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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 Defense Systems (NGDS) is seeking a Staff Data Engineer (T5) to serve as the Lead Engineer for the Decision Support & Analytics (DS&A) portfolio in our Roy, UT Innovation Center. This role works in close partnership with the DS&A Portfolio Manager and focuses on the technical design and delivery of decision support systems and analytics products that increase the speed and accuracy of decision making for program and division leadership. This role may offer a competitive relocation package\nAs the DS&A Lead Engineer (T5), you will:\nLead the technical design and implementation of decision support and analytics solutions that leverage data from Data Engineering & Intelligence (DE&I) platforms and other sources to provide high-value insights.\nDesign and oversee analytics pipelines and data models that support dashboards, reports, and analytic services for executive and engineering stakeholders.\nEstablish and promote standards for analytics data modeling, dashboard design, visualization patterns, and performance optimization, ensuring consistency and quality across DS&A products.\nConduct and lead technical trade studies and design reviews for new analytics capabilities, assessing options for feasibility, scalability, usability, and maintainability.\nProvide hands-on technical leadership and mentoring to engineers and developers working on DS&A products, guiding them in choosing appropriate tools, patterns, and techniques.\nCollaborate closely with the DE&I Lead Engineer and other portfolio leads to ensure smooth integration between data platforms and decision support/analytics layers.\nSupport the DS&A Portfolio Manager in preparing technical content for briefings to DSP leadership and customers, including explaining analytic architectures, performance results, and limitations.\nServe as a key technical resource for questions related to DS&A architectures, tools, and practices, advising teams on how to best use DS&A capabilities to solve program problems.\nTypical Minimum Education or Experience:\nT05: Bachelor's degree with 12+ years of relevant experience; or a Master's degree with 10+ years; or a PhD with 8+ years. In lieu of a formal degree, 4 additional years of relevant experience may be considered.\nDemonstrated experience designing and implementing analytics and decision support solutions that ingest complex program data and deliver actionable insights via dashboards, reports, or analytic services.\nStrong background in data integration, analytics pipelines, and applying statistical or ML/AI techniques to real-world decision support problems.\nExperience acting as a technical lead on multi-component analytics solutions, integrating data, software, and visualization.\nAbility to work under consultative direction, initiating technical tasks and selecting approaches that support long-range decision support objectives.\nMust be a US Citizen with an Active DoD Secret clearance, current and within scope, with ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret and SAP approval.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience architecting executive-level analytics experiences, including data modeling for analytics, visualization best practices, and performance tuning.\nFamiliarity with modern analytics and AI, and with integrating them into larger data/platform ecosystems.\nDemonstrated ability to clearly communicate analytic designs, assumptions, and trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.\nExperience mentoring other engineers in analytics engineering, AI, and complex software systems engineering.\nActive U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance Special Access Program (SAP) access.\nPrimary Level Salary Range: $168,200.00 - $252,200.00The 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. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. 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