Software Engineer (AHT)
- Location:
- Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio, United States of America
About Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman solves the toughest problems in space, aeronautics, defense and cyberspace to meet the ever-evolving needs of our customers worldwide. Our 90,000 employees are Defining Possible every day using science, technology and engineering to create and deliver advanced systems, products and services. Northrop Grumman careers and internships are as varied as your interests, with a lifetime of potential that will allow you to work together with people from many backgrounds, personal passions and disciplines.
Northrop Grumman is seeking a full-time TS/SCI cleared Software Engineer to design, develop, and deploy scalable and cloud solutions on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, OH. The role will require leveraging expertise in cloud technologies to drive architectural decisions, enhance system performance, and ensure the reliability and security of developed cloud infrastructure. This role requires an understanding of cloud platforms, proficiency in coding, and experience/ability to mentor/oversee junior developers as well as collaborating with other functions/teams/customers/stakeholders/partners. Candidates must be technically proficient and have real-word experience devising practical and sustainable solutions.
Job Responsibilities:
- Oversee the architecture of cloud-based solutions ensuring they are scalable, secure, and perform as required
- Design, deploy, and manage scalable infrastructure using Amazon VPC (Virtual Private Cloud), ensuring secure networking environments and proper subnet configuration routing, and security group management.
- Design and define API specifications for high performance, scalability, and availability
- Code, debug, test and support utilities, tools, and frameworks to support cloud application development process
- Ensure that cloud solutions adhere to best practices for security and compliance following Federal, DoD, IC, DAF, and/or USSF guidelines and directives
- Implement and manage identity and access controls, encryption, and other security measures as required
- Gather cloud requirements and deliver solutions that meet mission and business needs
- Diagnose and resolve complex technical issues related to cloud applications and infrastructure
- Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for cloud solutions, including architecture diagrams, code comments, and operational procedures
- Document test cases, expected test results, test data requirements, and collaborate with testing teams and business partners to resolve testing problems
- Configure build pipelines, perform static and dynamic security analysis, and store build artifacts including container images and deployment scripts in artifact repositories
- Identify and research issues with applications and recommend/implement solutions
- Perform research on the state-of-the-art and applicability of cloud solutions
- Provide guidance and mentorship to junior developers, offering code reviews, technical support, and fostering a collaborative learning environment
- Other duties as assigned as pertains to cloud development
Basic Qualifications:
- Top Secret clearance with SCI adjudication
- Bachelor’s degree with 2 years of relevant experience; Master’s degree with 0 years’ experience; OR a high school diploma/equivalent with 6 years of relevant experience
- 1-5 or more years of experience in developing full-stack applications
- Strong Experience with containerization (Docker, Podman, CRI-O)
- Strong Experience with Kubernetes orchestration, Kubectl, Kustomize, Helm
- Strong experience with AWS Cloud Services such as VPC, IAM, VPCs, S3, EC2
- Working knowledge of the Agile development processes
Preferred Qualifications:
- Obtained AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Developer Associate or other cloud provider equivalent certification or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional or other cloud provider equivalent certification
- Strong interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with small technical teams
- Ability to prioritize and adjust tasks to accomplish project results
- Ability to comprehend and analyze complex problems and develop solutions
- Experience developing microservices
- Demonstrated use of Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) and configuration management (Git, Bitbucket)
- Experience working with Jira and Jenkins
- Experience working in Agile software development environment
- Experience with AWS
- Experience with modern IDE tools and testing mechanisms
- Experience with DevOps Pipelines (GitLab Runners)
- Experience or familiarity with AWS CloudFormation or HashiCorp Terraform, GitOps
- Ability to work and interact with technically and organizationally diverse personnel
- Experience with HTML, CSS, JQuery, JavaScript, TypeScript
- Experience with Relational, Graph, or Document database.
- Exposure / experience with microservices, swagger and API definitions