Staff Engineer Systems Architect - Colorado Springs, CO, United States - Northrop Grumman

Description

Category:
Engineering


Shift:
Days (United States of America)

Travel Required:
Yes, 10% of the Time

Relocation Assistance:
Relocation assistance may be available

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 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.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems—Launch and Missile Defense Systems has an exciting career opportunity for a Staff Engineer Systems Architect – Systems Architect to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals.

This position will be the systems architect for the Cyber and Platforms (CAP) Agile Release Train (ART) on the Command-and-Control Battle.

A successful candidate will conduct analysis, make architectural decisions, and update the C2BMC system architecture in compliance with requirements.

They will also review cyber, software, and network designs for compliance and alignment with architecture, generate engineering estimates, and author and perform formal and informal engineering reviews.

They will develop program system architecture capability and capacity by mentoring more junior staff.
The candidate must be flexible and can support various tasks on short notice.

Work will be performed under the direction of various technical leads and product owners and require interfacing with team members, C2BMC management, and government customers to ensure high-quality products are generated on time and within the available resources.

Adhering to program review processes and procedures, reviewing the content and details of technical products, and acting as a technical interface to MDA working-level counterparts on an as-required basis.

Ability to exploit an architecture background to assist in defining system capabilities and analysis and assessment of development, test, information assurance, and network architectures.

Ability to architecture C2 software systems in an environment that leverages existing COTS/GOTS components with DoD interoperability.
Ability to generate system-level architecture artifacts to document and control achieving the desired capabilities.

Skills generating system/element level functional, performance, and interface specifications to document and control the achievement of the desired capabilities.

Extensive knowledge in writing proposals, earned value management techniques and reporting, resource planning of BOEs, and familiarization of genBOE.

A minimum of 10 years of system engineering/system architecture experience designing and developing new architectures and integrating existing architectures.

Demonstrated experience in mission analysis with skill in architecture development and SysML modeling supporting MBSE.
Experience and understanding of Earned Value Management in a software development environment.
Please note your updated security clearance and IAT/relevant certifications on your resume if applicable.
~ An active Secret clearance is required to start.
~14 years with a Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering or a related field; or 12 years with a Master's degree in a related field.
~ Travel may be required between C2BMC performance sites.

Skills in logical/physical architecture modeling and knowledge of CI/CD pipeline architecture, RAM, Mission Assurance, Safety, and cyber security concepts are highly desirable.

Knowledge of site engineering is required, and site engineering documentation is desired.
Experience with Agile Methods and Epic and Feature definition is a significant plus.
Training and Development
Flexible Work Arrangements

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.

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.