Senior Software Engineer (TS/SCI) – Space Systems, Aurora

Northrop Grumman; Aurora (CO); On-site; USD 142,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays

PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Software Engineer in Aurora, CO to contribute to agile development on innovative programs. You’ll work on a scalable intelligence ground station, participating in design, development, and operational support across lifecycle stages.

The role emphasizes object-oriented Java, container technologies, and modern CI/CD practices in a collaborative, multi-team environment. A Top Secret/SCI clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level degree with 8+ years software development experience; or 6+ years with a Master’s.
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance required at time of application.
• Experience designing, developing, and troubleshooting using object-oriented programming (Java).
• Experience with Container Management (Docker and Docker-Compose) and networking with containers.

Responsibilities

• Work on an agile development team using modern development practices.
• Contribute to development and operational support across programs at the Aurora campus.
• Engage with micro-service architecture and containerized workloads to deliver features.

Skills

Java programming

Agile methodologies

Git workflows

CI/CD concepts

Education

Bachelor’s degree in science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Spring framework

Vue.js

Elasticsearch

Maven

Docker-Compose

Job description

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Software Engineer in Aurora, CO to contribute to agile development on innovative programs. You’ll work on a scalable intelligence ground station, participating in design, development, and operational support across lifecycle stages.

The role emphasizes object-oriented Java, container technologies, and modern CI/CD practices in a collaborative, multi-team environment. A Top Secret/SCI clearance is required.