Principal Database Engineer - Mission Assurance

US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: Yes
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available
CLEARANCE TYPE: None
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.
The Payload and Ground Systems organization within the 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!
Description:
The Space Systems Sector Payload and Ground Systems (PGS) Strategic Force Programs (SFP) Business Unit Mission Assurance team is seeking a Principal (Level 3) Engineer Database to join our small, but growing data analytics team. In support of SFP and Mission Assurance, the individual will be responsible for designing and developing automated, end-to-end, ETL pipelines and Data Analytics/Visualization solutions, data application from disparate data sources. We are looking for people who are self-motivated, hardworking, and have demonstrated the ability to find innovative solutions to complex technical problems. This position will be located at Azusa, CA. This role will report on-site daily, and we can accommodate partial teleworking. This will be dependent upon business/program/team need.
Job Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain a scalable ETL pipelines.
• Enable storing, searching, processing, and securing of small to large structured or unstructured data sets.
• Data preparation/cleaning, integration, and automation from heterogeneous sources
• Ensure data integrity and system availability
• Create and maintain visualization tools and reports
• Present data in a meaningful way to executive management.
• Identify, evaluate, and recommend core technologies and strategies
• Decomposition of user requirements into logical functions/components
• Lead small scale data analytics projects from proposal to execution

Basic Qualifications for Principal Data Engineer:

• Bachelor's Degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math)
• Minimum five (5) years of relevant experience with an Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, Materials Engineering, OR three (3) years with Masters
• Experience with integration of data from multiple sources
• Experience with Python, SQL (structure query language), and relational databases.
• Experience with data visualization tools (e.g. Tableau, Power BI)
• Experience with Agile methodology
• US Citizenship with the ability to obtain/maintain an active DoD Secret Clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Mission Assurance, Procurement, Manufacturing and Software engineering
• Current & active DoD security clearance
• Experience with computer languages (e.g. Python, SQL, Java, VBA, HTML, etc.)
• Experience with Microsoft SharePoint, Power Apps, etc.
• Familiar with SQL database management
• Familiar with SAP and Oracle based data warehouse
• Ability to learn and apply machine learning to data analysis
• Excellent communication skills and customer facing experience
• Experience with project management tools (e.g. JIRA, Confluence, etc.)

Salary Range: $107,300.00 - $160,900.00
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.
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.
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 http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.