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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Sentinel - Data Management Capability Lead Sr. Principal Systems - **Company:** Northrop Grumman - **Location:** Roy, UT, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $122,800.0 - $184,200.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Cyber Security, Data Architecture, Distributed Systems, Network Interface Controllers, Design of User Interfaces, Object-Oriented Software Development, Systems Development Life Cycle, Rhapsody, Requirements Management, Requirements Traceability, SAP (Applications), Software Requirements Analysis, Systems Modeling Language, MagicDraw, Data Management - **Published:** July 22, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9047986/sentinel-data-management-capability-lead-sr-principal-systems ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in STEM with 8 Years of related experience; 6 Years with Masters; 4 Years with PhD * Must be a U.S. Citizen with an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application with an investigation completed within the last 6 years, current and within scope. * Must have the ability to obtain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period, as determined by the company to meet its business needs. * 2+ years of experience with requirements management/analysis/allocations * 2+ years of experience with Model-Based Engineering / Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBE/MBSE) practices, languages and/or tools such as Cameo, Rhapsody or MagicDraw * 2+ years of experience with one or more of the following: Command & Control (C2), physical security, cybersecurity, Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) systems/processes, communications systems, facility design, military aerospace development (e.g. Sentinel, Minute Man III, B-2, B-21 delivery systems) * Active DoD Top Secret Clearance * Demonstrated understanding of the Systems Engineering Vee Model * 3+ years of experience in model-based systems engineering; thread-based system decomposition, requirements engineering, system modeling in SysML * Experience in documenting Interface Control Documents, Interface Requirement Specifications, and Interface Description Documents * Understanding of Object-Oriented Systems Engineering Methodology and systems thinking * Excellent collaboration skills and experience working across product, design, and systems engineering teams with various stakeholder communities * Proven experience leading Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Cost (RAM-C) engineering efforts for distributed systems, including defining Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) and Level of Repair Analysis (LORA) * Advanced expertise in Human Factors Engineering (HFE) compliance, specifically regarding user-interface design, workload modeling, and situational awareness for operators in launch control or command facilities * Direct experience authoring and enforcing Program Protection Plans (PPP), identifying Critical Program Information (CPI), and implementing anti-tamper and supply chain risk mitigations * Experience with ICBM weapon system engineering and integration * Experience with complex system development on large programs ## Description The Data Management Capability Lead Sr. Principal Systems Engineer (level 4)will join the Command Systems team leading activities including requirements definition / allocation, functional decomposition, interface definition, verification & validation, and requirements traceability across the ground segment of the Sentinel Weapon System. Specific duties to include, but are not limited to the following: * Lead a small team of systems engineers to develop the model-based data architecture across various tools of the engineering value stream (architecture, design, software) for the Sentinel ground system. * Work with both technical teams and stakeholders to develop and mature a configuration controlled and configured data model. * Help develop and incorporate the appropriate requirements for the system and ensure that they are properly represented in the model. * Develop systems architecture using Cameo Enterprise Architecture (behavioral, structural, analytical). * Contribute to system requirements development, management, and analysis. * Develop unifying model techniques, procedures, and processes (for model development, tool integration, and team integration). 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