Northrop Grumman

Release Train Software Engineer - Level 6

Northrop Grumman$184K — $276K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with 14 years of experience, or Master's with 12, or PhD with 10 years - additional 4+ years may substitute for degree.
  • Active TS/SCI clearance required at application, with willingness to complete a CI polygraph.
  • 8 years of experience in organizational management or IPT leadership.
  • 5 years of software development experience, particularly in defense-related fields.
  • Exceptional interpersonal skills and a collaborative management style. The ability to build trusted stakeholder relationships.

Responsibilities

  • Act as Chief Scrum Master leading agile scrum execution for the Software Organization.
  • Collaborate with Product Owners to ensure the product backlog is complete and accurate.
  • Oversee Agile framework processes including planning, retrospectives, and scrum execution.
  • Provide leadership and coaching to feature teams on process execution and complex issue resolution.
  • Manage dependencies and monitor execution through key performance indicators.
  • Identify agile performance metrics for continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Coordinate with program leadership for effective staffing and process availability.

Benefits

  • Relocation assistance may be available.
  • Work schedule includes 9/80 with every other Friday off.
  • Comprehensive Total Rewards and benefits package, including health insurance and paid time off.
  • Opportunity to work on mission-critical projects with a collaborative team environment.
  • Development opportunities within a leading organization in the defense sector.
Full Job Description
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the TimeDescription

Expand your horizons, advance your career, and contribute to a secure future for generations. Northrop Grumman's Space Sector invites you to bring your pioneering spirit to our collaborative teams. As a senior Release Train Software Engineer - Level 6 located in Morrisville, NC, you'll be a linchpin in missions of paramount importance, defining the art of the possible from day one. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work.

What You'll get to Do: We are looking for a Release Train Engineer to facilitate program level processes and execution, drive continuous improvement, and remove roadblocks to program execution. The RTE will serve as the Chief Scrum Master for the organization and associated feature teams. The position will partner with the Chief Product Owner, Chief Engineer, and System Architect to lead an agile software development organization focused on meeting dynamic customer requirements and delivering mission critical capabilities. The RTE will orchestrate Agile ceremonies, remove impediments, and ensure a predictable, high-quality flow of software execution from concept through sustainment. The team is dynamic, highly focused, and is looking to add a leader to help drive execution in developing new and impactful capabilities.

This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off.

Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
  • Act as the RTE/Chief Scrum Master coordinating and driving scrum execution for the Software Organization.
  • Collaborate with Product Owners to ensure complete and accurate product backlog.
  • Own and oversee Agile framework processes and procedures. These include increment planning, demos, scrum execution, sprint planning, retrospectives, etc.
  • Provide leadership to feature teams and act as a consultant/coach to the management to resolve contingencies and complex issues.
  • Identify and manage dependencies across feature teams.
  • Monitor and control execution through the identification and tracking of leading performance indicators.
  • Identify and track agile performance metrics to identify performance trends and support continuous improvement.
  • Ensure effective identification and management of issues, risks and opportunities.
  • Drive issues and decisions to closure considering competing points of view, constraints, customer/stakeholder priorities and program strategic objectives.
  • Help build and sustain an effective, engaged, and integrated team in a complex, geographically dispersed, and dynamic environment.
  • Act as primary program contact for mission software products, and work with program leadership to monitor and address technical execution.
  • Effectively coordinate and collaborate with program and Northrop Grumman functional leadership to ensure required staffing, processes and infrastructure are available to efficiently execute program objectives.
  • Other duties as assigned


If this job description reads like it was written specifically for you, consider joining our team!

This position is contingent upon the candidate obtaining final clearances and program access(es) within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company.

Basic Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree with 14 years of professional experience - OR - Master's degree with 12 years of professional experience - OR - PhD with 10 years of professional experience. Will consider an additional 4+ years of experience in lieu of degree.
  • Requires an active Top-Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with willingness and ability to submit for and favorably succeed a Counterintelligence (CI) polygraph
  • Must have a combined work experience relevant to technical, functional, project leadership, or major IPT leadership supporting DoD, Intelligence Community, or other Federal Government Systems.
  • 8 years of organizational management or IPT leadership experience
  • 5 years of SW development experience
  • Demonstrated ability to create trusted relationships with stakeholders
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, a collaborative management style, and an inherent drive to deliver on commitments
  • Excellent verbal and written communications skills
  • Familiarity with and willingness to work in a secure environment
  • Leadership experience building effective and engaged multi-discipline teams


PreferredQualifications:
  • Favorably adjudicated CI or FS polygraph
  • STEM degree
  • Experience leading large agile software development efforts
  • Experience developing data processing software systems in the defense industry
  • Experience delivering software into a Cloud environment
  • Demonstrated depth of experience in System Engineering and/or Software Development
  • Excellent conflict management and negotiation skills
  • Effective dealing with personnel issues
  • Proven ability to effectively work across multiple organizations to form teams, gain internal support, act with speed, and make tough decisions


Curious about all the exciting developments with the Northrop Grumman Space Sector? Click the link below:

https://www.northropgrumman.com/space

Working at Northrop Grumman is more than just a paycheck. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards and benefits package designed to help you thrive at work and in life. For more information on our Total Rewards package, please visit our Total Rewards site.

Northrop Grumman Total Rewards

Primary Level Salary Range: $184,100.00 - $276,100.00

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 candidate's 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.

About Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman is a security company that provides systems, products, and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, shipbuilding, and technical services to government and commercial customers. They design, develop, and build everything from aircraft and spacecraft to cyber security systems. The company is involved in a wide range of defense and technology projects, including the development of aircraft, space systems, cybersecurity solutions, and advanced electronics.

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88,000 employees
Market Cap
$82.7 billion
Industry
Net Income
$3.1 billion
Founded
1939
5 Year Trend
+7.6%
Revenue
$36.7 billion
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