Senior Principal Operations Engineer — 24x7 Mission Systems

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 142,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman's Space Sector is seeking a Sr. Principal Operations Support Engineer – Level 4 to join our onsite team in Aurora, CO.

This role focuses on developing and maintaining a deep technical understanding of mission-critical systems to troubleshoot issues and maximize availability. The position requires extensive STEM credentials, active clearance, and experience in operations or systems engineering.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in a STEM field with 8+ years of professional experience OR Master’s with 6+ years OR PhD with 4+ years.
• Active Top-Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance with an active Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph at time of application.
• Prior operations and/or systems engineering experience.
• Experience with Linx OS and Linux scripting tools.
• Scripting languages: PERL, Python, or MATLAB.
• Ability to work a non-traditional work week including occasional 12-hour shifts and weekends.
• Experience with Atlassian tool suite (Confluence, JIRA).

Responsibilities

• Development of products and CONOPs for the 24x7 operation of a mission-critical system.
• Trending of operational data and simulation of products and CONOPs before transition to operations.
• Returning systems to an operational state, maximizing mission availability.
• Review or develop standard operating procedures for real-time events and anomaly recoveries.
• Developing scripts and products to automate the operations of complex systems.
• Develop suites of operational products for newly delivered systems.

Skills

Systems engineering

Security clearance

Geographically diverse teams

Non-traditional schedule

Operations experience

Education

Bachelor’s STEM degree + 8y

Master’s + 6y

PhD + 4y

Tools

Linx OS

Linux scripting

Confluence

JIRA

Job description

Northrop Grumman's Space Sector is seeking a Sr. Principal Operations Support Engineer – Level 4 to join our onsite team in Aurora, CO.

This role focuses on developing and maintaining a deep technical understanding of mission-critical systems to troubleshoot issues and maximize availability. The position requires extensive STEM credentials, active clearance, and experience in operations or systems engineering.