Principal Software Engineer (AHT)

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems (NGDS) is seeking software engineers to develop and maintain capabilities in support of a new defense program named CHAIN (C4ISR Holistic Analysis of Networks). CHAIN has been designated by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to become the standard C4ISR intelligence and analysis tool across the DoD intelligence community (DoD IC). CHAIN is a cloud-based DevSecOps platform based on Platform One's Big Bang. It will feature the latest in Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) projects and tools. Candidates should have a track record and interest in working with cloud-compatible technologies to solve complex challenges and deliver results to support today's modern warfighter and C4ISR intelligence analysts. The CHAIN program is managed from the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton Ohio.

• One of the following:
• A high school diploma with a minimum of 9 years of software development experience
• A bachelor's degree with a minimum of 5 years of software development experience
• A master's in degree with a minimum of 3 years of software development experience
• Full stack web development experience
• Experience writing software applications using Go, Java, or Python
• Experience working with web applications and front-end frameworks such as Vue.js, React, or Angular
• Interest in full stack development of cloud-based microservice applications
• Familiarity with Agile development processes such as Scrum and Kanban
• Strong interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with technical teams
• Ability to prioritize and adjust tasks to accomplish project results
• Ability to comprehend and analyze complex problems and develop solutions
• U.S. Citizenship with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with the following technologies:
• Javascript, Typescript, and Vue.js
• Graph and document NoSQL databases such as ArangoDB and Dgraph
• GeoJSON and CesiumJS
• Go (programming language)
• Gitlab
• Istio
• Grafana
• Helm
• Elastic
• HTML
• CSS, SCSS
• Software security tools such as Trivy and Sonarqube
• Experience developing containerized software applications using Docker, Podman, and Kubernetes
• Experience designing and developing REST APIs
• Experience working with semantic knowledge graphs, ontologies, and RDF triplestores
• Experience working with tree data structures and traversal algorithms such as depth-first search and breadth-first search
• Experience working with medium to large scale, cloud-based microservice applications
• Knowledge or experience of the zero-trust security model and PKI-based authentication using X.509 certificates
• DevOps experience or interest in using DevOps to support software development
• Experience with continuous integration / continuous deployment (CI/CD) using Gitlab Runners

Primary Level Salary Range: $103,600.00 - $155,400.00

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.

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.