Northrop Grumman · 13 hours ago
Principal / Sr. Principal Software Engineer - R10220807
Stafford, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$114K/yr - $171K/yr
5+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading company in defense systems, seeking a Principal / Sr. Principal Software Engineer to work on the Whisper programs. The role involves performing software development and maintenance, and assisting with application design, code development, testing, and code maintenance.
AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Perform software development and maintenance
Assist with all or part of the following: requirements: application design, code development, testing, code maintenance
Qualification
Required
Level 3 bachelor's degree with 5 years of experience OR a master's and 3 years' experience OR a High School diploma / equivalent with 9 years' experience may be considered in lieu of degree
Level 4: Bachelor's degree with 8 years of experience OR a master's and 6 years' experience OR a High School diploma / equivalent with 12 years' experience may be considered in lieu of degree
Work on-site at Stafford Virginia
Programming experience with languages such as Java, C, bash, python
Familiar with Windows and RHEL
TS/SCI clearance and ability to obtain a CI polygraph
Prior to start obtain a (IAT) level II or higher (i.e. Security +)
Familiar with Compliance/Vulnerability Monitoring with tools such as Nessus, HBSS and ACAS
Preferred
Experience with the following technologies: Java Swing; multi-threaded and distributed Java applications; Java Web application (e.g., Tomcat) servers or Java Applications servers (e.g. JBoss and/or Wildfly are highly desired); relational databases (JDBC, SQL, and MySQL); JEE (Java Enterprise Edition) experience (JDBC, JNI, JNDI, JMS, Servlet/JSP, EJB/JPA); Web service experience (e.g., RESTFul Web services)
Knowledge of the following: Hycu backup/recovery software or other backup/recovery software; Nutanix virtual environment, or other platforms such as VMWare; Elastic Search Stack (ELK)
Web (Browser based) GUI front end development (HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Angular)
Experience with hardening Linux OS and applications to required configurations (e.g. DISA STIGs)
Configuration Management experience working with software version control tools (Jira's Bamboo, Stash, GIT, Subversion)
Risk Management Framework (RMF)
Linux and / or Windows system administration experience
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Company
Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman is an aerospace, defense and security company that provides training and satellite ground network communications software.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.7BKey Investors
U.S. Department of DefenseNASA
2025-05-27Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2024-01-29Post Ipo Debt· $2.5B
2023-12-20Grant· $72M
Leadership Team
Tom Wilson
Corporate Vice President, Enterprise Business Development
Jeffrey Worsham
Chief Product Owner - Advanced Technology Development
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