Principal Network Systems Engineer — Secret Clearance

Northrop Grumman Corp.; Roy (UT); On-site; USD 98,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

401k

Educational Assistance

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Li

Paid Time Off

Health & Wellness Resources

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Principal/Sr Principal Systems Engineer to support Sentinel program in Roy, Utah. You will mentor, design, simulate, and test complex network capabilities, ensuring system reliability and compliance with DoD standards.

You will collaborate across teams, develop governance for MS&A, and deliver documented processes while advancing 24×7 monitoring and incident response in production environments.

Qualifications

• US Citizen with active Secret clearance; ability to obtain SAP approval per business needs
• Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis experience for Aerospace Vehicles
• 1+ years of MATLAB experience
• Familiarity with statistical theory and its application to analysis problems
• Strong collaboration across IPTs/cross-discipline
• Experience with systems integration

Responsibilities

• Mentor under a senior architect on networking systems architecture synthesis
• Use Modeling, Simulation, & Analysis (MS&A) to design, test, and verify network capabilities
• Drive MS&A governance and tool standardization across projects
• Provide SME inputs into networking MS&A and testing
• Coordinate with MS&A, RAM, STT and other teams
• Mentor a mid-career Network Simulation & Test Analyst
• Set up health checks, capacity modeling, MTBF metrics for network elements
• Create network documentation and SOPs; improve processes

Skills

Network MS&A

Python scripting

MATLAB

System architecture

Cross-IPT collaboration

DoD requirements

Network design

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

MATLAB

SysML

SysML Cameo

Rhapsody

SolarWinds

Splunk

Atlassian Tool Suite

Python/PowerShell

Job description

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Principal/Sr Principal Systems Engineer to support Sentinel program in Roy, Utah. You will mentor, design, simulate, and test complex network capabilities, ensuring system reliability and compliance with DoD standards.

You will collaborate across teams, develop governance for MS&A, and deliver documented processes while advancing 24×7 monitoring and incident response in production environments.