Top Secret Data Solutions Lead (On‑Site)

Northrop Grumman Corp. (AU); San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 177,000 - 265,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Holidays and PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Corp. (AU) is seeking a senior data solutions lead to mature data platforms for multiple programs. You will own data acquisition, processing, storage, and dissemination, shaping enterprise strategy and guiding analytics value opportunities.

The role requires coordinating cross‑functional teams and ensuring solutions meet mission needs with strong architectural oversight. Active Top Secret clearance is required, with SAP access possible.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in STEM with 12 years of related experience; or Master’s with 10 years; or PhD with 8 years.
• Technical project lead and Product Owner accountable for outcomes.
• Experience with data acquisition, storage, processing, analysis, and big‑data challenges.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret clearance and SAP access.

Responsibilities

• Provide collaborative technical leadership to mature data solutions across programs and units.
• Serve as SME for data acquisition, harmonization, processing, storage, and dissemination.
• Translate raw sensor/telemetry into actionable information for mission decisions.
• Lead architecture for off‑site storage and extensible data dissemination.
• Define enterprise strategy and expand mission sets; align with roadmaps.
• Advise leadership on analytics value opportunities and ROI.
• Collaborate with end‑user teams to meet real‑world needs and feedback.
• Own requirements, design, and reach‑back support; drive feature completion.
• Backlog decomposition, prioritization, and Definition of Done governance.
• Foster knowledge sharing across data disciplines and governance of standards.

Skills

Data architecture

Data analysis

Big data

Project leadership

Product Owner

Cross-functional teamwork

Job description

Northrop Grumman Corp. (AU) is seeking a senior data solutions lead to mature data platforms for multiple programs. You will own data acquisition, processing, storage, and dissemination, shaping enterprise strategy and guiding analytics value opportunities.

The role requires coordinating cross‑functional teams and ensuring solutions meet mission needs with strong architectural oversight. Active Top Secret clearance is required, with SAP access possible.