Sentinel Principal Software Architect – 14091

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: 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.

Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking Principal Software Architect – 14091. This position will be located in Roy, Utah and will support the Sentinel program.

Job Responsibilities: 

• Design software-systems, applications, and architectures that implement techniques to support achieving increased modularity, scalability, and reliability, while also maintaining precision, accuracy, and speed to meet performance requirements.

• Perform software architecture audits and design improvement plans.

• Architect new and rearchitect existing design while ensuring industry software engineering best practices and standards are applied and maintained.

• Define architectural patterns for CSCs and CSCIs, and work closely with model governance to get patterns formally approved.

• Showcase high-level, component-based, logical software architecture and low-level, class-based, physical implementation.

• Showcase system behavior (ie. Activity, State Machine, Sequence) for both logical and physical software architecture.

• Mentor junior software engineers in Cameo Enterprise Architect and SOLID software design principles.

• Decompose software into components, taking into consideration the Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) Strategy.

• Communicate with the customer and/or stakeholders about software architecture.

• Lead software architecture modeling and provide guidance on modeling best practices, governance, and assistance with CSC model integration.

Position Benefits:

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Space Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:  

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage  
• 401k  
• Educational Assistance  
• Life Insurance  
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions   
• Paid Time Off   
• Health & Wellness Resources   
• Employee Discounts  

This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.  This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

Job Qualifications: 

You’ll Bring These Qualifications:

• Principal Software Architect: 5 Years with Bachelors in relevant field of study; 3 Years with Masters; 0 Years with PhD or 04 additional years in lieu of a degree.
• Active DoD Secret clearance with a reinvestigation date occurring in the last 6 years.
• US Citizenship and ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP).
• Ability to meet customer-specific security screening requirements within a timeframe set forth by management.
• Willingness and ability to work onsite full-time.
• 5+ years of experience working in C/C++.
• 3+ years of demonstrated experience with open software/system architecture solutions.
• 3+ years of proven experience presenting complex topics to management and other stakeholders.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders.
• 5+ years of experience with Git-based or other software configuration management tools.

Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) discipline
• Must have knowledge specific to Sentinel model governance and architecture.
• Experience with Model Based System engineering tools (Cameo Enterprise Architect).
• Experience with UML.
• Experience with Linux operating systems.
• Experience with Agile lifecycle process including Scrum, Continuous Integration, and DevSecOps.
• Experience with Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA).
• Demonstrated history of compliance with governance resulting in boarded and approved design.

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Salary Range: $95,300.00 - $142,900.00

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 committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. 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. For our complete EEO/AA 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.