Northrop Grumman · 11 hours ago
Principal/Sr. Principal Software Engineer Java & Cloud Solutions - TS/SCI CI Poly
Colorado Springs, CO
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$104K/yr - $155K/yr
6+ years expNorthrop Grumman is seeking a Principal/Sr. Principal Software Engineer to work on-site at Schriever SFB, near Colorado Springs, CO for their Front Range Operations and Sustainment Team (FROST) program. The role involves maintaining and developing software for satellite support services and ensuring operational efficiency for mission-critical customers.
AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Maintain software used to establish connections for status & control of ground equipment
Provide Java software development. Perform all aspects of software engineering support required to implement systems
Also maintain software that handles scheduling of on-orbit contacts, and orbit calculations
Write software that supports launch operations with trajectory calculations for the SpaceX and ULA vendors
Provide assistance for team members primarily on Java development and utilizing the Spring Boot framework
Develop React-based user interfaces for operator interaction
Assist writing microservices that interact with a variety of vendor interfaces for data processing
Deploy new containerized applications in Kubernetes environments
Assist with new customer requests by extending and enhancing existing capabilities and creating new ones where needed
Qualification
Required
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 for Level 3
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 for Level 4
Work on-site at Schriever SFB, near Colorado Springs, CO
Will consider candidates with a TS/SCI clearance. Will require CI Poly prior to start
Experience and proficiency with Java
Knowledge with Spring Boot framework or other similar experience
Preferred
Knowledgeable with IDE for Java software development or other similar experience
Experience with Gitlab or other similar experience and Git distributed version control system
Experience Software design and development
Experience with Java build systems
Ability to collaborate with internal and external developers and integrating their components into a larger framework with NoSQL databases, such as MongoDB
Experience with NoSQL databases, such as MongoDB
Experience with Docker/Kubernetes
Experience using/writing Ansible automation scripts
Experience with C++ programming language
Working knowledge of SQL databases
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
Recent News
2026-02-06
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