Software Engineer - Level 2
Northrop Grumman · Redondo Beach, CA
$87,600–$137,600from the description
Jul 13, 2026
Redondo Beach, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A mid-level software engineering role on a ground segment Command-and-Control system, involving design, development, testing, debugging, and refactoring of applications software. The work is collaborative and fast-paced, requiring independent operation with C++ and Python on a Red Hat Linux platform within an Agile framework. An active Top Secret clearance is required from day one.
Mid level · 2+ years · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA · Top Secret clearance · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 3 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $164,459 (middle half $130,334–$195,752). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role is posted across four locations: Redondo Beach, CA; Aurora, CO; Fairfax, VA; and Morrisville, NC. The primary CBSA is reported as Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA (Redondo Beach), as it is listed first, but the role may be filled in any of the four metros.
The clearance gate is an active Top Secret at time of application, with a further requirement to obtain SCI and CI Poly — this exceeds a standard TS but falls short of a held TS/SCI, so it is classified as TopSecret. The SCI/CI Poly obligation is a post-hire requirement, not a start-date gate per the posting.
Degree is not hard-required: the JD explicitly accepts 4 additional years of experience in lieu of a degree, so the degree requirement is set to None.
The Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence, BitBucket) is listed as a single requirement; Jira is used as the primary skill name with Confluence and BitBucket captured as alternatives, since they are part of the same suite requirement rather than independent gates.
CI/CD (Jenkins) and automated testing appear under Preferred Qualifications and are marked accordingly.
'Command and Control experience' also appears under Preferred Qualifications but names no specific technology or tool, so it is omitted per extraction rules.
Requires a Top Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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