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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.Northrop Grumman Space Sector is seeking multiple Software Engineers to support an innovative program in their development, integration, deployment, and sustainment of satellite ground software.\nThis position can be located onsite at our Aurora, CO or Morrisville, NC campus.\nThe ideal candidate will have the ability to take ownership of hard problems and drive to a solution, while working in a team environment and provide leadership for its implementation. It is critical that you understand the software development life cycle. The Software Engineer will participate in the full life cycle of software development, to include requirements development, modeling and design, application development, unit to CSCI testing, integration, formal system testing, release, installation, and maintenance. The Software Engineer will apply technical expertise in solving complex integrations problems.\nThis position requires interfaces between systems analysts/programmers and users located in a specialized area to ensure that information technology designs meet the needs of the end users within an organization. Documents product/service requirements and develop test procedures to ensure user requests are carried out. The Software Engineer will interact with Program Management, and/or government customers. Therefore, excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills are required. A solid experience in bash scripting, Python, or other OOP languages, in a Linux environment is required.\nAbout our organization: Our Aurora Software & Digital Engineering department comprises 200+ engineers, DevOps specialists, system administrators, DBAs, and network engineers-from entry-level talent to chief architects. Engineers often serve as informal subject-matter experts and may assume formal technical-leadership roles. Career progression into higher-level technical or leadership positions is strongly supported.\nWhat You’ll Have an Opportunity to Do:\nFull stack development at the OS, platform, and mission unique software layer\n\nApplications will span languages and toolsets including GO, Python, Postgres, Kubernetes/Docker, AWS cloud infrastructure provisioning, PKI, and static code analysis execution and finding remediation.\n\nDeveloper will be expected to be a self-starter capable of making decisions with overall project budget and schedule in mind.\n\nDevelop software which provides command and control functionality of a hardware system (sending commands, receiving acknowledgements, working on and integrating across interfaces)\n\nDevelop software which enables activity planning and constraint checking to achieve mission outcomes.\n\nDevelop software which enables the visualization of a complex and dynamic environment in both two and 3 dimensions, complete with decisions tools, intelligent context, and user-centric interface design.\n\nThis position may be filled as a Principal Software Engineer (level 3) or Sr. Principal Software Engineer (level 4).\nBasic Qualifications:\nPrincipal Engineer Level 3:\nBachelor’s Degree with 5 years of development experience (3 years with a Master’s Degree, 1 years with a PhD). 4 additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.\n\nMust have active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility at time of application.\n\n2 Years Experience with Agile programs\n\n2 Years Experience with the design, build, and deployment of software products\n\n2 Years Experience in producing software architecture documentation\n\nFull-stack software engineering experience\n\nStrong experience with Java 1.8+ (object-oriented design and implementation)\n\nExperience developing microservice-based applications\n\nExperience working in automated CI/CD pipelines, including: Unit testing, integration testing and Automation test frameworks such as Robot or Cucumber\n\nExperience with version control systems\n\nSr. Principal Engineer Level 4:\nBachelor’s Degree with 8 years of development experience (6 years with a Master’s Degree, 4 years with a PhD). 4 additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.\n\nActive Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility at time of application.\n\n4 years with Agile programs\n\n4 years of experience with the design, build, and deployment of software products\n\n4 years of experience in producing software architecture documentation\n\nFull-stack software engineering experience\n\nStrong experience with Java 1.8+ (object-oriented design and implementation)\n\nExperience developing microservice-based applications\n\nExperience working in automated CI/CD pipelines, including: Unit testing, integration testing and Automation test frameworks such as Robot or Cucumber\n\nExperience with version control systems\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience developing on Red Hat Linux 8 or similar Linux environments\n\nExperience deploying applications into cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP)\n\nGround systems domain knowledge\n\nExperience working under high security requirements and secure development practices\n\nExperience with RESTful APIs and JMS (event-driven and message-based architectures)\n\nExperience with build and deployment tooling such as Git, Maven, Helm, Harbor\n\nStrong front-end development experience with JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue)\n\nFamiliarity with Agile, Scrum, and DevOps principles and workflows\n\nStrong technical documentation and communication skills\n\nExperience with API schemas, deployment standards, and Helm-based deployment patterns\n\nSystem troubleshooting, performance analysis, and recovery of production services\n\nOperations and Maintenance (O&M) experience and/or demonstrated bug resolution and incident response\n\nPrimary Level Salary Range: $114,000.00 - $171,000.00Secondary Level Salary Range: $142,200.00 - $213,400.00The 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.Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. 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