Senior Software Engineer, GCCS-J (Secret Clearance)

Northrop Grumman; Newport News (VA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the GCCS‑J program in Newport News, VA. You will lead design, development, integration, and optimization of data-driven software that modernizes the Joint Command and Control system for real-time battlespace awareness.

The role requires strong Java/JavaScript/TypeScript skills, REST/messaging experience, and Linux/UNIX with containerized deployments. Secret clearance is required; DoD background preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years, or Associate with 10+ years, or HS diploma with 12+ years accepted in lieu.
• Strong Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, and OO design experience.
• Experience with REST/messaging platforms (Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, GraphQL, SSEs).

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, integration, and optimization of data-driven software.
• Provide technical leadership across the full software lifecycle with scalable architectures.

Skills

Java

JavaScript

TypeScript

REST

Kafka

RabbitMQ

ActiveMQ

GraphQL

SQL

Vue.js

Angular

Linux/UNIX

Containers

Education

Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years experience

Associate degree with 10+ years experience

High School diploma / equivalent with 12+ years experience

Tools

Spring Boot

Node.js

NPM

Ansible

Maven

Gradle

Jenkins

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

GitOps

Git

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the GCCS‑J program in Newport News, VA. You will lead design, development, integration, and optimization of data-driven software that modernizes the Joint Command and Control system for real-time battlespace awareness.

The role requires strong Java/JavaScript/TypeScript skills, REST/messaging experience, and Linux/UNIX with containerized deployments. Secret clearance is required; DoD background preferred.