Job Requirements
Colorado Springs, CO
Top Secret/SCI Polygraph
Career Level not specified
$161,000 - $241,400
Job Description
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available
CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes
CLEARANCE TYPE: Polygraph
TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription
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 Front Range Operations and Sustainment Team (FROST) is seeking a Staff System Engineer Architect to fill the FROST Network Architect position. This key leadership role will be a direct report to the FROST Engineering Lead and is responsible to support and lead elements of the technical strategy to elevate technical excellence across this Systems Engineering (SE) sub-discipline.
This position supports the Space Systems business division through an IWO with Defense Systems. The work is solely performed on the customer site, Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado Springs, CO.
Ability to travel as needed (approx. 10%)
This is a Part-Time position. The salary range is based on a full-time schedule and will be prorated to the extent the schedule is reduced.
In this role, you will contribute as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in System Architecture practices to guide and support this key discipline. The individual must possess strong leadership abilities, excellent communications skills and effective problem-solving capabilities. This candidate will serve as a technical SME and integrator working closely to unite a shared set of tools, processes, and practices within the discipline to ensure a consistent, cohesive, and collaborative approach across all work centers within FROST.
Design and develop system architectures and define key capabilities and performance requirements. Define design and technology maturity constraints of the system in accordance with customer specifications. Develop thorough definition of system external interfaces. Define system implementation approach and operational concept. Ensure requirements are met and evaluate performance with customer
The ideal candidate is an influential connector and trusted steward of their discipline - combining deep technical expertise with a passion for technical training and development, collaboration, and continuous improvement. This leader will collaborate closely with other SE disciplines, the operations portion of the contract and the on-site customer.
Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
Basic Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Primary Level Salary Range: $161,000.00 - $241,400.00
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.
CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes
CLEARANCE TYPE: Polygraph
TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription
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 Front Range Operations and Sustainment Team (FROST) is seeking a Staff System Engineer Architect to fill the FROST Network Architect position. This key leadership role will be a direct report to the FROST Engineering Lead and is responsible to support and lead elements of the technical strategy to elevate technical excellence across this Systems Engineering (SE) sub-discipline.
This position supports the Space Systems business division through an IWO with Defense Systems. The work is solely performed on the customer site, Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado Springs, CO.
Ability to travel as needed (approx. 10%)
This is a Part-Time position. The salary range is based on a full-time schedule and will be prorated to the extent the schedule is reduced.
In this role, you will contribute as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in System Architecture practices to guide and support this key discipline. The individual must possess strong leadership abilities, excellent communications skills and effective problem-solving capabilities. This candidate will serve as a technical SME and integrator working closely to unite a shared set of tools, processes, and practices within the discipline to ensure a consistent, cohesive, and collaborative approach across all work centers within FROST.
Design and develop system architectures and define key capabilities and performance requirements. Define design and technology maturity constraints of the system in accordance with customer specifications. Develop thorough definition of system external interfaces. Define system implementation approach and operational concept. Ensure requirements are met and evaluate performance with customer
The ideal candidate is an influential connector and trusted steward of their discipline - combining deep technical expertise with a passion for technical training and development, collaboration, and continuous improvement. This leader will collaborate closely with other SE disciplines, the operations portion of the contract and the on-site customer.
Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Capture analytical tools and workflows (analytical architectures)
- Communicate effectively and clearly present technical approaches and findings at technical and program reviews and boards.
- Apply extensive technical expertise in the development of technical solutions to complex problems which require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity.
- Provide leadership and implement strategic vision and technical priorities for the discipline, aligned to long-term strategy
- Partners with program discipline leads to understanding program critical skill needs and gaps in engineering tools, processes, digital solutions, and technical training
- Lead the development, deployment, and sustainment of new/modified discipline processes with a goal to strengthen technical excellence and workforce capabilities that result in improved business results.
- Lead the development, deployment, and sustainment of discipline tools, ensuring tools are integrated into the discipline processes, support overall digital solutions, are relevant, scalable, and interoperable across programs and associated training material to support effective usage
- Partner with customer and FROST work centers for adoption of tools, processes, digital solutions and training
- Build and sustain a strong discipline Community of Practice (CoP), ensuring alignment strategies and priorities while fostering collaboration across the program
- Contribute technical expertise and process leadership in program reviews, independent technical reviews, program stand-up reviews, and other improvement efforts.
- Act as a trusted advisor to help resolve technical performance shortfalls through root cause analysis, corrective action planning, long-term verification of improvement.
- Capture, share, and embed lessons learned and best practices across programs to continuously raise the bar for technical performance.
Basic Qualifications:
- 12 Years with bachelor's in science; 10 Years with Masters; 8 Years with PhD. of related professional/military experience
- Must possess an active Top Secret/SCI clearance, that is in scope or currently enrolled in continuous evaluation, with a fully adjudicated CI Polygraph
- Experience working across the total program lifecycle
- Excellent leadership skills, and written communication skills.
- Expertise in establishing engineering standards, tools, and processes at scale.
- Experienced in System Architecture & Requirements Engineering discipline areas: requirements engineering, V&V planning, and open systems architecture
- Must have experience in systems engineering with software design, or demonstrated ability to work with software-aided design tools in the development of system architecture
- Knowledge of industry, sector, or company-wide practices.
- Must have experience with a major technical milestone review to include Independent Review Teams (IRTs), Critical Design Reviews, Network Architect Management Plan (NAMP), etc.
Preferred Qualifications:
- MS or MBA degree
- Experience with Agile workflows
- Knowledge of industry, sector, and company-wide practices.
- Knowledge of configuration management
- Continuous improvement mindset with experience leading process optimization.
- Strategic, systems-level thinker who can build alignment across functional and program boundaries
- Led major technical milestone reviews to include Independent Review Teams (IRTs)
Primary Level Salary Range: $161,000.00 - $241,400.00
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.
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