Staff Systems Software Analyst - 11869

US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: Yes
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE TYPE: 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.
Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world's biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.
Embark on a career putting innovative, reliable, and agile products and ideas into orbit, and beyond. Northrop Grumman has opportunities waiting for you that play a vital role in human space exploration, national defense, and scientific discovery, supporting multiple programs across the universe. With us, you'll discover a culture of curiosity and collaboration that will have you Defining Possible from the day you start. Our space systems connect and protect millions of people on earth every day, now and for the future. Explore your future and launch your career today.
Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking Staff Systems Software Analyst - 11869. This position will be located in Roy, Utah; Promontory, Utah; Huntsville, Alabama or Colorado Springs, Colorado and will support the Sentinel program.
As an integral part of the Integrated Digital Environment (IDE) team, the successful candidate will represent Product Management and the voice of customers on the IT product development team. They will coordinate and advise on Test Data Management System (TDMS) development, deployment, and upgrade projects on multiple networks and classification levels, utilizing both on premise and cloud-based IT. They will guide the development of requirements, workflow, and systems analysis. Additionally, identify and document program errors, prepare operating instructions, compile documentation of program development, and analyze system capabilities. Also, establish standards for development and maintenance of new and existing products.
Some additional tasks include:
- Responsible for managing the product development process, gathering feature requests, scheduling releases, and coordinating sprints.
- Defines and documents the scope of work and product roadmap so that the integrated team can review, commit, and execute within a defined period.
- Prioritizes work and manages projects within established budget objectives and customer priorities.
- Develop user stories, define acceptance criteria, and sets sprint goal.
- Refine our agile methodology based on results and client feedback.
- Ensures that the IT product development team understands the intent and requirements of feature and user story definitions, and that the team is aligned on all acceptance criteria.
- Represents customer interests and continuously dictates team backlog priorities.
- Understand IT product requirements and structure those requirements into executable schedules.
- Develops and promotes established enterprise test data management best practices and guidelines and recommends improvements.
- Provides the Element, Segment, and business management with timely and accurate information regarding the status and performance of the assigned project(s).
- Builds, leverages, and maintains effective relationships across technical and business community to build high-performing, cross functional teams.
- Determine data provisioning and masking requirements, to assist in the design and review of workflows, working with program TDM development teams.
- Designs and implements test data management approaches and frameworks.
- Designs and develops Test Data Management workflows for Proof-of-Concept situations when new technologies or new use cases are encountered by the enterprise.
- Manages and coordinates product upgrades and testing of TDM toolsets with program development teams.
- Assists program TDM development teams with data profiling, and the development of new test data provisioning and test data masking use cases, researching solutions and addressing issues with the tool vendor, as necessary.
- Develops solutions for provisioning and masking test data when out-of-the-box capabilities are found to be insufficient for use case requirements.
- Recommends improvement in test automation practices, techniques, and tools.
Position Benefits:
As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Space Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• 401k
• Educational Assistance
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
• Paid Time Off
• Health & Wellness Resources
• Employee Discounts

This position's standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.
Job Qualifications:
You'll Bring These Qualifications:

• 14 Years with Bachelors in relevant field of study; 12 Years with Masters; 09 Years with PhD or 4 additional years in lieu of a degree.
• US Citizenship, ability to obtain DoD Secret clearance and ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP).
• IT product development experience.
• Experience interacting directly with IT SMEs (Subject Matter Experts) and senior stakeholders in both internal and customer leadership teams in a manner that builds confidence in the IT product team and strengthens stakeholder relationships.
• The ability to manage communications with stakeholders through organized processes to ensure that program information is defined, collected, shared, understood, stored, and retrieved in a manner that effectively meets program stakeholder needs.
• The ability to identify and address program impacts through systematic and proactive approaches to issue and problem resolution that identifies, communicates, monitors, and promptly resolves conflicts.
• Competence and confidence working under pressure on requests with short turn-around times.

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:

• Active Top Secret security clearance.
• 1-3 years of current experience writing SQL queries, triggers, stored procedures, investigating and mitigating performance issues, testing and verifying results.
• 1-3 years of experience in Test Data Management designing and developing data provision workflows or task flows.
• Developing knowledge of infrastructure technologies such as Network, Database, Server, Storage etc.
• Knowledge of proprietary and open-source databases, include SQL, Oracle, Mongo, DB2, etc. Experience with Cloud database technologies.
• Experience with the Setup of Test Data Services, Data masking, Test Data Management strategy and implementation, Test Data strategies.
• Experience in troubleshooting & diagnosing complex technical issues.
• Full stack application development experience using .net, Java, python or similar, Git, Subversion, Jenkins, UCD.
• DOD 8570 IAT Level II (Security + or higher) certification.
• Familiarity with Strategic Deterrence and cloud computing
• Experience working within an Agile development team.
• Knowledge of System Engineering principles and requirements management.
• Experience developing, deploying, and maintaining IT products on multiple networks and classification levels.
• Certification in one or more of these designations is desired: Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) and Project Management Professional (PMP).

Salary Range: $142,500.00 - $213,700.00
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.