RELOCATION ASSISTANCE
Relocation assistance may be available.
CLEARANCE REQUIRED
Clearance required for start: Yes.
Clearance type: Top Secret.
Accountable: U.S.
Government Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility; ability to obtain and maintain initial Special Access Program (SAP) access via a Program Access Request (PAR).
TRAVEL
Travel may be required up to 25% of the time.
POSITION OVERVIEW
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking to add a Software Engineer/Principal Software Engineer – Java Developer to join our team on site in Rancho Bernardo, CA.
The candidate should be a self‑starter with familiarity working in an Integrated Product Team construct.
This full‑time, on‑site role does not support remote or hybrid work.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
* Develop, integrate, test and maintain desktop and web applications and backend services as part of an Integration Functional Capability (IFC).
* Collaborate and work in an engineering environment with other teams such as software teams, hardware team, and system test team.
* Identify technical risks or opportunities and proactively develop mitigation plans.
* Communicate the progress and accomplishments of the team to senior leadership.
* Create and maintain continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines to ensure stability and quality at all stages of the software development life cycle.
* Work in a process‑oriented software development environment across the software lifecycle.
* Strong desire to learn new things and adapt where required.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
* Level 2: Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 2 years of related engineering experience; or a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 0 years of related engineering experience.
* Level 3: Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 5 years of related engineering experience; or a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related engineering experience; or a Ph.D. in a STEM discipline and 1 year of related engineering experience.
* Experience in developing Java microservices, web services and/or desktop applications.
* Experience with XML/XSLT/XSD and XML technologies such as JAXB and XPath.
* Experience with Maven.
* Strong collaboration and excellent communication skills (verbal and written) using tools such as Confluence and Jira.
* Familiarity with Agile development approach (sprint planning, retrospective, scrum).
* Active U.S.
Government Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility (background investigation within last 5 years or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation).
* Ability to obtain and maintain initial Special Access Program (SAP) access via a Program Access Request (PAR) before commencement of employment.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
* Current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
* Experience working with Postgres, CloudNativePG, Elasticsearch, MongoDB, or Redis.
* Experience interfacing with a messaging service such as JMS, ActiveMQ or Kafka.
* Experience developing containerized software.
* Experience automating tasks using Ansible, Bash, PowerShell or Python.
* Experience creating or maintaining DevOps CI/CD pipelines: Maven, Bamboo, GitLab, Bitbucket.
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
Primary Level salary range: $91,800.00 – $137,600.00.
Secondary Level salary range: $114,000.00 – $171,000.00.
Base pay may be supplemented by overtime, shift differential, discretionary bonus, and, for certain positions, long‑term incentives.
Benefits include health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, company‑paid holidays, and paid time off (PTO) for vacation or personal business.
Additional detailed compensation practices are determined by scope, responsibilities, candidate experience, education, skills and market conditions.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT
Northrop Grumman is an
Equal Opportunity Employer.
For a complete EEO and pay transparency statement, visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO.
U.S. citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
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