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Northrop Grumman’s Chief Information Office is seeking a PPM Software Development Analyst to support our scaled adoption of an enterprise PPM (Portfolio and Project Management) platform as part of a Digital Program Execution team within an enterprise Digital Transformation Office (DTO) strategic program. This position will be a part of the Business Systems service line and will require the new hire work onsite, at any cleared Northrop facility. Occasional travel may be required

This position can be hired as a Level 2 or Level 3, depending upon the incumbent's education and experience.

The PPM Software Development Analyst will be responsible for PPM (Portfolio and Project Management) related configurations and migrating those configurations through the development environments. This role is responsible to Import and Export data as additional programs are launched. The Analyst will assist with defect triage related to application configuration, user access, data accuracy and integrations. Assists business users with testing.

A Portfolio and Project Management platform provides a set of interconnected, digital systems and underlying IT infrastructure that digitalizes many aspects of program execution. A PPM’s purpose is to achieve better business results, including reducing waste and risk and increasing product quality and operational efficiency by enabling modern practices and methodologies.

The essential duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Use AWS or Azure insights tools to monitor the health of and trouble shott latency or connection issues

• Translate business needs into configuration of COTs systems.

• Manage tickets related to CITRIX, App Server, Web Server outages.

• Client server setup and configuration.

• Server manager, environment custodian and architecture SME

• Monitor and Maintain Azure Environments by ensuring environments are scaled (CPU, Memory, Network) appropriately.

• Establish alerts/monitoring for performance and disk space and that backups are maintained.

• Continuous monitoring of system performance

• Web Server Administration for the COTS Application server Environments including International and Classified architecture as well as provisioning new environments when needed.

• Coordinate upgrades, identifying dependencies and customer requirements.

• Attend and actively participate in agile planning events in support of team’s efforts.

• Improve customer experience.

• Enforce the change control processes for production release.

Basic Requirements for a Level 2

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 2 years of relevant experience; 0 years with a Masters degree.

• Experience with writing and troubleshooting SQL statements.

• Knowledge and demonstrated capabilities in CITRIX

• Experience in cloud environments such as AWS or Azure and the respective analytics capabilities and monitoring tools

• Proven hands-on IIS/Web server experience.

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Security Clearance

Basic Requirements for a Level 3

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years of relevant experience; 3 years with a Masters degree.

• Experience with writing and troubleshooting SQL statements.

• Knowledge and demonstrated capabilities in CITRIX

• Experience in cloud environments such as AWS or Azure and the respective analytics capabilities and monitoring tools

• Proven hands-on IIS/Web server experience.

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Security Clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Scaled Agile Methodology including experience tracking tasking via an Agile development management platform.

• Experience designing and/or developing testing automation solutions.

• Demonstrated experience with Project management applications like Deltek and Project Portfolio Management applications such as Cora or Planisware.

• ServiceNow ticketing

• Active DoD Security Clearance

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This position reports to Falls Church, VA, USA, however, you are able to work from any of the additional 5 locations listed above.

Salary Range: $73,400 USD - $127,400 USD

Salary Range 2: $90,400 USD - $157,000 USD

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.

The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

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.