Northrop Grumman | Data Scientist/ Principal Data Scientist-9188 | Huntsville, AL | United States | BigDataKB.com | 2023-01-27

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 – from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. 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. Our employees are not only part of history, they’re making history.

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. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.

Embark on a career putting innovative, reliable, and agile products and ideas into orbit, and beyond. Northrop Grumman has opportunities waiting for you that play a vital role in human space exploration, national defense, and scientific discovery, supporting multiple programs across the universe. With us, you’ll discover a culture of curiosity and collaboration that will have you Defining Possible from the day you start. Our space systems connect and protect millions of people on earth every day, now and for the future. Explore your future and launch your career today.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking Data Scientist/ Principal Data Scientist to join the SDS Division Team. This position is in Roy, UT or Huntsville, AL and supports the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program. Final grade level offered will be based on candidate level of experience.

What You’ll Get To Do:

As a data scientist, you will be curious, detail-oriented, and ethically conscious. You seek to ask questions about people, the business, and how we can use data to find solutions. You are a strategic thinker that can translate data to create well-informed people decisions to enable strategic business outcomes. You want to drive change for our people, are candid and collaborative in taking on our most difficult analytics projects as well as the process and culture changes that accompanies them. You will collaborate across the Strategic Deterrent Systems (SDS) division to uncover data-driven insights to solve business challenges across the talent and project lifecycle and enable transformational change.

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Collaborate with stakeholders, teammates, and business leaders in the SDS Division to identify challenges and empower organizations with data
• Communicate results to an executive audience to effectively tell the data story
• Develop and automate data and analytical solutions for ongoing organizational needs
• Define, collect, and manipulate data sets to create structured hypotheses, identify patterns, and derive insights to drive decision making
• Create data visualizations using common visualization capabilities (Python libraries, Tableau, Cognos, PowerBI etc)

This positions standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

Job Qualifications:

You’ll Bring These Qualifications:

• US Citizen and ability to obtain DoD Secret clearance (Interim clearance required to start)
• Data Scientist: Bachelor’s degree in a related field with 2 years of relevant experience or master’s degree in a related field with 0 year of relevant experience
• Principal Data Scientist: Bachelor’s degree in a related field with 5 years of relevant experience or master’s degree in a related field with 3 years of years of relevant experience
• Ability to extract and manipulate data from databases (e.g., SQL)
• Ability to use statistical programming languages (e.g., R, Python)
• Proficient in data visualization using Tableau or similar visualization tool
• Experience collaborating on projects with multiple teams, managing relationships, and communicating findings, both orally and in graphical/written form, to audiences
• US Citizen and ability to obtain DoD Secret clearance

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:

• Experience with people or talent related data analytics
• Experience with program or contract related data analytics
• Experience with data storage and retrieval techniques, ETL, and databases
• Experience with U/X design principles
• Ability to work with the upmost confidentiality when applicable
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively on a team
• Solid statistical understanding and exposure to more advanced analytics, such as machine learning
• Experience with Workday system

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This position reports to Roy, UT, USA, however, this position can also be worked from Huntsville, AL, AL, USA.

Salary Range: $80,800 USD – $121,200 USD

Salary Range 2: $99,500 USD – $149,300 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.