Principal Deployable Network Communications Lead

Northrop Grumman Corp.; Edwards Air Force Base (CA); On-site; USD 104,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance coverage

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company paid holidays

Paid time off (PTO)

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems at Edwards AFB, CA seeks a Principal Deployable Network Communications professional to join our Product Support team. The role focuses on deploying and maintaining data/voice networks, with travel up to 25% and top-secret clearance required.

The successful candidate will design and evaluate network solutions, coordinate installation, document configurations, and ensure ongoing system availability across complex environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s of Science degree and 5 years of relevant Network Communications experience OR 9 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree; or Master’s of Science Degree and 3 years relevant Network Communications experience.
• Must be willing and able to work a flexible work schedule including extended shifts, holidays, weekends, on-call status 24/7/365.
• Must have an active DoD Top Secret clearance (or in Continuous Evaluation) and ability to obtain SAP clearance.

Responsibilities

• Plan, evaluate, and coordinate installation and/or reconfiguration of hardware and software elements of data and/or voice communication network.
• Maintains technical expertise in network hardware and software interconnection and interfacing (routers, firewalls, hubs, etc.).
• Propose solutions to optimize cost savings and future needs; prepare network documentation.
• Provide regular monitoring and network analysis for in-house systems.
• Coordinate third-party maintenance and design network portions with selected hardware/software packages.

Skills

Network communications

WAN/LAN networking

Unix/Solaris

Windows Server

Virtualization

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s of Science degree

Master’s of Science degree

Tools

Unix/Solaris

Windows Server

Oracle RAC

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems at Edwards AFB, CA seeks a Principal Deployable Network Communications professional to join our Product Support team. The role focuses on deploying and maintaining data/voice networks, with travel up to 25% and top-secret clearance required.

The successful candidate will design and evaluate network solutions, coordinate installation, document configurations, and ensure ongoing system availability across complex environments.