Principal Cyber Software Engineer

Northrop Grumman

Principal/Sr. Principal Cyber Software Engineer developing cybersecurity systems for the Sentinel program.

Posted 5/30/2026full-timeRoy • Colorado, Utah • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $119,600 - $179,400 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cyber SecurityUnix

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop and maintain design review procedures, tools for tracking progress and action items against major milestones
Perform decomposition of requirements and allocating them to design teams for implementation
Provide systems engineering expertise to the design, integration, and testing of an enterprise level cybersecurity system
Participate in technical planning, system integration, verification, validation, risk, supportability, and analysis for enterprise level cybersecurity systems
Implement and maintain security policies and procedures to comply with industry standards and regulations

Requirements

What you’ll need

Level 3: 05 Years with Bachelor's degree in related field, 03 Years with Masters, or 1 Year with PhD, 4 additional years may be used in lieu of a degree
Level 4: 08 Years with Bachelor’s in related field, 06 Years with Masters, or 04 Years with PhD, 4 additional years of experience may be used in lieu of a degree.
Must be a United States citizen and have an active U.S Government DoD Secret security clearance at the time of application
Ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP)
DoD 8140 Cyber Workforce Qualification Program (CWQP) or DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certifications (CompTIA Sec+, CompTIA CySA+, SSCP)
Experience in the field of cybersecurity including common terms, fundamental technical elements, operating system security, network security, and software security.
Familiarity/knowledge of both Windows and UNIX based platforms (e.g. RedHat), hypervisor, and containerized environments

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

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Hard Skills & Tools

systems engineeringdesign review proceduresrequirements decompositionsystem integrationverificationvalidationrisk analysissupportability analysiscybersecurity

Certifications

DoD 8140 Cyber Workforce Qualification Program (CWQP)DoD 8570 IAT Level IICompTIA Security+CompTIA CySA+SSCP