Sr. Principal Systems Operations Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% 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 Payload and Ground Systems, a division within Northrop Grumman’s Space Systems Sector is known for pushing the boundaries of innovation, redefining engineering capabilities, and driving advances in various sciences through cutting-edge technology.  Our team is chartered with providing the skills, and innovative technologies to develop, design, produce, and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Sr. Principal Systems Operations Engineer to join our team supporting our RUSHMORE program.  This position would be based in the Aurora, Colorado area at Buckley Space Force Base. 

This role performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation, and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.

Job responsibilities will include, but not be limited to, the following:
•    Development of products and CONOPs for the 24x7 operation of a mission-critical system
•    Troubleshooting of real-world operations issues
•    Trending of operational data and simulation of products and CONOPs prior to transition to operations
•    Returning systems to an operational state, ensuring the health and safety of the systems while maximizing mission availability
•    Review or develop standard operating procedures that are executed real-time on the operational system for standard events and anomaly recoveries
•    Report project status as required for all recurring and non-recurring efforts.
•    Work under minimal direction and independently determine and develop an approach to solution.
•    Create/update agile stories to document work planned and accomplished
•    Performs technical analysis of integrated system, prepare comprehensive system level evaluations to include new capability and continuous regression checkout 
•    Generate/respond to comprehensive discrepancy reports; continuous follow-up coordination with developers to solve complex problems associated with real-time processing software
•    Work with team on coordinating and managing SW and proc installs
•    Conduct review board meetings
•    Facilitate meetings and coordinate with various integration teams from factory

This position requires being onsite and does not support remote or hybrid work.  

Basic Qualifications
•    Must have a current or active Top Secret/SCI DoD security clearance with CI poly at time of application.
•    Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of relevant experience; 6 years with a Masters; 4 years with a PhD. An additional 4 years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
•    Willingness to work a non-traditional work week that will include occasional 12 hour shifts and weekends
•    Ability to lift equipment weighing up to 40 pounds.
•    Ability to support after hours and on weekends as needed.
•    Familiarity with LINUX RHEL8
•    Must be available for up to 10% travel to fielded systems in CONUS and OCONUS locations to perform baseline installations/integrations and customer exercise support efforts

Preferred Qualifications 
•    Prior operations and/or systems engineering experience
•    Experience working in a geographically diverse team and matrix organization
•    Experience with Atlassian tool suite (e.g. Confluence, JIRA, etc.)
•    Leadership experience and abilities
•    Able to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization, with internal or external customers, in written and oral formats.
•    Experience in maintaining smooth operation of multi-user computer systems, including coordination with network, software, and system engineers, PC desktop technicians, project managers, end users, and customer and IT management.
•    Higher degree in a STEM-related discipline
•    Solid writing skills and use of Wiki pages and Sharepoint sites for documentation

Salary Range: $124,900.00 - $187,300.00

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.