Principal/Sr. Principal Database Engineer

Northrop Grumman • Morrisville, CO

1d • Onsite

About The Position

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. Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Principal/Senior Principal Database Engineer with hands-on experience in database engineering based at our location in Aurora, Colorado. The candidate will be working in an extremely dynamic and challenging environment on a day-to-day basis. Experience with working in a fast paced environment. Ability to multitask and have good time management skills. In addition, the candidate must be a team player, able to work comfortably and effectively with company team members as well as program stakeholders and DoD contractor personnel using strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communications skills.

Requirements

• Principal: Bachelor of Science degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) discipline and 5 years of related experience, OR Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related experience, OR STEM PhD and 1 year of related experience.
• Sr. Principal: Bachelor of Science degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) discipline and 8 years of related experience, OR Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of related experience, OR STEM PhD and 4 year of related experience.
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph at time of application.
• Experience with design and implementation of data warehousing technologies including relational databases, SQL, and data analytics
• Experience implementing InfluxDB, DynamoDB and PostgreSQL database systems running on Linux.
• Experience in full lifecycle project development.
• Experience with scripting languages such bash, PLSQL and/or Python for crafting efficient automation scripts and executing database operations.
• Experience working on Agile Teams.
• Security+ Certification.
• Experience documenting design, processes, and procedures.
• Experience with CI/CD Pipeline, Bitbucket, Git, Jira.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with Jira and Confluence.
• Experience working with DevOps processes, i.e., Ansible, VMWare, Kubernetes (containers), deployment experience.
• Systems administration experience, to include Windows, Linux, and VM environments.
• Master of Science in Engineering or other STEM discipline.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Familiarity with developing application software in a Linux environment, using relational databases, and knowledge of client – server applications will help set the candidate up for success.

Benefits

• health insurance coverage
• life and disability insurance
• savings plan
• Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
• Relocation assistance may be available
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal