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Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer (AHT)
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · 🇺🇸 United States-Maryland-Hollywood
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About the role
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: No 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 looking for a Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer based out of Hollywood, MD ( St. Mary's County). Our Team works on state-of-the-art Mission Planning systems. This is a role in a large program that will support the full software product lifecycle in an Agile Scrum framework: requirement definition, estimation, implementation, unit testing, integration testing, SW/HW integration, test documentation, supporting test events, and customer support. The ideal candidate will be a cross-functional team player, willing to take on challenges, that collaborates with internal and external teams and that is driven to provide solutions to internal and external customers. Responsibilities Include: • Designs, develops, documents, tests and debugs applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions while ensuring software standards are met • Maintain and improve the software CI/CD pipelines to enable fast, bug free delivery of critical business software to production • Set up and deploy Development, Test, and Build environments • Create and update Windows installers • Install, test, and verify software products • Provide support for the software build and installation • Work within a Cross-Functional scrum to develop high-priority mission planning features • Understand third-party software and hardware peripherals to support implementation of software interfaces and support integration • Develop software test products such as Verification Cross Reference Matrices to tie software requirements to software tests, Software Test Plans, Software Test Procedures, and Software Test Reports. • Define and develop test approaches for new software and system capabilities • Compile data and define changes required in testing procedures or new testing requirements • Perform Smoke Testing and Acceptance Testing on SW builds. • Resolve technical issues within a scrum, across scrums, and with the support of other functional roles • Interface on a technical level with the customer • Support authoring and development of contract deliverable documentation that support deliverable software products and test events • Help define automated test strategies • Support the Agile Framework as a Scrum Master, when required All work must be performed on-site in Hollywood, MD Software Engineer Basic Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree in STEM and a minimum of 2 years of relevant (Computer Science, etc.) experience, or 0 years of experience with a Master’s degree (Computer Science, etc.). Relevant (Computer Science, etc.) years of experience in lieu of degree may be considered • Current DoD Secret Clearance (adjudicated within the last 5 years), with ability to obtain a Top-Secret clearance and Special Access Program (SAP) clearances • Experience wit