Staff Computer Systems Architect 14513

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

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 pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. 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. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

The Software Development Environment (SDE) Staff Architect will serve the Sentinel program by defining the SDE and its long-term strategy across all software development. Ensures that the program has the SW development tools in the environment that are compliant to the requirements and able to deliver software to the customer for the life of the Sentinel Program. This role is key in our Digital Transformation and relationship with the customer, as well as pivoting to digital software deliveries for the life of the Sentinel Program. Responsible for removing impediments and ensuring synchronization across teams as the program matures so that the SDE can adapt. Works across the NG Enterprise to help develop priorities for fixes and evolution of the environment. Current priorities/responsibilities impact all other system engineering and software development teams supporting Sentinel to include Northrop Grumman employees, contractors, and government counterparts. This position will be located in Roy, Utah or Huntsville, Alabama.

What you get to do

• Design, configure, document and maintain infrastructure, applications, and/or cloud resources necessary to reliably host, run, and support applications through all phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC).
• Develop technical roadmap aligned to business goals and milestones
• Leverage emerging technical and architectural concepts with cloud environment and high-power/hyper converged computing technologies
• Document architecture and design of the SDE in line with our MBSE guidance for Sentinel
• Provide technical leadership, direction and mentoring to other technical employees in the application of scientific principles, tools and techniques to achieve practical end results and solve complex problems.
• Create and maintain continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Write scripts and configurations to automate software testing, deployment, and maintenance in a manner consistent with software engineering best practices
• Proactively monitor build and deployment pipelines and infrastructure, apply patches, troubleshoot issues, and resolve errors.
• Automate infrastructure and/or cloud resource deployments and configuration using infrastructure-as-code tools.
• Work with peers and business partners to identify workflows or processes where automation can improve efficiency and or reduce costs.
• Provide Application support, configuration, installation and troubleshooting
• Troubleshoot technical issues, identify the cause, determine possible resolutions, and remediate issues in existing applications
• Work across Sentinel Segments, Teams and Customer groups to ensure that our SDE meets their requirements of the Sentinel program
• Ensure the security posture of the SDE meets or exceeds program requirements
• Collaborate with Global Supply Chain to procure hardware and software based on program requirements
• Serve as Product Owner managing priorities, scope and schedule, as needed
• Serve as Control Account Management (CAM) or Work Package Lead (WPL), as needed

Basic Qualifications:
• Must have Bachelor’s Degree with 12 years of relevant experience; Master’s Degree with 10 years’ experience; PhD with 8 years experience or 4 additional years of relevant experience in lieu of degree.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen with an active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance at time of application with an investigation completed within the last 6 years, current and within scope 
• Must have an ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need 
• Must possess or be able to obtain DoD 8570 Certification for IAT Level II or higher within two (2) months of starting.
• Current understanding of best practices regarding system security measures.
• Experience in software engineering, system design and architecture.
• Ability to analyze high level needs utilizing use cases/scenarios and relate them to the requirements.
• Experience developing IT and cloud infrastructure.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze high level needs utilizing use cases/scenarios and relate them to the requirements.
• Knowledge of tools such as GitLab, Nexus, Fortify, Coverity, SonarQube, and other systems used within software development environments.
 

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with network design, virtual environments, and cyber systems design is preferred.
• Expert as a solutions, software, or enterprise architect role
• Experience in technical judgment with significant impact to program success
• Experience creating detailed plans of execution and schedules for complex projects.
• High proficiency in technical problem solving; to include decomposition, root cause analysis, solution development, implementation and monitoring
• Experience in designing complex infrastructure and platform system architectures that incorporate a hybrid on-prem and cloud model.
• Ability to design and deploy high volume configurations with VMware vCenter/ESXi, experience with containerization, and experience with software development pipelines and tools.

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Salary Range: $147,700.00 - $221,500.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. 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. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.