Sr Principal Lead Software Engineer (full-stack)
$142,200–$213,200 year
On-siteCincinnati, Ohio, United States
Job Summary
Lead a team building cloud-based, full-stack mission applications that directly impact national security. Own the architecture and design of advanced decision support systems and analytic services. Build and integrate microservices, APIs, and data pipelines that turn disparate data into actionable insight. Work with modern tech (cloud services, containers, CI/CD) in a real-world, operational environment. Evaluate commercial solutions as part of make/buy analyses, including cloud services and COTS/GOTS components. Develop custom algorithms and analytic services for decision making and situational awareness. Integrate custom analytic tools and decision support capabilities into an overall system and enterprise architecture. Develop data products and knowledge services for automated and manual consumers of generated data. This role operates on a 9/80 work schedule within the Neptune Phoenix program at Northrop Grumman's Xetron unit, focusing on sustaining existing systems while driving development for next-generation technical collection capabilities.
Required Qualifications
- Active Top-Secret clearance
- US Citizenship
- B.S. degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field and 8 years of programming experience
- M.S. degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field and 6 years of programming experience
- Ph.D and 4 years of relevant work experience
- Demonstrated experience developing software solutions using Python, C, or C++
- Demonstrated experience integrating commercial software products as part of a custom software solution
- Proven experience leading teams of 2-8 software engineers
- Proven experience with the full lifecycle of software engineering including the operations and maintenance of fielded systems
- Active Top-Secret clearance
Desired Qualifications
- Active SCI security clearance
- Advanced degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
- Experience developing software solutions for US government classified environments
- Hands-on experience developing full-stack software solutions hosted in cloud environments such as AWS or Azure (e.g., microservices, serverless, containerized workloads, managed data services)
- Experience integrating COTS/GOTS software tools into a deliverable software product
- Experience with Agile methodology
- Experience with software development utilizing UML or SysML within Cameo
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