Principal / Sr. Principal Software Engineer - Infrastructure
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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 Principal / Sr. Principal Software Engineer - Infrastructure to join Global Surveillance Division supporting the team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position is located onsite in Melbourne, Florida.
Responsibilities include containerization and securing of applications, Operating System hardening and network security. The role requires deploying, automating, maintaining, troubleshooting, and improving the systems and software infrastructure for rapid deployment and maintainability of the infrastructure. This software role requires you to have hands-on technical experience with virtualization, environment automation and management, and continuous improvements.
The Software Engineer will participate in the full life cycle of software development, to include requirements development, modeling and design, application development, unit to CSCI testing, 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. Solid experience in OS configuration, bash scripting, C/C++, or other OOP languages, in a Linux environment is required. Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD secret security clearance and Special Program Access is required.
Responsibilities
~1 min read- →Work closely with engineers and technicians in a lab environment
- →Review, analyze, and incorporate technical requirements into end-to-end system architectures
- →Full lifecycle design, implementation, and unit testing of software.
- →Work with various team members to integrate functionality with other software components.
- →Ability to lead a team and/or provide leadership to drive solutions of complex problems.
- →Support software working groups with the customer.
- →Develop and share technical documentation and presentations.
Requirements
~3 min read- (Principal Software Engineer, Level 3) Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 5 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and 1 years of related engineering experience.
- (Senior Principal Software Engineer, Level 4) 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 in a STEM discipline and 4 years of related engineering experience
- Development experience with C/C++ or other OOP languages.
- Development experience with a scripting language (e.g. Bash, Python)
- Experience developing software in a Linux or Windows environment
- Experience with remote software debugging
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and Strong interpersonal skills.
- Familiarity with the Agile software development process
- Experience with configuration management using industry standard tools and processes.
- 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)
- Familiarity with the Atlassian/GitLab tool suite, plugins, Git.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and Atlassian/GitLab tools
- Active certification at DOD 8570 IAT Level II (e.g. Security+) or greater
- Familiarity with netbooting and overlay file systems
- Familiarity with containerization technologies (Docker or Podman)
- Experience with virtualization technology (e.g. VirtualBox, QEMU, KVM, vmWare)
- Experience maintaining, hardening, and upgrading RHEL systems
- Experience building managing RPMs from source
- Hands-on experience implementing and managing Mandatory and Discretionary access control (MAC/DAC) policies, specifically utilizing SELinux or AppArmor.
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About this job
- Pay per year
- $98,400–$147,600 a year
- 34% below the $187,180 median for Software Engineer jobs on Jobera (7,226 salaries).
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- November 12, 2026
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