Staff C2E Software Architect: Lead Cross‑Domain & Secure Cloud

Northrop Grumman Corp. (AU); San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 177,000 - 266,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance may be available

Health insurance

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems seeks a Staff C2E Software Architect to lead end-to-end architecture for cross-domain, multi-level security solutions. The role includes guiding cloud migration to Microsoft Azure and steering technical teams from concept to field sustainment.

On-site location options include El Segundo, CA; Redondo Beach, CA; or San Diego, CA. Required are 8–12+ years in secure distributed architectures, expertise in Zero Trust, RBAC/IAM, and DoD-grade integration, with a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in STEM with extensive relevant experience in secure system design.
• Experience in architecting secure, distributed solutions.
• Ability to obtain and maintain US Government Top Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end architecture for cross-domain and multi-level security solutions.
• Guide cloud migration to Microsoft Azure.
• Lead technical teams through concept, development, integration, and sustainment.
• Own CI/CD pipeline across software and infrastructure lifecycles.
• Perform system engineering decomposition and interface definition.

Skills

Cross Domain Solutions

Multi Level Security

Microsoft Azure

Cloud & distributed hardware

GFX/GFE hardware

Zero Trust

RBAC/IAM

Network architecture

CI/CD tooling

Ansible

Terraform

PowerShell

Python

Docker

Kubernetes

VMware

Hyper-V

KVM

COTS integration

Education

MS in Computer Engineering/Electrical Engineering/Computer Science

Bachelors degree in STEM

PhD in STEM (preferred)

Tools

Cameo Systems Modeler

Docker

Kubernetes

VMware

Hyper-V

KVM

Terraform

Ansible

PowerShell

Python

GitLab/Jenkins/Azure DevOps

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems seeks a Staff C2E Software Architect to lead end-to-end architecture for cross-domain, multi-level security solutions. The role includes guiding cloud migration to Microsoft Azure and steering technical teams from concept to field sustainment.

On-site location options include El Segundo, CA; Redondo Beach, CA; or San Diego, CA. Required are 8–12+ years in secure distributed architectures, expertise in Zero Trust, RBAC/IAM, and DoD-grade integration, with a