Information Technology - Software Configuration Analyst 2

Job Description: ***Position is 100% on site.***

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is a trusted provider of missionenabling solutions for global security. Our Engineering and Sciences (E&S) organization 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!

We are looking for you to join our team as a Software Configuration Analyst or Principal Software Configuration Analyst based out of Buffalo NY. As a Software Configuration Analyst or Principal Software Configuration Analyst at Northrop Grumman you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprisewide digital transformation. Through the use of Modelbased Engineering DevSecOps and Agile practices we continue to evolve how we deliver critical national defense products and capabilities for the warfighter. Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change move quickly and continuously drive innovation. The successful candidate will be collaborative open transparent and teamoriented with a focus on team empowerment & shared responsibility flexibility continuous learning and a culture of automation.


What You ll get to Do:
Serve as an integral team member who will interact with other developers other engineering disciplines and our customers
Support Software product leadership by processing software defect fixes into software builds and coordinating with the Software team to test the software before releasing the updates to fielded systems
Track unique system configurations to help determine the applicability of software defect fixes for legacy releases

Roles & Responsibilities:
Develop and maintain software configuration management tools to support configuration identification control reporting and delivery of both internally developed and externally purchased commercialofftheshelf (COTS) software products
Perform configuration management and release engineering tasks to ensure new software product operating parameters are documented
Design develop automate and maintain productivity tools using programming database or scripting languages to improve software configuration management release process
Design and implement build procedures that are used to support software product development and use. May develop software configuration standards for companywide use.
Apply the appropriate Software Configuration Management standards processes procedures and tools throughout the system development life cycle to support the generation of engineering applications and products such as laboratory simulation systems and display systems.
Support and expand the automated infrastructure for our nightly software builds as well as the Continuous Integration Pipeline Infrastructure
Interface with customers suppliers application users and other technical and support personnel.
Support development of software configuration processes and guidelines for companywide use.
May train software developers in the use of configuration management tools.
This position may be filled a Software Configuration Analyst or Principal Software Configuration Analyst based on the qualifications below.

Basic Qualifications for a Software Configuration Analyst:
Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering or similar technical degree and a minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience.
Experience with Software Development.
Experience with Unix/Linux Operating Systems
Experience with Windows Operating Systems
Ability to collaborate in a team environment
U.S. citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense (DoD) Secret security clearance
Basic Qualifications for a Principal Software Configuration Analyst:
Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering or similar technical degree and a minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience.
Experience with Software Development.
Experience with Unix/Linux Operating Systems
Experience with Windows Operating Systems
Ability to collaborate in a team environment
U.S. citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense (DoD) Secret security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with Red Hat Linux Operating Systems
Experience generating software releases
Experience with Git/GitHub
Experience with JIRA
Experience with Jenkins
Experience with SonarQube
Experience with Confluence
Experience with Agile Development methodologies
Experience working on Department of Defense (DOD) software configuration management efforts
Experience working on business or engineering full lifecycle projects from project inception through launch
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