Principal Software Engineer (AHT)

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 103,600 - 155,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking software engineers to join their team in the United States. The role focuses on developing and maintaining capabilities in support of a new defense program based on cloud technologies. Candidates should have full stack development experience and proficiency in Go, Java, or Python.

Preferred qualifications include experience with Agile methodologies, web application frameworks, and containerization tools like Docker. The position offers a salary range of $103,600 to $155,400 along with benefits including health insurance and paid time off.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship with ability to obtain TS/SCI security clearance.
• Experience developing containerized software applications.
• Interest in full stack development of cloud‑based microservice applications.

Skills

Full stack web development experience

Software applications using Go, Java, or Python

Experience with web applications and frameworks like Vue.js, React, or Angular

Familiarity with Agile processes like Scrum and Kanban

Strong interpersonal skills

Ability to prioritize tasks

Ability to analyze complex problems

Experience with JavaScript and TypeScript

Dockers, Podman, and Kubernetes

DevOps experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field or equivalent experience

Tools

GitLab

Grafana

Elastic

Helm

Job description

Job Overview

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems (NGDS) is seeking software engineers to develop and maintain capabilities in support of a new defense program named CHAIN (C4ISR Holistic Analysis of Networks). CHAIN is a cloud‑based DevSecOps platform based on Platform One’s Big Bang and will feature the latest Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) projects and tools.

Basic Qualifications

• One of the following:
  • A high school diploma with a minimum of 9 years of software development experience
  • A bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 5 years of software development experience
  • A master’s degree with a minimum of 3 years of software development experience
• Full stack web development experience
• Experience writing software applications using Go, Java, or Python
• Experience working with web applications and front‑end frameworks such as Vue.js, React, or Angular
• Interest in full stack development of cloud‑based microservice applications
• Familiarity with Agile development processes such as Scrum and Kanban
• Strong interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with technical teams
• Ability to prioritize and adjust tasks to accomplish project results
• Ability to comprehend and analyze complex problems and develop solutions
• U.S. Citizenship with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI security clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with JavaScript, TypeScript, and Vue.js
• Graph and document NoSQL databases such as ArangoDB and Dgraph
• GeoJSON and CesiumJS
• Go (programming language)
• GitLab
• Istio
• Grafana
• Helm
• Elastic
• HTML, CSS, SCSS
• Software security tools such as Trivy and SonarQube
• Experience developing containerized software applications using Docker, Podman, and Kubernetes
• Experience designing and developing REST APIs
• Experience working with semantic knowledge graphs, ontologies, and RDF triplestores
• Experience working with tree data structures and traversal algorithms such as depth‑first search and breadth‑first search
• Experience working with medium to large scale, cloud‑based microservice applications
• Knowledge or experience of the zero‑trust security model and PKI‑based authentication using X.509 certificates
• DevOps experience or interest in using DevOps to support software development
• Experience with continuous integration / continuous deployment (CI/CD) using GitLab Runners

Salary & Benefits

Primary Level Salary Range: $103,600.00 – $155,400.00. The salary range is a guideline and may be adjusted based on scope and responsibilities, candidate experience, education, skills, and market conditions. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, discretionary bonuses, annual performance bonuses, and for certain roles, long‑term incentives.

Benefits include health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, company‑paid holidays, and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and personal business.

Eligibility

U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions where a government clearance or restricted access is needed. Candidates must have the ability to obtain a TS/SCI security clearance.

EEO Statement

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.