Cyber Systems Engineer (Active TS/SCI)

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 87,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Plan

Savings Plan

Paid Time Off

Education Assistance

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking qualified professionals to join our Mission Systems group in roles requiring Top Secret/SOI clearance. The ideal candidate will design, deploy, and manage virtualization environments, collaborate across multi-disciplinary teams, and mentor junior staff.

A DoD 8570 IASAE II or CISSP-equivalent certification is required within six months of hire. Responsibilities include engineering enterprise solutions, leading design reviews, and ensuring architecture integrity across

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Active Top Secret / SCI security clearance required.
• DoD 8570 IASAE II or CISSP within six months of hire.
• Experience with designing, deploying, managing, implementing, and upgrading virtualized environments.
• Knowledge of systems engineering principles and concepts.
• Able to work semi-independently with guidance from senior leadership.
• Experience in system requirements decomposition/traceability, architecture and design, and integration/testing.

Responsibilities

• Engineer enterprise solutions aligned with best practices to support mission-critical objectives.
• Participate in regular project design and incremental status meetings.
• Collaborate with teams to discuss, analyze or resolve usability issues.
• Work on 1-3 mid- to large-scale projects concurrently, from program and leadership.
• Provide effective communication across multi-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Mentor junior personnel and automate engineering tasks.
• Conduct product research and selection on COTS technologies.
• Work with on-premise environments and NetApp or similar products.

Skills

US Citizenship

Security clearance

DoD 8570 IASAE II

Systems engineering

Independent work

Requirements traceability

Architecture design

Technical leadership

Education

Master's Degree

Bachelor's Degree + 2 years

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Bitbucket

Bamboo

Horizon

Teradici

ELK

SolarWinds

VMware Aria

VEEAM

PowerShell

Python

Bash

YAML

Ansible

VMware NSX

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.

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 principles, theories and concepts.
• Able to work semi independently with general direction from senior leadership
• Direct experience in one or more of the following Systems Engineering activities: system requirements decomposition/derivation/flow down/traceability, architecture, high-level/detail design, implementation, integration and test, and/or verification & validation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Operational experience and in-depth knowledge of Atlassian Products (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo)
• Operational experience and in-depth knowledge of Virtual Desktop Environment technologies such as Horizon, Dell Wyse Management and Teradici.
• Operational experience and in-depth knowledge of monitoring tools such as ELK, SolarWinds, and VMware Aria.
• Functional knowledge of backup applications such as VEEAM and the ability to understand and implement backup and recovery solutions.
• Proficiency in one or more of the following languages: PowerShell, Python, Bash, or YAML (executed/managed via Ansible).

What We Can Offer You

• Northrop Grumman provides a comprehensive benefits package and a work environment which encourages your growth and supports the mutual success of our people and our company. Northrop Grumman benefits give you the flexibility and control to choose the benefits that make the most sense for you and your family. Your benefits will include the following: Health Plan, Savings Plan, Paid Time Off and Additional Benefits including Education Assistance, Training and Development, 9/80 Work Schedule (where available), and much more!
• 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.

Additional Northrop Grumman Information

Northrop Grumman has approximately 90,000 employees in all 50 states and in more than 27 countries. We strive to attract and retain the best employees by providing an inclusive work environment wherein employees are receptive to diverse ideas, perspectives, and talents to help solve our toughest customer challenges: to develop and maintain some of the most technically sophisticated products, programs, and services in the world.

Our Values

The women and men of Northrop Grumman Corporation are guided by Our Values. They describe our company as we want it to be. We want our decisions and actions to demonstrate these Values. We believe that putting Our Values into practice creates long-term benefits for shareholders, customers, employees, suppliers, and the communities we serve.

Our Responsibility

At Northrop Grumman, we are committed to maintaining the highest of ethical standards, embracing diversity and inclusion, protecting the environment, and striving to be an ideal corporate citizen in the community and in the world.

Primary Level Salary Range: $87,200.00 - $130,200.00

Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.

Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.

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.

We are a pioneering company. With careers across all areas: air, cyber, land, sea and space – our 90,000 employees work as one to defend and define the future. Northrop Grumman careers and internships are as varied as your interests, with a lifetime of potential that will give you every opportunity to do your best work. Working together with people from many backgrounds, personal passions and disciplines, we share a drive to push the boundaries of science, technology and engineering to meet the ever evolving needs of our customers worldwide.