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Northrop Grumman

Principal/Sr. Principal Software Engineer Space Force - R10216459

Northrop Grumman, Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, 80509

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Principal/Sr. Principal Software Engineer Space Force Northrop Grumman is seeking a Sr Principal Software Engineer to work on‑site at Schriever Space Force Base, near Colorado Springs, CO for our Front Range Operations and Sustainment Team (FROST) program.

Responsibilities :

Maintain software used to establish connections for status and control of ground equipment.

Provide Java software development and perform all aspects of software engineering support required to implement systems.

Maintain software that handles scheduling of on‑orbit contacts and orbit calculations.

Write software that supports launch operations with trajectory calculations for the SpaceX and ULA vendors.

Assist team members primarily on Java development and utilize the Spring Boot framework.

Develop React‑based user interfaces for operator interaction.

Assist in writing microservices that interact with a variety of vendor interfaces for data processing.

Deploy new containerized applications in Kubernetes environments.

Assist with new customer requests by extending and enhancing existing capabilities and creating new ones where needed.

Basic Qualifications :

Level 3: Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of experience OR a master’s and 3 years’ experience OR a High School diploma / equivalent with 9 years’ experience may be considered in lieu of degree.

Level 4: Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of experience OR a master’s and 6 years’ experience OR a High School diploma / equivalent with 12 years’ experience may be considered in lieu of degree.

Work on‑site at Schriever SFB, near Colorado Springs, CO.

TS/SCI CI poly – Open to candidates without an active poly clearance. Please note, if you are selected without an active poly you will receive a contingent offer and cannot start until your poly clearance is complete. This process can take 18+ months.

Experience and proficiency with Java.

Knowledge with Spring Boot framework or other similar experience.

Preferred Qualifications :

Knowledgeable with IDE for Java software development or other similar experience.

Experience with Gitlab or other similar experience and Git distributed version control system.

Experience in software design and development.

Experience with Java build systems.

Ability to collaborate with internal and external developers and integrate their components into a larger framework with NoSQL databases, such as MongoDB.

Experience with NoSQL databases, such as MongoDB.

Experience with Docker/Kubernetes.

Experience using/writing Ansible automation scripts.

Experience with C++ programming language.

Working knowledge of SQL databases.

Primary Level Salary Range : $103,600.00 – $155,400.00.

Secondary Level Salary Range : $129,300.00 – $193,900.00.

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. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

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