El Segundo, California, United States · On-site
$142k–$213k/yr
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret TRAVEL: NoDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on …
Skills: Java 21+, Spring Boot, Apache NiFi, Microservices, Angular
San Diego, California, United States · On-site
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportuniti…
Skills: Computer Hardware Engineering, Embedded Operating Systems, System Redundancy, MIL-STD-1553, RS-485
San Diego, California, United States · On-site
$180k–$250k/yr
Superlanet is a clinician-led healthcare IT staffing firm that partners with hospitals and health systems across the United States. We are passionate about delivering high-quality talent solutions that support patient-ce…
Skills: Business Development, Revenue Growth Strategy, Strategic Account Expansion, Healthcare IT Expertise, Epic EMR
San Diego, California, United States · On-site
$142k–$213k/yr
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opport…
Skills: Cyber Security, Risk Management Framework, Vulnerability Management, Security Technical Implementation Guides, Assessment and Authorization
San Diego, California, United States · On-site
$92k–$171k/yr
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opport…
Skills: RF Signal Chains, Communications System Integration, Modulation/Demodulation, Coding Techniques, Oscilloscopes
San Diego, California, United States · On-site
$114k–$171k/yr
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opport…
Skills: Payload Systems, Systems Integration, Supplier Management, Technical Writing, Electronics Engineering
San Diego, California, United States · On-site
$161k–$242k/yr
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunit…
Skills: Agile Software Development, Software Testing, Team Leadership, SDLC, Python
San Diego, California, United States · On-site
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunit…
Skills: Systems Engineering, HW/SW Integration, Mission Autonomy, Government Reference Architectures, Technical Leadership
San Diego, California, United States · Hybrid
$92k–$171k/yr
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunit…
Skills: System Integration, Troubleshooting, RedHat, VxWorks, Avionics Systems
San Diego, California, United States · On-site
$114k–$213k/yr
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opport…
Skills: Network Infrastructure Design, Routing Protocols, Network Security, Network Automation, Troubleshooting
San Diego, California, United States · Hybrid
$98k–$171k/yr
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportuniti…
Skills: Systems Engineering, Interface Control Documents, Risk Management, Defect Analysis, Cross IPT Collaboration
San Diego, California, United States · On-site
$177k–$266k/yr
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunit…
Skills: C/C++, Rust, Object Oriented Programming, RTOS, ARM Architecture
Phoenix, Arizona, United States · Remote Solely
$150k–$175k/yr
Why you: Pythian sits at the intersection of data engineering, AI production, and managed services — helping enterprises turn data complexity into competitive advantage. With three decades of deep managed services herita…
Skills: Sales Strategies, Partner Management, Customer Satisfaction, Contract Negotiations, Sales Pipeline Management
San Diego, California, United States · On-site
Sales at TRACTIAN The Sales team is the driving force behind revenue at Tractian, generating new opportunities, acquiring top-tier customers like Hyundai, Bosch, and Kraft Heinz, and strengthening relationships with our …
Skills: Outbound Prospecting, HubSpot CRM, Cold Calling, B2B Sales, Client Relationship Management
San Diego, California, United States · Hybrid
$92k–$171k/yr
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunit…
Skills: RF Datalinks, SATCOM, Communications Networks, TCP/IP, WAN Architectures
Palmdale, California, United States · On-site
$142k–$213k/yr
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opport…
Skills: Infrastructure Architecture, IaaS, VMware ESXi/VCF, Microsoft Azure, Python
San Diego, California, United States · On-site
$114k–$171k/yr
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunit…
Skills: C/C++, Object Oriented Programming, Embedded Systems, Real-time Systems, Agile Software Development
San Diego, California, United States · On-site
$142k–$213k/yr
Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aec…
Skills: Systems Engineering, Requirements Engineering, Robotics, Autonomy, Software Development
San Diego, California, United States · Hybrid
$40/hr–$54/hr
Cybersecurity Compliance Analyst Information Technology Department At Father Joe’s Villages, protecting client and organizational data is essential to sustaining trust, compliance, and operational excellence. The I…
Skills: Cybersecurity operations, Cloud security, Compliance management, Threat detection, Incident response
San Diego, California, United States · Remote Solely
$175k–$195k/yr
Position Overview: We are entering an exciting new chapter. With new leadership stepping in to run the company’s most profitable and strategically critical product, Subscribe, we’ve reorganized our Engineering organizati…
Skills: SaaS Platform Modernization, Multi-tenant Architecture, Cloud-native Systems, AWS, Engineering Leadership
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Engineer enterprise solutions and mission-critical objectives while managing multiple mid- to large-scale projects. Collaborate with multi-functional teams to resolve usability issues and provide effective communication to stakeholders.
Requires a STEM degree with 4-8 years of experience depending on the degree level and the ability to maintain a Top Secret/SCI clearance. Proficiency in Java 21+, Spring Boot, Apache NiFi, and various front-end frameworks is essential.
Engineer enterprise solutions that align with best practices to support mission critical objectives.
Work on 1-3 mid- to large-scale projects concurrently, assigned from program and internal leadership.
Participate in regular project design and incremental status meetings.
Collaborate with different teams across the program to discuss, analyze or resolve usability issues and work on projects.
Provide effective communication across multi-functional teams, stakeholders and end-users.
Senior Principal level: Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 8 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of related engineering experience OR a PhD degree in a STEM discipline and 4 years of related engineering experience
Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated Top Secret clearance & SCI (DoD must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company.
Enterprise Integration Patterns (EIP): Proficiency with Spring Integration or Apache Camel to build robust adapters and message routers.
Java 21+ Proficiency, microservice development and front-end interfaces
Experience with Observability technologies, health indicators, and dashboarding including Prometheus and Grafana
Experience with Apache Niagara Files (NiFi)
Deep knowledge of data flow technologies and networking, including UDP, TCP, and hybrid protocols
Hybrid S3 Integration: Ability to develop in Java 21+ using the AWS SDK for Java v2 for scenarios where a standalone microservice is more performant than a NiFi processor.
Dashboard Development:
Backend: Java 21+/Spring Boot service with a time-series or document-oriented store (e.g., MongoDB or Elasticsearch) for status history.
Frontend: Proficiency in Angular, React or Vue.js to build the custom "web app" for status display.
Real-time Updates: Implementation of WebSockets (via Spring WebSocket) or Server-Sent Events (SSE) to push prober status changes to the dashboard instantly.
Active SCI and SAP security clearance.
Java 21+ Mastery: Leverage Virtual Threads (Project Loom) for high-concurrency probing and file processing tasks.
Protocol Translation: Deep experience with Protobuf (Google Protocol Buffers), JAXB/Jackson for XML (UCI) processing, and JSON schema validation.
Asynchronous Messaging: Mastery of JMS (Java Message Service) specifically with ActiveMQ Classic. Candidates should understand connection pooling, message persistence, and dead-letter queue (DLQ) management.
Resiliency Patterns: Implementation of Circuit Breakers (e.g., Resilience4j) to handle "Relay" failures without cascading into the main effort.
Data Pipeline Orchestration: Advanced knowledge of Apache NiFi. Looking for ability to design custom FlowFiles, use ListS3/FetchS3, and implement complex routing logic.
Containerization: Proficiency in Docker/OCI image optimization and deploying standalone Spring Boot apps in resource-constrained environments.
Testing: Mastery of Test containers for local integration testing of S3 (LocalStack) and ActiveMQ brokers.
Stream Processing: Familiarity with Project Reactor or Java Streams to process large file metadata efficiently without memory overflows.
Custom Observability: Experience extending Spring Boot Actuator to expose non-standard health indicators and custom metrics via Micrometer.
Schema-Driven Monitoring: Ability to design Avro or Protobuf schemas for transmitting custom observability data to ensure cross-org compatibility.
We are a close-knit community of big thinkers collaborating to keep the world safe. Our passion, creativity and expertise bring next-level technology solutions to life in autonomous systems, cyber, C4ISR, strike, space, and logistics and modernization for our customers around the globe. On the Northrop Grumman team, you’ll join our pursuit of excellence immersed in a dynamic culture of innovation and respect. Your unique perspective will help achieve our shared vision for the future of global security. Every step of the way, you'll be supported by world-class training, employee resource groups and a comprehensive benefits package that enables greater health and happiness for you and your family. Worldwide and across disciplines, we’re challenging what’s possible for technology to protect people and places from undersea to outer space and into cyberspace. And we see the impact of our performance every day. We are Northrop Grumman, and we work on what matters—now, you too can make a difference. Explore opportunities in engineering, IT, manufacturing, business management, cybersecurity and more at jobs.northropgrumman.com/careers. 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 http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions. Our careers site can be found at jobs.northropgrumman.com/careers. If you are contacted about a job at Northrop Grumman, please verify the email came from the domain @ngc.com before engaging with that contact. If you are contacted by a Northrop Grumman recruiter on LinkedIn, please that their profile includes the verified check mark to ensure the contact is legitimate.
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