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Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer - Java

san diego, CA

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Job description

Relocation Assistance

Relocation assistance may be available.

Clearance Requirements

Clearance required: Yes. Clearance type: Top Secret.

Travel

Travel: Yes, up to 25% of the time.

Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer – Java Developer

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking to add a Software Engineer/Principal Software Engineer – Java Developer to join our team on site in Rancho Bernardo, CA. The candidate should be a self‑starter with familiarity working in an Integrated Product Team construct.

Responsibilities

Develop, integrate, test and maintain desktop and web applications and backend services as part of an Integration Functional Capability (IFC)

Collaborate and work in an engineering environment with other teams such as other software teams, hardware team and system test team

Identify technical risks/opportunities and proactively develop mitigation plans

Communicate the progress and accomplishments of the team to senior leadership

Create and maintain continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines to ensure stability and quality at all stages of the software development life cycle

Work in a process‑oriented software development environment across the software lifecycle

Show strong desire to learn new things and adapt where required

Basic Qualifications

Level 2: Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 2 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 0 years of related engineering experience

Level 3: Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 5 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and 1 year of related engineering experience

Experience in developing Java microservices, web services and/or desktop applications

Experience with XML/XSLT/XSD and XML technologies such as JAXB and XPath

Experience with Maven

Strong collaboration and excellent communication skills, verbal and written, using collaborating tools such as Confluence and Jira

Familiarity with Agile development approach (sprint planning, retrospective and scrum)

Active U.S. Government Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility (with a background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)

Ability to obtain and maintain initial Special Access Program (SAP) access via a Program Access Request (PAR)

Preferred Qualifications

Current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance

Experience working with one or more of these databases: Postgres, CloudNativePG, Elasticsearch, MongoDB and Redis

Experience interfacing with a messaging service such as JMS, ActiveMQ or Kafka

Experience developing containerized software

Experience with automating tasks using Ansible, Bash, PowerShell or Python

Experience creating/maintaining DevOps CI/CD pipelines: Maven, Bamboo, GitLab, Bitbucket

Salary and Benefits

Primary Level Salary Range: $91,800.00 – $137,600.00.

Secondary Level Salary Range: $114,000.00 – $171,000.00.

Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses reward individual contributions and allow employees to share in company results. Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. Northrop Grumman provides health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, company‑paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and personal business.

EEO Statement

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 U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

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Worksite address

san diego, CA, 92189, US

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