Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer (Infrastructure)
Quick Summary
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description At Northrop Grumman,
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems Sector has an opening for a Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer (Infrastructure) to join Global Surveillance Division supporting the E-2D team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position is located onsite in Melbourne, Florida.
Responsibilities include deploying, automating, maintaining, troubleshooting, and improving the systems and software infrastructure. This role requires you to have hands-on technical experience and a can-do approach towards environment automation and management along with continuous improvements. You will be involved in the design and implementation of application builds, releases, deployment, and configuration activities.
The Software Engineer will participate in the full lifecycle of software development, including requirements development, modeling and design, application development, unit to CSCI testing, software-hardware integration, formal system testing, release, installation, and maintenance. The Software Engineer will apply technical expertise in solving complex integrations problems. The Software Engineer will interact with Program Management, external suppliers and/or government customers. Therefore, excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills are required. Experience in OS configuration, bash scripting, C/C++, or other OOP languages, and networking in a Linux environment is strongly desired.
This position may be filled at either a Software Engineer Level 2 or a Principal Software Engineer Level 3
- Full lifecycle design, implementation, and unit testing of software
- Integrate software with updated hardware
- Work with various team members to integrate functionality with other software components
- Supporting the gathering and reporting software metrics
- Follow program software best practices
- Develop software products within all phases of the software lifecycle.
Requirements
~3 min read- (Software Engineer Level 2) - Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 2 or more years of experience in software engineering OR a Master’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 0 or more years of experience in software engineering
- (Principal Software Engineer Level 3) - Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 5 or more years of experience in software engineering OR a Master’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 3 or more years of experience in software engineering
- Familiarity with the Atlassian tool suite with add-ons like Git and Confluence
- Development experience with C/C++ or other OOP languages.
- Experience developing software in a Linux and Windows environment.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and strong interpersonal skills.
- Familiarity with containerization technologies
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a US Government clearance and Special Access Program (SAP) within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs (interim secret clearance required to start)
- Willingness to work off-peak hours for short term surge support to meet program milestones
- Current DOD 8570 IAT Level II or greater certification (Security+)
- Experience with Red Hat System Administration
- Experience with Ansible automation tools
- Experience with IP stack and network configuration
- Experience maintaining and upgrading RHEL systems
- Experience working with containerization technologies
- Experience building managing RPMs from source
- Experience with multithreaded desktop application development
- Familiarity with the Agile software development process.
- Experience with Rhapsody and/or Cameo UML Modeling experience or similar tools.
- An active US Government Secret clearance or higher
- Currently the holder of a special program access.
Location & Eligibility
About this job
- Pay per year
- $79,300–$118,900 a year
- 48% below the $190,000 median for Software Engineer jobs on Jobera (6,613 salaries).
- Posted
- 10 days ago
Listing Details
- Posted
- October 23, 2026
- First seen
- October 23, 2026
- Last seen
- November 1, 2026
Posting Health
- Days active
- 9
- Repost count
- 0
- Trust Level
- 40%
- Scored at
- November 2, 2026
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