RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes
CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret
TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time
Description
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.
Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Sr. Principal Configuration Analyst to support the Sentinel Program in Roy, UT.
What You’ll Get to Do:
This individual will be responsible for working within a team to manage the structure, configuration, and lifecycle of training development artifacts, including shareable content objects (SCOs), media assets, lesson plans, and related documentation within the analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation (ADDIE) model for a new training system supporting the United States Air Force. This role serves as the bridge between instructional design and technical configuration, ensuring that all training content is accurately organized, version-controlled, traceable, and ready for deployment in learning systems (LMS/LCMS).
Primary Responsibilities:
- Configuration Management
- Establish, maintain, and enforce configuration baselines for training products, including SCOs, media files, lesson plans, and supporting documents.
- Maintain version control, naming conventions, and metadata standards to ensure traceability and reuse of training content.
- Track and document changes to training artifacts, ensuring updates are reviewed, approved, and auditable.
- Maintain configuration records that link training content to requirements, analysis outputs, and system design decisions.
- Training Analysis and Data Integration
- Work with instructional designers and analysts to ensure analysis data (training requirements, task analyses, learner profiles, evaluation data) is captured, structured, and traceable to training artifacts.
- Support implementation of Kirkpatrick’s 4 levels of evaluation (reaction, learning, behavior, results) by ensuring LMS/LCMS data structures and content configuration support formative, summative, and operational evaluation.
- Help define how evaluation data and usage metrics are stored, tagged, and accessed for continuous improvement of the training system.
- Content Packaging and Deployment
- Upload, register, and maintain learning objects within the LMS/LCMS, including catalog metadata, course structures, and version history.
- Configure, package, and prepare e-learning modules (e.g., SCORM/xAPI-compliant SCOs) for deployment to the LMS/LCMS environments.
- Validate that content functions as designed in the LMS/LCMS environment, including launch, navigation, tracking, and completion reporting.
- Coordinate with IT/LMS administrators to resolve technical issues related to training content configuration and delivery.
- Library and Asset Management
- Maintain a centralized library/repository of training artifacts, ensuring assets are logically organized and easily discoverable.
- Manage media assets (graphics, audio, video) to ensure proper file formats, compression, and linkage to associated lessons and modules.
- Support content reuse by maintaining modular, well-documented learning objects and templates.
- Collaboration and Standards
- Partner with instructional designers, subject matter experts, and project managers to ensure content structure and configuration align with instructional goals and project requirements.
- Support content reuse by maintaining modular, well-documented learning objects, templates, and patterns.
- Develop and maintain standards, guidelines, and templates for lesson plans, storyboards, SCOs, and media assets.
- Provide guidance and training to team members on configuration practices, repository use, and content packaging workflows.
- Quality Assurance
- Conduct configuration and content integrity checks to ensure all required assets are present, correctly linked, and up to date.
- Perform functional testing of training products in target environments and document defects, issues, and resolutions.
- Ensure training artifacts and processes comply with relevant standards (e.g., SCORM/xAPI specifications, customer data requirements, internal CM procedures).
- Support audits and reviews by providing accurate configuration records and documentation.
Basic Qualifications:
- 8 Years of relevant experience with Bachelors of Science; 6 Years with Masters; 4 Years with PhD or an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree. Bachelors degree in Instructional Design, Information Systems, or related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience. An additional 4 years of experience can be considered in lieu of a degree.
- Must be a US Citizen with an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application with an investigation completed within the last 6 years
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs
- Experience in instructional design, e-learning development, or training content management
- Familiarity with LMS/LCMS platforms and e-learning standards
- Experience with version control, content management, or configuration management practices.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Active DoD Top Secret clearance
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Experience working in a regulated, engineering, or technical environment (e.g., aerospace, defense, healthcare, or similar).
- Hands-on experience packaging and troubleshooting SCOs or other reusable learning objects.
- Familiarity with authoring tools (e.g., Articulate, Captivate, Storyline, Lectora) and related media production tools.
- Experience with structured documentation, taxonomies, and metadata management.
- Understanding of basic project management practices (schedules, baselines, change control).
As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:
- Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
- 401k
- Educational Assistance
- Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
- Paid Time Off
- Health & Wellness Resources
- Employee Discounts
This position’s standard work schedule is 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.
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Primary Level Salary Range: $101,400.00 - $152,200.00
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.
Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.
Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.