git
Experience with Kubernetes and/or Helm
Experience with databases such as Elasticsearch, MongoDB, or MySQL
Experience with agile tools such as Jira and Confluence
Experience working in an agile environment, collaborating with product owner, scrum master, configuration management, integration test and development.
Basic Qualifications for Level 4:
Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of professional experience – OR – Master’s degree with 6 years of professional experience – OR – PhD with 4 years of professional experience.Will consider an additional 4+ years of experience in lieu of degree
Requires an active U.S. Government Top-Secret security clearance [TS] at time of application, current and within scope, with the ability to obtain and maintain Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) approval/access within a reasonable period of time
Experience with designing, testing, implementing, and developing in Java.
Experience with Git
Experience with Kubernetes and/or Helm
Experience with databases such as Elasticsearch, MongoDB, or MySQL
Experience with agile tools such as Jira and Confluence
Experience working in an agile environment, collaborating with product owner, scrum master, configuration management, integration test and development.
Preferred Qualifications:
STEM degree
Active TS/SCI [active TS with an already active SCI]
Experience with creating Rest API’s
Experience with ActiveMQ or RabbitMQ
Experience with Linux
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Primary Level Salary Range: $108,800.00 - $163,200.00Secondary Level Salary Range: $135,800.00 - $203,600.00The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.