Principal Software Engineer

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to work on-site at Schriever SFB, near Colorado Springs, CO for our Front Range Operations and Sustainment Team (FROST) program. We Liaison with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and Satellite Control Network (SCN) to support our Front Range Operations and Sustainment Team (FROST) program, and to provide satellite support services to our mission critical customer.  FROST conducts real time on-orbit support, launch ascent support and End-of-Life operations for all NOPS (NRO Operations Squadron) missions. 

The FROST Software team works in a state-of-the-art dynamic environment to develop new containerized software and maintain existing software for different needs on the program.

Responsibilities:

• You'll work with scalable, high-performance platforms designed to handle billions of data points, contributing to backend systems, distributed architectures, and machine learning infrastructure in secure environments
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and execute the vision for backend solutions, ensuring they meet the unique needs of government agencies operating in secure environments
• Write and maintain Java software used to establish connections for status & control of ground equipment.
• Develop distributed systems, data-intensive applications, and machine learning infrastructure to enable real impact for mission owners
• Deploy new containerized software applications in Kubernetes orchestration environment
• Build robust and reliable backend systems that can serve as standalone products, empowering customers to accelerate their own AI ambitions
• Manage existing CI/CD pipelines and develop new deployment features
• Perform software engineering support for systems implementation
• Write and maintain Java software to support launch operations
• Assist team members primarily on Java programming utilizing the Spring Boot framework.
• Develop and maintain React-based user interfaces
• Assist with customer requests by enhancing existing capabilities and creating new ones where needed.
• Participate actively in customer engagements, working closely with stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver innovative solutions
• Contribute to the platform roadmap and product strategy, playing a key role in shaping the future direction of our offerings

Basic Qualifications:

• Work on-site at Schriever SFB, near Colorado Springs, CO
• TS/SCI with a Ci polygraph or a TS SCI acquiring a Counterintelligence polygraph CI Poly prior to start.
• Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of relevant software experience or a master’s and 3 years’ experience or a High School diploma / equivalent with 9 years’ experience may be considered in lieu of degree
• Experience and proficiency with Java

• Experience Software design and development

• Familiar with Java build systems

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledgeable with IDE for Java software development or other similar experience
• Experience with Gitlab or other similar CI/CD experience
• Experience with NoSQL databases, such as MongoDB.
• Experience with Docker/Kubernetes.
• Experience using/writing Ansible automation scripts.
• Experience with C++ programming language.
• Working knowledge of SQL databases.