Sr. Principal Operations Support Engineer – Level 4
About The Position
Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector is seeking a Sr. Principal Operations Support Engineer – Level 4 to join its team in Aurora, Colorado. The role develops and maintains a strong technical understanding of systems to identify and troubleshoot potential issues and help ensure maximum availability and capability. It includes troubleshooting real-world operational issues and supporting the 24x7 operation of a mission-critical system. The position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommuting. It is contingent on program award, customer funding, and obtaining and maintaining required clearances and program access.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field and 8 years of professional experience, or a master’s degree and 6 years of professional experience, or a Ph.D. and 4 years of professional experience.
- Active Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance with an active Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph at time of application.
- Prior operations and/or systems engineering experience.
- Experience with Linux OS and Linux scripting tools.
- Experience with at least one scripting language: Perl, Python, or MATLAB.
- Ability to work a non-traditional work week, including occasional 12-hour shifts and weekends as business needs require.
- Experience working in a geographically diverse team and matrix organization.
- Experience with the Atlassian tool suite, such as Confluence and JIRA.
- Ability to obtain final clearances and program access within a reasonable period as determined by the company.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working with multi-site customer organizations.
- Experience troubleshooting live telemetry on operational systems.
- Experience automating processes and scripts.
- Experience with optical systems.
- Experience with data science methods.
- Experience analyzing imagery and telemetry.
Responsibilities
- Develop products and CONOPs for the 24x7 operation of a mission-critical system.
- Trend operational data and simulate products and CONOPs before transition to operations.
- Return systems to an operational state while ensuring system health and safety and maximizing mission availability.
- Review or develop standard operating procedures for real-time execution on the operational system, including standard events and anomaly recoveries.
- Develop scripts and products to automate operations of complex systems.
- Develop suites of operational products for newly delivered systems.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage.
- Life and disability insurance.
- Savings plan.
- Company-paid holidays.
- Paid time off for vacation and/or personal business.
- Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus, depending on the position.
- Relocation assistance may be available.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
