Sr Staff Data Scientist - Northrop Grumman Corp. (AU) : Job Details

Requisition ID: R10182134

• Category: Research and Sciences

• Location: Linthicum, Maryland, United States of America | Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States of America

• Clearance Type: Polygraph

• Telecommute: No - Teleworking not available for this position

• Shift: Days (United States of America)

• Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time

• Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available

• Positions Available: 1

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. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future. 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.

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.

The Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS) Microelectronics Design and Applications business pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefining the leading edge of exotic new technologies in computation, system security, and AI. You will work in a fast-paced team environment alongside a broad array of scientists and engineers to make these solutions a reality.

Microelectronics Design and Applications (MDA) engineering is seeking a data engineer who will make significant and ongoing contributions to the maturation of our data driven processes. You will design, build and oversee the deployment and operation of technology to capture, manage, store and utilize structured and unstructured data from internal and external sources. The ideal candidate will have a keen interest in the tools and processes around ETL and data visualization. They must have a proven ability to drive business results with a passion for discovering solutions hidden in large data sets and working with stakeholders to improve business outcomes.

This position requires 100% work on site located at Linthicum, MD and/or Annapolis Junction, MD as needed.

Your responsibilities:

• Create data collection frameworks for structured and unstructured data.

• Administer databases utilizing strong skills at sourcing data from a wide variety of formats.

• Analyze database configurations to optimize the performance of end user models and dashboards.

• Develop resilient and scalable pipelines capable of moving large volumes of data.

• Assess the effectiveness and accuracy of data sources and data gathering techniques.

• Coordinate with different functional teams to implement solutions and monitor outcomes.

• Analyze multiple data sources in detail to identify trends and patterns using engineering fundamentals.

What you need to be successful in the role:

• Comfort with exposing data to consumption via API services.

• Comfort with requirements-analysis and stakeholder engagement.

• Strong problem-solving skills and root-cause analysis to ensure that curated data is accurate, repeatable, and explainable.

• Solid communication skills (written, verbal, and visual).

• Ability to communicate data and engineering analysis regarding conclusions that were reached.

• Excellent attention to detail.

• Development/programming of tools to improve pipeline efficiency, eliminate repetitive tasks, and implement new analysis tools/techniques.

• Prioritization skills to manage workload and make sound decisions for assigned team's data analysis activities.

• Ability to create and present data reports to support investigations.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical area with 14 years of relevant experience (12 years with technical MS; 9 years with a PhD in related field).

• Previous Data Warehouse experience.

• Experience with modeling and normalizing complex data.

• Experience manipulating and analyzing complex, high-volume, high-dimensionality data from multiple sources/systems of record.

• Experience with ETL tools, data analytics platforms, and reporting services.

• Proficient in Python.

• Excellent communication skills and customer facing experience.

• Proven ability to learn and master new technologies and techniques.

• Knowledge of data gathering, cleansing and transformation techniques.

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret (TS/SCI) with polygraph clearance per business requirements. US Citizenship is a prerequisite of this.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Product Lifecycle experience.

• Experience working with the following database formats: MariaDB, MongoDB, Influx.

• Experience working with Apache Airflow, Kafka, Spark and Hadoop.

• Experience with virtualization tools such as Trino.

• Experience with Object and File storage.

• Experience mentoring and leading peers in data engineering projects.

• Tableau experience.

• MATLAB experience.

• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.

Salary Range: $197,500 - $296,300

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.

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.