Software Engineer - Level 3 or 4 - (AHT)

Northrop Grumman•Boulder, CO

1d•$114,000 - $213,400•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, Multi-Domain Operations, and Missile Defense Integration Business Unit (BU), Advanced Programs group has an exciting career opportunity for a Software Engineer – Level 3 or 4 to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. Our team is chartered with providing innovative technologies to develop, design, and produce optimized product lines across multiple customers while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. We are excited for you to join our team working on challenging and diverse assignments in a collaborating research and development environment. The position is located on-site in Boulder, CO. Boulder is nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, and only 25 miles from downtown Denver. As a Software Engineer – Level 3 or 4, your experience with modern CI/CD practices and scientific programing will assist in the research, development, and release of complex mathematical software applications. You will be working within an Agile research and development environment where you will be responsible for developing and maintaining automated deployments of existing software applications to cloud environments. Additional responsibilities will include communicating technical information effectively and clearly, and present technical approaches and findings.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline preferred from an accredited university and 5 years of related experience or a Master’s degree in STEM and 3 years of related experience, or 1 year with a PhD (for Level 3)
Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline preferred from an accredited university and 8 years of related experience or a Master’s degree in STEM and 6 years of related experience, or 4 year with a PhD (for Level 4)
Current active in-scope U.S. Government issued Top Secret security clearance and the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance
Ability and willingness to travel 10% to support business needs
Experience with modern C++, development tools, and integrated development environments (IDEs)
Experience with GitLab CI/CD toolchains or similar
Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker or Podman
Experience with Object Oriented Programming and data structures
Experience developing in Linux environments
Experience debugging C++ software applications
Experience with inter-process communication (IPC) mechanisms
Working understanding of linear algebra
Familiarity with revision control, documentation, planning, and review systems like Git
Familiarity with Agile software development practices and related tools such as GitLab and Jira

Nice To Haves

Current active in-scope Top Secret/SCI (TS/SCI) security clearance
Experience with C++20 standards and template meta-programming
Experience with Kubernetes or other container orchestration technologies
Experience developing ZeroMQ-based messaging solutions
Experience with multi-threaded applications and low-latency programming paradigms
Interest working in a Research and Development setting
Experience working with customers within the Intelligence Community
Experience working with data manipulation, processing and visualization software packages

Responsibilities

Develop and support automated build, integration and deployment workflows
Deploy software applications in containerized and orchestrated environments
Perform C++ software development including build, test, integration, and debugging
Tool and prototype development as needed
Work in cross-discipline teams, communicate clearly across various levels of engineers, and mentor junior developers through code reviews, pair programming, and knowledge sharing
Technical documentation input as required
Provide input to customer-facing presentations