Software Engineer Level 5

Company: Northrop Grumman
Location: Aurora
Posted on: April 1, 2026

Job Description:

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time 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. The Multi-Domain Operations, a division within Northrop Grumman’s Space Systems Sector is known for pushing the boundaries of innovation, redefining engineering capabilities, and driving advances in various sciences through cutting-edge technology. Our team is chartered by providing the skills, and innovative technologies to develop, design, produce, and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. In this position, the candidate will work directly with technical teams to maintain, secure, and optimize IT, network, and data systems, ensuring high service availability, performance, and security. Key responsibilities include managing data protection, implementing automation, and overseeing infrastructure capacity planning. Serve as a liaison between technical staff and management, ensuring compliance with standards. The Lead will be required to understand system level software architecture and how the software is utilized in the mission spaces and how to decompose customer requests into stories without formal requirements guiding the process, understanding the best software development practices and the full software development lifecycle. The candidate will be expected to have leadership skills in the areas of motivating a large agile team that supports multiple products, handle prioritization with requests coming from multiple internal and external customers and understanding of when to delegate tasks or take them on yourself to prevent distracting the team. A solid grasp of the software development lifecycle and best practices is critical, including version control, testing, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD). The Software Engineer will work within an Agile team supporting multiple software products, prioritizing enhancements and bug fixes, and managing tasks efficiently to ensure smooth delivery of quality software. Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Staff Software Engineer (Level 5) to perform as a Infrastructure/Environment Lead in supporting the Advanced Capabilities Business Unit (BU). This position would be based in Aurora, CO. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: Designs, develops, documents, tests and debugs applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions. Conducts multidisciplinary research and collaborates with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems for product and commercial software. Determines computer user needs; analyzes system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls; prepares operating instructions; designs and develops compilers and assemblers, utility programs, and operating systems. Ensures software standards are met. Basic Requirements: Staff Software Engineer (Level 5): Bachelor’s degree in Science with 12 years of software development experience; 10 years with a Master's; or 4 additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree. Active Top Secret clearance and SCI eligibility required at time of application. Must have an established understanding of the Java Programming Language (Required for support of design, implementation, testing, code reviews, etc.) Must have a good understanding of Git (Required for support of releases, patching, pipeline, developer support, etc.) Must have a good understanding of Kubernetes/Helm (Required for support of deployments, environment support, and IT&D integration, etc.) Must have a good understanding of Databases (Not specifically but at least some experience with one of the following: Elastic, Mongo, MySQL) Experience with Product Owner, Scrum Master, Configuration Management, Integration Test and Development (not necessarily acting as, but working directly with) Preferred Requirements: Experience with REST architecture Experience as a full-stack developer Experience with software development on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Experience with Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket) Primary Level Salary Range: $177,000.00 - $265,600.00 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.

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