Principal/Senior Principal Software Engineer - Cyber

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

10% travel

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems seeks a Principal or Senior Principal Software Engineer (Cyber Engineer) to join on-site in Melbourne, FL. The role emphasizes secure software, network hardening, and rapid deployment of infrastructure.

You will collaborate with PMs, suppliers, and government customers to deliver integrated solutions. Required are strong Agile experience, STEM degrees, and active Secret clearance with potential to obtain Top Secret.

Qualifications

• Role requires STEM degree with several years of software engineering experience.
• Security clearance at Secret level with ability to obtain Top Secret.
• Experience with Agile development and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Advise on integration of new technologies into program systems.
• Implement secure network configurations as designed.
• Develop and share technical documentation and presentations.
• Collaborate with PMs, suppliers, and government engineers.

Skills

Agile methodology

Linux/Windows

OOP programming

Remote debugging

Education

Bachelor's in STEM

Master's in STEM

Tools

Jira/Confluence

Git

Cisco devices

Palo Alto devices

Juniper devices

VPN

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description

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.

Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems is currently seeking a Principal or Senior Principal Software Engineer (Cyber Engineer) to join the team. This position will be based on site in Melbourne, FL .

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.

The Software Engineer will apply technical expertise in solving complex integrations problems. The Software Engineer will interact with Program Management, external suppliers and/or government customers. Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills are required. Security clearance with ability to obtain Top Secret. Responsibilities include: containerization and securing of applications, Operating System hardening and network security. The role requires deploying, automating, maintaining, troubleshooting, and improving the systems and software infrastructure for rapid deployment and maintainability of the infrastructure. This software role requires you to have hands-on technical experience with virtualization, environment automation and management, and continuous improvements.

Essential Functions:

• Advise on integration of new emerging industry technologies to the program's systems
• Review, analyze, and incorporate technical requirements into end-to-end system architectures
• Responsible for implementing the network configurations as designed, and coordinating with peers, SMEs, and government engineers on hardening and securing of the system as a whole.
• Occasional travel may be required
• Work with various team members to integrate functionality with other software components.
• Support software working groups with the customer.
• Develop and share technical documentation and presentations.

This requisition may be filled at either a Principal Level or a Sr. Principal Level.

Basic Qualifications:

• Principal level (T03): Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 5 or more years of experience in software engineering OR a Master's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 3 or more years of experience in software engineering OR a PHD in a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) discipline with relevant software engineering experience
• Senior Principal level (T04): Bachelor's Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and at least 8 years' experience, or STEM master's degree with 6 years' experience, or a STEM PHD with 4 years' experience.
• Current U.S. Government 8570 IAT Level II or greater certification (Security+)
• Active U.S. Government Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret within a reasonable amount of time, as determined by the business
• Experience with Agile
• Familiarity with the Atlassian tool suite, plugins, Git and Confluence
• Experience developing software in Linux and Windows environments
• Development experience with OOP languages
• Experience remote debugging hardware/software systems
• Experience with Firewall, VPN, switch, and router configuration
• Experience with configuration and management of Cisco, Palo Alto, or Juniper network appliances
• Experience with authentication and data encryption methods, to include securing communications at either the datalink or network layer

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience