Software Engineer/Principal Software Engineer (AHT) Orlando, FL
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At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. 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.

In the Defense Systems sector, you'll join our experts in developing systems that keep our world safe. We are looking for a Software Engineer to develop, document, test, and debug solutions to business/mission problems. The position supports our Engineering organization's goals to meet the current and future needs of the programs and technologies within the sector portfolio. This role will help foster the establishment and maintenance of a world class Software and Digital Technologies organization in Orlando, FL.

The ideal candidate demonstrates a broad skill set that is balanced between interpersonal, business, and technical capabilities. You have the ability to collaborate within and across teams to accomplish goals. You are committed to ethics, integrity, and innovation while challenging traditional ways of doing business. You have excellent verbal and written communication skills, and you are comfortable engaging with the internal and external customers.

This position is unfunded and contingent upon award.

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Develop, document, test, and debug software that contains logical and mathematical solutions to business/mission problems.

  • Apply appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the development life cycle.

  • Diagnose problems encountered during application integration among products and address fixes/enhancements according to prescribed program processes.

  • Design and develop complex software using a variety of programming and scripting languages.

This requisition is open as a dual level opportunity. We are open to consider candidates at a level 2 or level 3.

Basic Qualifications (Level 2):

  • Bachelors of Science in Engineering, Computer Science or other STEM discipline with 2 years of relevant experience in engineering development projects -OR- Master's degree in STEM with 0 years of relevant experience in engineering development projects

  • US Citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance

  • Familiarity with the Agile Development Method

  • Familiarity with Java or other object oriented programming language

  • Familiarity with Spring Framework

  • Familiarity with JavaScript

Basic Qualifications (Principal Engineer Software):

  • Bachelors of Science in Engineering, Computer Science or other STEM discipline with 5 years of relevant experience in engineering development projects -OR- Master's degree in STEM with 3 years of relevant experience in engineering development projects

  • US Citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance

  • Experience with the Agile Development Method

  • 3+ years professional experience developing software using Java

  • Experience with Spring Framework

  • Experience with JavaScript

  • Cloud based development and architecture

  • Containerization tools such as Docker or Podman

Preferred Qualifications (Engineer Software):

  • Current Active Secret Clearance

  • Familiarity with:

  • Cloud based development and architecture

  • Microservices and Event Driven Architecture

  • Messaging systems such as RabbitMQ and/or Kafka

  • Containerization tools such as Docker or Podman

  • Orchestration tools such as Kubernetes or Cloud Foundry

  • Front end frameworks such as ReactJS or AngularJS

  • Databases such as PostgreSQL or Oracle

  • Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager

  • Atlassian Toolsuite

  • Spring Boot

  • GraphQL Api

  • WSTARS software

  • RSCCE

  • GSCCE

Salary Range: $73,400 - $110,000

Salary Range 2: $90,400 - $135,600

Employees may be eligible for 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.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO . U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.

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