Principal/Sr. Principal Full-Stack Web Developer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance coverage

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and personal business

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Full-Stack Web Developer to enhance capabilities for DAF CLOUDworks at the Air Force Research Lab in Rome, NY. The position requires experience in full-stack development, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to communicate effectively with team members.

Successful candidates will have a Bachelor'sdegree in science and 5+ years of software development experience or equivalent. Security clearance is necessary with additional benefits for eligible positions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software development experience or 4 additional years in lieu of a degree required.
• Active Secret clearance; ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance.
• Ability to obtain IAT Level II certification within 60 days of start date.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to customers using DAF CLOUDworks.
• Modify and enhance products to implement new requirements.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and follow Agile process.

Skills

Full-stack web development

Typescript

React

Node.js

CSS

API

NoSQL DB

Python

Agile principles

Git

AWS

Azure

Education

Bachelor’s degree in science

Master’s degree

Tools

ShadCN

Tailwind CSS

Gitlab

SonarQube

DynamoDB

Job description

Full-Stack Web Developer – DAF CLOUDworks – Air Force Research Lab (Rome, NY)

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems (NGDS) is seeking a Full‑Stack Web Developer to maintain and enhance capabilities in support of DAF CLOUDworks at the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) in Rome, NY.

Relocation & Travel

Relocation assistance may be available. Travel: yes, approximately 10% of the time.

Role & Responsibilities

• Actively participate in a cross‑functional team providing technical support to customers using DAF CLOUDworks.
• Collaborate on operations and sustainment, modifying and enhancing products to implement new requirements, improve functionality, increase efficiency, and lower operating and deployment costs.
• Maintain effective communication and strong working relationships with internal stakeholders.
• Follow Agile development process and fully support the software development life‑cycle.
• Interface with geographically distributed teams, clearly communicating project status and blockers.
• Support 24/7 on‑call rotation.

Basic Qualifications

• Level3: Bachelor’s degree in science with5+years of software development experience, or Master’s with3+years, or4additional years in lieu of a degree.
• Level4: Bachelor’s degree in science with8+years of software development experience, or Master’s with6+years, or4additional years in lieu of a degree.
• Active Secret clearance; ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance.
• Ability to obtain IAT LevelII certification (e.g., CASP+, Security+) per DoD8570.01 within 60days of start date.
• Experience developing full‑stack web applications with Typescript, React, Node.js, CSS, Lambda, API, NoSQL DB, and Python.
• Experience with UI styling frameworks such as ShadCN or Tailwind CSS.
• Proficiency with version control (Git) and cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure).
• Experience applying Agile principles, processes, and tools in development.
• Strong interpersonal, analytical, problem‑solving, organizational, and multi‑tasking skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, testing, and troubleshooting abilities.
• Ability to debug, optimize code, and automate routine tasks.
• Demonstrated experience in cloud adoption, environment prototyping, and data migration.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• CompTIA Security+ or equivalent IATLevelII (DoD8570.01).
• Prior DoD development experience.
• Strong understanding of web security, including WAF, SQL Injection/XSS prevention, and authentication/authorization via zero‑trust workflows (IAM, RBAC).
• Experience with Gitlab runners, CI/CD pipelines, and SonarQube or other static code analysis frameworks.
• Experience with document databases such as DynamoDB.
• Exposure to frameworks such as React, Angular, Java, JavaScript.

Salary & Benefits

• Level3: $103,600 – $155,400 per year.
• Level4: $129,300 – $193,900 per year.
• Eligible for overtime, shift differential, and discretionary bonuses.
• Annual bonuses rewarding individual contributions and company performance.
• Health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan.
• Company‑paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and personal business.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship required for all positions with a government clearance.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO.