Principal/Sr. Principal Database Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Polygraph

TRAVEL: No

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Principal/Senior Principal Database Engineer with hands-on experience in database engineering based at our location in Aurora, Colorado.
 

Job Duties:

• Apply appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the development life cycle.

• Diagnose problems encountered during application integration among products and address fixes/enhancements according to prescribed program processes.

• Familiarity with developing application software in aLinux environment, using relational databases, and knowledge of client – server applications will help set the candidate up for success. 

• The candidate will be working in an extremely dynamic and challenging environment on a day-to-day basis.                

• Experience with working in a fast paced environment.

• Ability to multitask and have good time management skills.

In addition, the candidate must be a team player, able to work comfortably and effectively with company team members as well as program stakeholders and DoD contractor personnel using strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communications skills.
 

Basic Qualifications:

• Principal: Bachelor of Science degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) discipline and 5 years of related experience, OR Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related experience, OR STEM PhD and 1 year of related experience.

• Sr. Principal: Bachelor of Science degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) discipline and 8 years of related experience, OR Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of related experience, OR STEM PhD and 4 year of related experience.

• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph at time of application.

• Experience with design and implementation of data warehousing technologies including relational databases, SQL, and data analytics

• Experience implementing InfluxDB, DynamoDB and PostgreSQL database systems running on Linux.

• Experience in full lifecycle project development.

• Experience with scripting languages such bash, PLSQL and/or Python for crafting efficient automation scripts and executing database operations.

• Experience working on Agile Teams.

• Security+ Certification.

• Experience documenting design, processes, and procedures.

• Experience with CI/CD Pipeline, Bitbucket, Git, Jira.
   

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with Jira and Confluence.

• Experience working with DevOps processes, i.e., Ansible, VMWare, Kubernetes (containers), deployment experience.

• Systems administration experience, to include Windows, Linux, and VM environments.

• Master of Science in Engineering or other STEM discipline.

Primary Level Salary Range: $114,000.00 - $171,000.00Secondary Level Salary Range: $142,200.00 - $213,400.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

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.