Senior Cyber Software Engineer | Top Secret Clearance

0090 CORP-Corporate Office

United States

On-site

USD 149,000 - 224,000

Full time

3 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Health care benefits
401(k) matching
Paid time off & holidays

Job summary

Northrop Grumman seeks a Sr. Principal Cyber Software Engineer to advance software for national security missions. You will work on secure applications, messaging, and network systems, advancing research in cyberspace, vulnerability analysis, and multi-domain solutions.

You will design, test and sustain backend services in C++/Java 21+, with frontend interfaces, while collaborating with hardware and systems teams in a highly regulated, secure environment. U.S.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 8+ years of related professional experience or Master's with 6+ years.
  • Current in-scope U.S. Government Top Secret/SCI clearance or enrollment in Continuous Evaluation; SAP clearance required.
  • C++ and/or Java 21+ proficiency with backend service development and frontend interfaces.
  • Experience with UDP/TCP networking and hybrid protocols; experience with messaging brokers.

Responsibilities

  • Develop solutions to national security threats involving software, messaging systems, infrastructure, and vulnerability research.
  • Design, develop, document, test and debug applications and systems with logical/mathematical solutions.
  • Collaborate with hardware engineers in planning, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems.
  • Determine user needs; analyze system capabilities; prepare operating instructions; design and develop compilers/utility programs.

Skills

C++
Java
Backend development
Frontend interfaces
Networking
Messaging brokers

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM
Master's degree in STEM

Tools

Spring Boot
MongoDB
Elasticsearch
Angular/React/Vue.js

Job description

Northrop Grumman seeks a Sr. Principal Cyber Software Engineer to advance software for national security missions. You will work on secure applications, messaging, and network systems, advancing research in cyberspace, vulnerability analysis, and multi-domain solutions.

You will design, test and sustain backend services in C++/Java 21+, with frontend interfaces, while collaborating with hardware and systems teams in a highly regulated, secure environment. U.S.

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