Consulting Engineer Systems

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Consulting Systems Engineer to lead architecture and engineering for its Enterprise Platforms & Applications organization. The role provides technical authority over a portfolio of approximately 190 platforms and applications, setting architecture and engineering standards, overseeing technical performance, and aligning platform strategies with business priorities.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as Lead of Architecture and Engineering for ~190 enterprise platforms and applications that support business development, program management, financial management, human resources, IT, security, legal, communications, facilities, and other business functions
• Own the technical performance and health of these platforms and applications, including reliability, scalability, cybersecurity, and life‑cycle strategy
• Define and maintain enterprise technical strategy, architectures, reference designs, governed data, and integration patterns for the EPA portfolio
• Provide independent technical authority for major platform investments, modernization initiatives, and critical design decisions, including trade studies and risk assessments
• Drive platform rationalization and reuse, reducing duplication, improving integration, and lowering long‑term cost and technical debt
• Partner with the CIDO Strategy & Architecture organization and the Office of the Chief Engineer, as well as architects and engineers embedded in the solution teams to apply disciplined systems and software engineering standards, including requirements development and management, trade studies, design reviews, and automated testing approaches (e.g., unit, integration, regression, performance)
• Define, implement, and track key technical performance and health metrics across all application portfolios (e.g., reliability, availability, incident rates, change lead time, deployment frequency, technical debt indicators) and use these metrics to drive continuous improvement
• Work with the CIDO Governance & Strategy Organization, partner closely with business function stakeholders and portfolio leads to align platform and application technical strategies with business priorities
• Lead or participate in technical reviews, gate reviews, and design reviews
• Mentor and develop architects and senior engineers across the organization, fostering a community of practice in platform and application engineering

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related technical discipline and 16 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree with 14 years, or PhD with 11 years
• Demonstrated experience as a chief architect, chief engineer, or equivalent technical leader for large‑scale software and supplier heavy portfolios
• Proven track record architecting and delivering complex solutions across multiple domains
• Expertise in modern application and platform technologies, including one or more of:
  • Cloud platforms (public, private, or hybrid).
  • Microservices, and API‑driven architectures.
  • Containerization.
  • Enterprise integration frameworks (API gateway, event‑driven, messaging).
  • Data platforms, data warehouses/lakes, analytics environments.
  • Artificial Intelligence
• Strong understanding of modern DevOps practices, especially automated testing
• Experience leading cross‑functional technical teams and mentoring all levels of engineers/architects
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical audiences, including C-suite level stakeholders
• Architect in a large, complex organization
• Familiarity with ITIL
• Direct experience with platforms that support business development, program management, financial management, human resources, IT, security, legal, or communications in regulated or defense/aerospace environments
• Direct experience working in business development, program management, financial management, human resources, supply chain, engineering, or manufacturing in one of Northrop Grumman's sectors
• Experience driving portfolio rationalization, modernization, and technical debt reduction initiatives at enterprise scale
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity, identity and access management, and data protection as applied to enterprise platforms and applications
• Demonstrated contributions to industry bodies, standards, publications, or patents in areas related to platforms, applications, cloud, data, AI, or cybersecurity