Principal Cyber Systems Engineer — 50% Travel

VulnU

San Diego (CA)

On-site

USD 101,000 - 188,000

Full time

6 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Retirement match
18 weeks parental leave
Relocation assistance

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Cyber Systems Engineer/Principal Cyber Systems Engineer in San Diego, CA. The role involves deploying complex secure systems, performing hands-on installation, and maintaining Linux/Windows/cloud environments with strong emphasis on security hardening.

You will work with multiple teams, maintain log data for compliance, and develop artifacts for assessment and authorization while traveling up to 50% and pursuing required clearances.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in science, engineering, or related discipline; with 2 years of experience, or 0 years with a Masters.
  • Experience administering RHEL systems and applying STIGs.
  • Familiarity with RMF lifecycle and log analysis with Splunk.

Responsibilities

  • Join deployment team supporting initial deployment, operations, and maintenance of a complex system.
  • Perform hands-on installation, staging, and transport of equipment up to 40 pounds.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve deployment processes.
  • Configure and maintain secure Linux/Windows/cloud OS with patching and hardening.
  • Collect, audit, and store log data for system reviews and accounting requirements.
  • Develop artifacts to support assessment and authorization activities.

Skills

RHEL administration
IPv4/IPv6 networking
RMF lifecycle
DISA STIGs
Splunk
Ansible playbooks
VMware vSphere
HBSS ePO
DoD 8570 certs
Top Secret clearance
US citizenship

Education

Bachelor's degree in science/engineering
Master's degree in related field
STEM PhD degree

Tools

HBSS ePO
VMware vSphere
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Splunk

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Cyber Systems Engineer/Principal Cyber Systems Engineer in San Diego, CA. The role involves deploying complex secure systems, performing hands-on installation, and maintaining Linux/Windows/cloud environments with strong emphasis on security hardening.

You will work with multiple teams, maintain log data for compliance, and develop artifacts for assessment and authorization while traveling up to 50% and pursuing required clearances.

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