Cyber Systems Engineer (Active TS/SCI)

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation Assistance

10% Travel

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking experienced Cyber Systems Engineers for on-site work in Tampa, FL. The role focuses on mission-focused enterprise solutions, multi-team collaboration, and scalable design across Windows and Linux environments.

Qualified applicants hold US citizenship and TS/SCI clearance, with DoD 8570 IASAE II or higher certification preferred. Candidates should be ready to travel up to 10% and participate in on-site programs driving secure, integrated systems.

Qualifications

• Master's degree with related field or 2 years of experience.
• US Citizenship and Top Secret/SCI clearance required.
• DoD 8570 IASAE II or higher certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Engineer enterprise solutions aligning with best practices for mission objectives.
• Participate in project design and status meetings.
• Collaborate across teams to resolve usability issues.
• Manage 1–3 mid to large projects concurrently.
• Communicate effectively across multi‑functional teams and stakeholders.
• Mentor junior personnel and automate tasks where possible.
• Research and select COTS technologies to upgrade IT infrastructure.

Skills

Cyber Systems Engineering

Systems Architecture

US Citizenship

Top Secret/SCI clearance

DoD 8570 IASAE II

Education

Master's Degree

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Windows Server

Linux

VMware NSX

Active Directory

Job description

Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available

Clearance Required for Start: Yes

Clearance Type: Top 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.

Introduction for Northrop Grumman

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.

Introduction for Mission Systems

At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We're looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we'll support yours of expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field, or an industry thought leader. At Northrop Grumman, you'll have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.

We are seeking experienced Cyber Systems Engineers to work on-site at our Tampa, FL location.

What You'll get to Do

Essential Duties:

• Engineer enterprise solutions that align with best practices to support mission critical objectives.
• Participate in regular project design and incremental status meetings.
• Collaborate with different teams across the program to discuss, analyze or resolve usability issues and work on projects.
• Work on 1-3 mid- to large-scale projects concurrently, assigned from program and internal leadership.
• Provide effective communication across multi-functional teams, stakeholders and end users.
• Solve complex problems and mentor junior personnel.
• Automate engineering tasks utilizing scripting and/or orchestration tools.
• Conduct product research and selection on COTS technologies to integrate or upgrade with current IT infrastructure based on program driven requirements.
• Work with on-premise environments.
• Work with NetApp or similar products. Maintain backup and recovery solutions, storage provisioning, storage management, and implement data protections. Provide Data Analysis, preliminary design, and cost estimates.
• Design, implement, and/or configure Windows enterprise architectures to include Active Directory, DHCP, GPOs, DNS, LDAP, BitLocker, MS Exchange, MECM (Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager), MS SQL, WSUS, Windows operating system and Windows Server environments.
• Work with Cisco and/or VMware NSX devices and technologies leveraging knowledge of routing protocols, employment of distributed logical routers and firewalls, and network micro-segmentation. Create illustrated network design and configuration diagrams in Visio for small to large networks.
• Design, implement, and/or configure Linux Environments to include RHEL operating systems, Red Hat Satellite Server, Capsule Servers, System Build Automation and Ansible Automation Platform.
• Engineer virtualized environments using technologies such as vSphere, ESXi, storage provisioning, containers, and software defined networking.
• Employ security hardening, granular role-based access, and automation of repeated tasks.

Basic Qualifications:

• Master's Degree with 0 years of experience; or a Bachelor's Degree with 2 years of experience
• US Citizenship is required.
• Active Top Secret / SCI security clearance is required to be considered.
• Must possess a current DoD 8570 Certification for IAT Level II or higher prior or able to obtain within six months of hire an IASAE II certification (CISSP preferred) in accordance with DoDI 8570/8140
• Experience with designing, deploying, managing, implementing, and upgrading virtualized environments and their components
• Comprehension of systems engineering principle