Software Engineer / Principal 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 Defense Systems (NGDS), Beavercreek Ohio, is seeking Full Stack Software Engineers. Successful candidates will demonstrate a broad skill set balanced between interpersonal and technical capabilities achieving sustainable quality products. They will have a track record as an effective communicator and problem solver who is able to develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders. The selected candidates will participate in the entire software development lifecycle with a concentration in software engineering. They will implement solutions in a web-based environment and integrate them into a microservice cloud-based architecture. The candidates will work closely with other software developers accomplishing the following:
- Support team in completing necessary software on schedule
- Complete work independently and as a part of an Agile team
- Solve complex problems through innovative and creative solutions
- Collaborate with software designers and/or software engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of software systems
- Regularly demonstrate progress to customers
This requisition may be filled at a higher grade based on qualifications listed below.
Basic Qualifications for a Software Engineer:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related STEM degree from an accredited institution with 2 years’ experience OR a master’s degree with 0 years’ experience OR a high school diploma/equivalent with 6 years’ experience
- Strong Experience with containerization (Docker, Podman, CRI-O)
- Strong Experience with Kubernetes orchestration, Kubectl, Kustomize, Helm
- Experience with HTML, CSS, JQuery, JavaScript, TypeScript
- Experience with Relational, Graph, or Document database
- Exposure / experience with frameworks such as React or Angular
- Exposure / experience with microservices, swagger and API definitions
- Working knowledge of the Agile development processes
- Experience with modern IDE tools and testing mechanisms
- Experience with DevOps Pipelines (GitLab Runners)
- An active U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility
Basic Qualifications for a Principal Software Engineer:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related STEM degree from an accredited institution with 5 years’ experience OR a master’s degree with 3 years’ experience OR a high school diploma/equivalent with 9 years’ experience
- Strong Experience with containerization (Docker, Podman, CRI-O)
- Strong Experience with Kubernetes orchestration, Kubectl, Kustomize, Helm
- Experience with HTML, CSS, JQuery, JavaScript, TypeScript
- Experience with Relational, Graph, or Document database.
- Exposure / experience with frameworks such as React or Angular
- Exposure / experience with microservices, swagger and API definitions
- Working knowledge of the Agile development processes
- Experience with modern IDE tools and testing mechanisms
- Experience with DevOps Pipelines (GitLab Runners)
- An active U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with:
- Angular
- TypeScript
- Java
- Python
- Docker
- Elastic
- JQuery
- Bootstrap
- Jira
- Jenkins
- 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 using the Spring Framework
- 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