International Trade Compliance Analyst

Northrop Grumman

International Trade Compliance Analyst ensuring compliance with export laws at Northrop Grumman. Developing internal controls and supporting international marketing and sales regulations.

Posted 6/11/2026full-timeLinthicum • Maryland, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $72,400 - $108,600 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manage comprehensive internal export and import controls to ensure compliance with US and foreign regulations in the conduct of international marketing, sales, supply chain, and other business activities.
Execute business processes for submitting to and obtaining from the US government all necessary export and import licenses, permits, certifications, and technology release determinations.
Establish operational processes for assuring trade compliance through gate reviews for technical data, foreign travel, foreign visits, and export and import shipments.
Collaborate with various functional areas to develop and implement appropriate authorization strategies to meet business requirements and ensure compliance with all regulatory agencies.
Assess complex transactions and determine applicability of internal gate reviews, licenses, exceptions, and exemptions.
Maintain applicable trade compliance records by regulatory requirements.
Support performance metrics for export processes.
Represent the organization as a prime contact on complex contracts or projects, internal working groups, and capture activities.
Interact with senior internal and external personnel on high visibility matters often requiring coordination between organizations.
Exercise good judgment of when to seek management support and guidance as needed, including collaborating on decisions which have the potential to be high visibility or impactful.
Develop and deliver presentations, including Export General Awareness training, program/function specific export training, lessons learned, and program/capture export licensing strategy updates to Division leadership.
Provide mentoring to other ITC employees.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in business, finance, or a related discipline with a minimum of 2 years of international trade compliance experience or a Masters degree with 1 year of related experience
Will consider 6 years of experience in lieu of degree requirement
Prior experience with ITAR and EAR
Experience in assessment and application of export and import regulations and commodity jurisdiction and classification determinations
Experience preparing and administering Department of State and Department of Commerce licenses and agreements
The ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret level security clearance is required.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health Plan
Savings Plan
Paid Time Off
Additional Benefits including Education Assistance
Training and Development
9/80 Work Schedule (where available)

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Hard Skills & Tools

international trade complianceexport and import regulationscommodity jurisdictionclassification determinationsITAREARDepartment of State licensesDepartment of Commerce licensesperformance metricsgate reviews

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationjudgmentmentoringpresentation skillscoordinationproblem-solvingleadershipinterpersonal skillsorganizational skills

Certifications

US Government Secret level security clearance