Principal/Sr. Principal Cloud Software Engineer

Company: Northrop Grumman
Location: San Diego
Posted on: October 8, 2024

Job Description:

Category: Engineering
- Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)
- Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time
- Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available
- 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 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. Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. Principal Cloud Software Engineer based out of San Diego, CA ORMelbourne, FL. Principal Cloud Software Engineer at Northrop Grumman you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation. Through the use of Model-based Engineering, DevSecOps and Agile practices we continue to evolve how we deliver critical national defense products and capabilities for the warfighter. The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment & shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation.

The selected individual will play a critical role in the development and delivery of the programs cloud adoption and migration efforts.

Develop automated deployments for IaaS system configurations
- Execute plan for cloud migration of existing VM architecture
- Execute engineering projects on schedule in a DevOps environment
- Implement high-speed, reliable, fault-tolerant cloud solutions for a hybrid cloud environment
- Support implementation of solutions that fully integrate with the cloud service provider's infrastructure (data flow, security, etc.)
- Advise on integration of new emerging industry cloud technologies to the program's environment
- Manage CI/CD pipelines to support automated deployment of infrastructure and applications
- Occasional travel may be required

This position may be filled as a Principal Cloud Software Engineer or Sr. Principal Cloud Software Engineer.

Basic Qualifications for Principal Cloud Software Engineer:

- Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in science, engineering, or related discipline with 5 years of experience; or 0 years with a PhD; OR an additional 4 years of relevant experience/education in lieu of a bachelor's degree
- Experience deploying applications in cloud-based platforms such as AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, and can elaborate on the "-aaS" hierarchy
- Experience in scripting/programming languages such as Python, Powershell, VisualBasic, Java,C/C++, or similar
- Basic infrastructure knowledge in cloud backup/storage and network technologies
- Working knowledge of Red Hat Linux subsystems
- Current Cloud Certification (Cloud+CE, CCSP, or similar) or ability to obtain within 6 months of hire
- Government DOD Secret Clearance

Principal Cloud Software Engineer:

- Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in science, engineering, or related discipline with 9 years of experience; or 4 years with a PhD; OR an additional 4 years of relevant experience/education in lieu of a bachelor's degree
- Experience deploying applications in cloud-based platforms such as AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, and can elaborate on the "-aaS" hierarchy
- Experience in scripting/programming languages such as Python, Powershell, VisualBasic, Java,C/C++, or similar
- Basic infrastructure knowledge in cloud backup/storage and network technologies
- Working knowledge of Red Hat Linux subsystems
- Current Cloud Certification (Cloud+CE, CCSP, or similar) or ability to obtain within 6 months of hire
- Government DOD Secret Clearance

Extensive knowledge in deploying secure applications in a hybrid cloud environment
- Prior experience migrating legacy architecture to cloud environments
- Infrastructure automation experience with tools such as Ansible, Puppet, Terraform
- Experience developing highly scalable applications using service-oriented, microservice, and/or RESTful API based architectures at an enterprise scale
- Extensive knowledge in developing software architectures, especially microservice architectures
- Familiarity in the Risk Management Framework (RMF) Cybersecurity Lifecycle to include: identifying controls and overlays, generating testable requirements, identifying resilient architecture design, configuring, running, and scripting audit tools, providing analysis of vulnerability analyses, conducting verification testing for compliance assessment
- In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.

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