Northrop Grumman Australia · 1 month ago
Manager 1 Cyber Software Engineering
Northrop Grumman is a leading technology company that offers revolutionary systems impacting lives globally. The Software Engineering Manager 1 will lead software activities across programs at the Chantilly site, ensuring effective team management and technical support while meeting organizational goals.
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Responsibilities
Support the Chantilly site programs in developing and managing software activities across various active projects / programs
Lead a software team working within the Chantilly E&S department
Coordinate programs for staffing, recruiting, training, preparing and delivering performance reviews to employees, evaluating employees for promotions, evaluating salaries and compensation, assisting employees in preparing performance goals, providing career guidance to employees and counseling employees on their performance as necessary
Responsible for periodic review, update, and definition of technical process documents
Provide and perform technical support with an expected split of approximately 80% technical / 20% functional management duties
Direct program support may include technical activities such as IPT leadership and/or any other appropriate technical function
Support the software life cycle engineering execution to include design, development, test/integration, and deployment/sustainment activities
Accountable to stakeholders and program managers for project status reviews, impediments / roadblock resolution, and the overall engineering / product quality execution
Partner with the program management office to ensure successful execution while accounting for cost, schedule, and resources management targets
Provide technical leadership to the execution team to ensure that best practices as well as the applicable engineering processes and procedures are fully and adequately implemented
Support the implementation of sustainable continuous improvement
Support the development and implementation of a critical skills growth strategy focused on building world class execution teams
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) with 5+ years of experience within a related software engineering field., OR Masters degree in Science, Technology Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) with 3+ years of experience within a related software engineering field
U.S. citizenship required with an active Secret clearance to start
Strong communication skills and the ability to lead a diverse multi-disciplinary team with high levels of engagement, including mentoring and coaching
Hands-on programming experience with one or more high-level programming languages such as Python, C/C++, Java, C#
Supporting the development and implementation of a critical skills growth strategy focused on building world class execution teams
Preferred
Master's degree or PhD in computer science or computer engineering with 3+ years within a related engineering field
Experience managing engineering teams of 6 or more
Experience with full-stack software engineering
Experience with software CI/CD tools such as GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins
Experience with development task tracking software such as Jira or Azure DevOps
Experience with SQL and NoSQL database design, management, optimization, and interaction
Experience with Agile software development, object-oriented architecture, software integration and testing
Software rapid prototyping experience to include designing and implementing solutions with minimal formal requirements
The ability to learn new technologies quickly and independently solve problems in a fast-paced environment
Full life cycle design, implementation, and feature/automated testing of software
Benefits
Health Plan
Savings Plan
Paid Time Off
Education Assistance
Training and Development
9/80 Work Schedule (where available)
Company
Northrop Grumman Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase