RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes
CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret
TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time
DescriptionNorthrop Grumman Aerospace Systems is currently seeking a Principal or Senior Principal Engineer Software (Cyber Engineer) to join the team. This position will be based Melbourne, FL.
The Software Engineer will apply technical expertise in solving complex integrations problems. The Software Engineer will interact with Program Management, external suppliers and/or government customers. Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills are required. Security clearance with ability to obtain Top Secret. Responsibilities include: containerization and securing of applications, Operating System hardening and network security.The role requires deploying, automating, maintaining, troubleshooting, and improving the systems and software infrastructure for rapid deployment and maintainability of the infrastructure. This software role requires you to have hands-on technical experience with virtualization, environment automation and management, and continuous improvements.
Essential Functions:
Advise on integration of new emerging industry technologies to the program9s systems
Review, analyze, and incorporate technical requirements into end-to-end system architectures
Responsible for implementing the network configurations as designed, and coordinating with peers, SMEs, and government engineers on hardening and securing of the system as a whole.
Occasional travel may be required
Work with various team members to integrate functionality with other software components.
Support software working groups with the customer.
Develop and share technical documentation and presentations.
This requisition may be filled at either a Principal Level or a Sr. Principal Level.
Basic Qualifications:
Principal level (T03): Bachelor9s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 5 or more years of experience in software engineering OR a Master9s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 3 or more years of experience in software engineering OR a PHD in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline with relevant software engineering experience
Senior Principal level (T04): Bachelor9s Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and at least 8 years9 experience, or STEM master9s degree with 6 years9 experience, or a STEM PHD with 4 years9 experience.
Current DOD 8570 IAT Level II or greater certification (Security+)
Able to obtain and maintain DoD Top Secret clearance (Interim required to start)
Experience with Agile
Familiarity with the Atlassian tool suite, plugins, Git and Confluence
Experience developing software in Linux and Windows environments
Development experience with OOP languages
Experience remote debugging hardware/software systems
Experience with Firewall, VPN, switch, and router configuration
Experience with configuration and management of Cisco, Palo Alto, or Juniper network appliances
Experience with authentication and data encryption methods, to include securing communications at either the datalink or network layer
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with containerization technologies
Experience with net-booting and overlay file systems
Experience with container orchestration systems (e.g. Kubernetes)
Experience with virtualization technology (e.g. VirtualBox, QEMU, KVM, vmWare)
Experience with scripting (Bash, Python)
Experience with Linux IP stack
Experience with network security (e.g. SELinux, CIPSO, SECMARK)
Experience with multilevel security solutions
Experience with Cisco, Palo Alto, or Juniper
Experience with Agile best practices and processes; tasking, accountability, interception, process enforcement
Familiarity with the Atlassian tool suite, plugins, Git and Confluence
Experience developing software in Linux and Windows environments
Development experience with OOP languages
Experience remote debugging hardware/software systems
Experience with Firewall, VPN, switch, and router configuration
Experience with configuration and management of Cisco, Palo Alto, or Juniper network appliances
Experience with authentication and data encryption methods, to include securing communications at either the datalink or network layer
Current DOD 8570 IAT Level II or greater certification (Security+)
DoD Top Secret Clearance
Primary Level Salary Range: $98,400.00 - $147,600.00
Secondary Level Salary Range: $122,800.00 - $184,200.00
The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate9s experience, education, skills and current market conditions.
Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.
