Staff Software Engineer - Cloud

Northrop Grumman•San Diego, CA

1d•$177,000 - $265,600•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Staff Software Engineer. This role is located on site in El Segundo, CA or San Diego, CA. Northrop Grumman’s Aeronautics Systems – Research & Advanced Design (R&AD) transforms breakthrough ideas into mission-ready capabilities through intelligent anticipation. We’re the front-end design engine, defining what comes next. From developing cutting-edge next-generation future aircraft to trailblazing collaborative autonomous platforms, we push the boundaries of technology and forge industry-leading partnerships that set new standards for what’s possible. Our team owns the full lifecycle of advanced concept creation, from visionary early-stage designs and rapid prototyping to high-impact demonstrations and solving the toughest technical challenges in survivability, autonomy, and battle management. We seek curious, adaptable people who thrive on turning intuition into breakthrough solutions. If you’re driven to invent the future, build what’s next, and shape the landscape of national security, this is where you belong. In this role you will help adapt a suite of mobile control station software applications to a cloud environment, participating in building Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and infrastructure to deploy the solution to an Il-5 cloud environment including containerization, instrumentation, integration, security, and system test. You will work with multi-disciplinary teams, such as with Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Cloud & Application, DevOps, in an Agile software development environment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in STEM with 12 years of Software Engineering experience, or a Master's degree in STEM with 10 years of Software Engineering experience, or a PhD in STEM with 8 years on Software Engineering experience
Ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated U.S. government Secret clearance (must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company.
Experience with infrastructure components (VMs, containers, network, storage, Linux/Windows, and IT security concepts)
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and micro-services
Experience with software-defined networking
Experience with a coding or scripting language
Experience with a Cloud platform
Experience with Agile methodologies and tools (Atlassian suite: Jira, Confluence)
Strong interpersonal, problem-solving, organizational, and multi-tasking skills

Nice To Haves

An active Secret or higher clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI)
Certified (associate level or above) in a cloud platform or Azure Platform (>= Azure Administrator Associate) or AWS Platform (>= Solutions Architect Associate)
Completed degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Engineering
CompTIA Security+ certification
CompTIA Cloud+ certification
Experience with administering cloud-based networking (ACL, Security Groups, WAF)
Demonstrated experience in cloud adoption, environment prototyping, and data migration
Knowledge of account management solutions (RBAC, AWS IAM, Azure AD)
Expertise leveraging git for code management (ArgoCD, Flux, Gitlab)
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience leading teams of technical individuals

Responsibilities

Help adapt a suite of mobile control station software applications to a cloud environment
Participate in building Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)
Build infrastructure to deploy the solution to an Il-5 cloud environment including containerization, instrumentation, integration, security, and system test
Work with multi-disciplinary teams, such as with Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Cloud & Application, DevOps, in an Agile software development environment