Staff Software Architect
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. Expand your horizons, advance your career, and contribute to a secure future for generations. Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector invites you to bring your pioneering spirit to our collaborative teams. As a Staff Software Architect – Level 5 located in McLean, VA, you’ll be a linchpin in missions of paramount importance, defining the art of the possible from day one. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work. This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off. This position is contingent upon the candidate obtaining final clearances and program access(es) within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree with 12 years of professional experience – OR – Master’s degree with 10 years of professional experience – OR – PhD with 8 years of professional experience.
- Active U.S. Government Top-Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with the ability to obtain and maintain SCI approval/access
- Experience designing and leading teams developing microservice, service-oriented, and/or event-driven architectures
- Experience with message broker and/or message streaming solutions (Artemis ActiveMQ, Kafka, NATS.io, etc)
- Experience with direct inter-processing communications technologies (HTTP, WebSocket, gRPC)
- Experience with documenting and communicating System Architecture for developers and leadership (C4 Model, Cameo, etc) including identifying trade-offs to developers and leadership
- Experience with Windows and Linux (RHEL) based development
- Experience with development in a multi-language development (C++, Python, Elixir, HTML/Javascript)
- Experience with Web and Native UI development (Qt, ReactJS or equivalent)
- Experience with PostgreSQL
- U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
Responsibilities
- Designing and leading teams developing microservice, service-oriented, and/or event-driven architectures
- Documenting and communicating System Architecture for developers and leadership (C4 Model, Cameo, etc) including identifying trade-offs to developers and leadership
Benefits
- Relocation assistance may be available
- health insurance coverage
- life and disability insurance
- savings plan
- Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
- overtime
- shift differential
- discretionary bonus
- Annual bonuses
- Long Term Incentives (for VP or Director positions)
Stand Out From the Crowd
Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.
What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
