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Consulting Engineer Systems Architect
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · 🇺🇸 United States-Alabama-Huntsville
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About the role
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret 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. Northrop Grumman Defense Systems (NGDS) is seeking a highly accomplished Consulting Engineer Systems Architect to lead the technical vision, architecture, and integration strategy for next-generation command and control, battle management, and mission applications. The selected candidate will be aligned to the Global Command and Control Solutions (GC2S) Engineering Organization. In this role, the Consulting Engineer Systems Architect will be the primary technical owner for architectures within the GC2S portfolio and will directly shape how solutions scale across customers and mission threads, to drive commonality, interoperability, and long‑term technical competitiveness for the GC2S BU. The ideal candidate for this role is a hands-on technical leader with deep experience in distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, mission-critical software, and model-based or digital engineering practices in the defense domain. Additionally, this role will work with Business Development and Strategy, to translate mission needs into technical requirements, scenarios, and use cases for engineering teams, within the Counter Unmanned Aircraft System (CUAS), Short-Range Air Defense (SHORAD), and Upper/Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense domains. Additional responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to, mapping end‑to‑end mission threads across platforms, networks, and systems and identifying where capabilities, data, timing, or interoperability may break down along those threads. The primary place of performance for this role is Huntsville, AL, and this is a full-time work in the office position. The individual performing in this role will be required to travel up to 25%. Basic Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree in STEM with 16+ years of related experience ; Master’s degree in STEM with 14+ Years of related experience; PhD degree in STEM with 12+ years of related experience. • 10+ years’ experience integrating Systems of Systems • 10+ years’ experience with operational US military systems deployed into tactical environments • 10+ years’ experience conducting (i.e. verbal and written) presentations to external customer or internal executive leadership • 5+ years’ experience designing detailed, platform solutions the defense domain • 5+ years’ experience designing cloud-native architectures • Must possess and be able to maintain a Secret Security Clearance Preferred Qualifications: • 5+ years’ experience with Enterprise Application development and deployment processes • 5+ years’ experience tactical military systems in production use (e.g., exercises) • 5+ years’ experience performing in the role of Chief Architect • 10+ years’ experience conducting (i.e. verbal and written) presentation to external customer or internal executive leadership • 10+ years’ experience designing