**Requisition ID: R10177483**

+ **Category:** Technical Support

+ **Location:** Aurora, Colorado, United States of America | Morrisville, North Carolina, United States of America

+ **Clearance Type:** Top Secret

+ **Telecommute:** No- Teleworking not available for this position

+ **Shift:** 1st Shift (United States of America)

+ **Travel Required:** Yes, 10% of the Time

+ **Relocation Assistance:** Relocation assistance may be available

+ **Positions Available:** 1

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.

The **Payload and Ground Systems** organization within **Northrop Grumman Space Systems** pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission!

**Northrop Grumman Space Systems** is seeking a **Software Configuration Analyst or a Principal Software Configuration Analyst** to help develop, enforce, and maintain Software Configuration Management (SCM) processes on large-scale program in accordance with the Organization’s Standard Software Process (OSSP) and contractual requirements. The analyst will also support configuration identification, control, reporting, and delivery of both internally developed and externally purchased commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software products. This role can be fulfilled from **Morrisville, NC** , or **Aurora, CO** .

An SCM Engineer plans and evolves processes and infrastructure to execute programs which support rapid maturation and deployment of capability while sustaining a stable security posture and incorporating ongoing stakeholder feedback. Integrates development pipelines leveraging automation with test-driven development tools and continuous integration/test frameworks. Implements provisioning and deployment techniques via packaging, componentizing, or Cloud distribution. Functions with agile principles to execute efficiently in an environment of continuous feedback. Ensures implementation of SCM, code quality, and code coverage with automated testing for Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.

**The Software Configuration Analyst will be responsible for tasks including, but not limited to:**

· Coordinate and generate configured builds for test and delivery.

· Communicate issues and risks pertaining to issues, solutions, and releases.

· Administration of the Software CM tools (including installation, upgrades, and maintenance).

· Facilitate and scribe for control board meetings, creating build and delivery documentation, and process improvement activities.

· Establish and implement procedures to coordinate changes to program data and products.

· Possess understanding of SCM principles, concepts, industry practices and standards as required.

· Conduct and support internal and external customer audits.

· Generate metrics and code counts for program management and proposal efforts.

· Ability to multi-task and complete tasks with a sense of urgency.

· SW analysts work in an office environment and traditionally work during normal business hours, however – on occasion late shifts or on-call remote work may be requested.

· Excellent communication skills.

· High level of problem solving is required to troubleshoot system issues and prevent downtime.

**This requisition may be filled at a higher job grade based on the qualifications listed below.**

**This requisition may be filled as either a Software Configuration Analyst or a Principal Software Configuration Analyst.**

**Basic Qualifications for a Software Configuration Analyst:**

· Must be a US Citizen with an active Top Secret/SCI at time of application

· Bachelor’s degree with at least 2 years of related experience; or Master's with 0 years of experience

· Experience with AWS/C2S

· Experience with Linux

· Experience with Jira, Jenkins and Git/Version Control Software

· Experience working with Docker containers

· Ability to identify the needs to build automation, designing and implementing CI/CD solutions

· Ability to express technical information clearly at different organizational levels

· Experience in software configuration management

· Experience with coordinating/creating configured builds for test and delivery

**Basic Qualifications for a Principal Software Configuration Analyst:**

· Must be a US Citizen with an active Top Secret/SCI at time of application

· Bachelor’s degree with at least 5 years of related experience; or Master's with 3 years of experience

· Experience with AWS/C2S

· Experience with Linux

· Experience with Jira, Jenkins and Git/Version Control Software

· Experience working with Docker containers

· Ability to identify the needs to build automation, designing and implementing CI/CD solutions

· Ability to express technical information clearly at different organizational levels

· Experience in software configuration management

· Experience with coordinating/creating configured builds for test and delivery

**Preferred Qualifications:**

· Polygraph (CI or FSP)

· Experience with developing microservices

· Experience with Kubernetes and Helm charts

· Experience with Agile development

· Excellent technical writing and team building skills

· Experience with SW CM branching strategies & tagging, pull requests, merges, and build versioning

**Salary Range:** $67,200 - $110,900

**Salary Range 2:** $82,900 - $136,800

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.

Employees may be eligible for 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 committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.