Staff Systems Engineer & IT Lead — SCI Clearance (Onsite)

Northrop Grumman Corp. (AU); Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 169,000 - 266,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Systems seeks an experienced Staff Systems Engineer for an I&T Lead role in the Intelligence Systems Division Engineering, supporting the Intelligence and Sensing BU from Fairfax, VA or Morrisville, NC. Onsite only.

Requires DoD SCI clearance, STEM degree, and 8–12+ years of systems engineering experience, with ground software deployment, V&V, and proven ability to lead dispersed teams and brief management.

Qualifications

• Active DoD SCI security clearance required.
• Degree in STEM field with related experience.
• Minimum 8–12 years of relevant systems engineering experience.
• Experience with ground system software deployment, integration, and testing.
• Experience with SW requirements, verification and validation.
• Ability to lead dispersed teams and brief management.

Responsibilities

• Lead a geographically dispersed, diverse team in a high-paced software testing environment.
• Develop and review software-intensive test plans and procedures.
• Brief higher management, customers, and external organizations clearly.
• Coordinate ground system software deployment and testing in cloud-based environments.
• Support risk mitigation and root cause analysis.

Skills

SCI clearance

Systems engineering

Team leadership

Ground system deployment

V&V

Requirements management

Education

STEM degree

Tools

Confluence

Jira

Bitbucket

Jenkins

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Northrop Grumman Space Systems seeks an experienced Staff Systems Engineer for an I&T Lead role in the Intelligence Systems Division Engineering, supporting the Intelligence and Sensing BU from Fairfax, VA or Morrisville, NC. Onsite only.

Requires DoD SCI clearance, STEM degree, and 8–12+ years of systems engineering experience, with ground software deployment, V&V, and proven ability to lead dispersed teams and brief management.