Software Engineer, TS/SCI – Real-Time Space Ops

Northrop Grumman; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 104,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company paid holidays

PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Front Range Operations and Sustainment Team (FROST) on-site at Schriever SFB near Colorado Springs, CO. The role focuses on real-time satellite support software, Java development, and containerized services.

You will work with Java, Spring Boot, and microservices, deploying to Kubernetes and collaborating with NRO SCN integrations and SpaceX/ULA launch support. On-site required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of experience or a master’s and 3 years’ experience or a High School diploma / equivalent with 9 years’ experience may be considered in lieu of degree
• Work on-site at Schriever SFB, near Colorado Springs, CO
• Will consider candidates with a TS/SCI clearance. Will require CI Poly prior to start
• Experience and proficiency with Java
• Knowledge with Spring Boot framework or other similar experience

Responsibilities

• Maintain software used to establish connections for status & control of ground equipment.
• Provide Java software development. Perform all aspects of software engineering support required to implement systems.
• Also maintain software that handles scheduling of on-orbit contacts, and orbit calculations.
• Write software that supports launch operations with trajectory calculations for the SpaceX and ULA vendors.
• Provide assistance for team members on Java development and Spring Boot framework.
• Develop React-based user interfaces for operator interaction.
• Assist writing microservices that interact with vendor interfaces for data processing.
• Deploy new containerized applications in Kubernetes environments.
• Assist with new customer requests by extending and enhancing existing capabilities and creating new ones where needed.

Skills

Java programming

Spring Boot framework

C++ programming

Git / version control

SQL / NoSQL databases

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Ansible

MongoDB

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Front Range Operations and Sustainment Team (FROST) on-site at Schriever SFB near Colorado Springs, CO. The role focuses on real-time satellite support software, Java development, and containerized services.

You will work with Java, Spring Boot, and microservices, deploying to Kubernetes and collaborating with NRO SCN integrations and SpaceX/ULA launch support. On-site required.