Principal/Sr. Principal Cloud Engineer

Northrop Grumman; City of Rome (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Travel opportunities (10% of the time)

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems (NGDS) seeks a Principal/Sr. Principal Engineer to support DAF CLOUDworks at the AFRL in Rome, NY. The role spans cloud engineering, security, and infrastructure, with on-call responsibilities and a focus on enhancing capabilities for defense programs.

Ideal candidates have TS/SCI clearance, DoD 8570.01 IAT II readiness within 60 days, and strong experience with AWS/Azure/Google Cloud, Docker/Kubernetes, and Agile practices.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret with TS/SCI clearance or recently debriefed.
• IAT Level II certification (DoD 8570.01) within 60 days of start date.
• Experience with infrastructure components, networking, Linux/Windows, and IT security concepts.
• Strong cloud-based technology knowledge across AWS/Azure/Google Cloud.
• Infrastructure as Code, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and microservices.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and enhance DAF CLOUDworks capabilities at AFRL in Rome, NY.
• Provide technical support to customers leveraging DAF CLOUDworks.
• Collaborate with distributed teams across cloud engineering for security, infra, and migration.
• Support 24x7 on-call and participate in deployment life cycles.
• Adapt offerings to new requirements and improve efficiency.

Skills

Effective communicator

Problem solving

Agile development

24x7 on-call support

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/Google)

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Docker & Kubernetes

Networking

Scripting (Bash/PowerShell)

Jira/Confluence (Atlassian tools)

Education

Bachelor's degree with 5+ years experience

Master's degree with 3+ years experience

High school diploma with 9+ years experience

High school diploma with 12+ years experience

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Kubernetes

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.

Job Description

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems (NGDS) is seeking a Principal/ Sr. Principal Engineer to maintain and enhance capabilities in support of DAF CLOUDworks at the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) in Rome, NY. DAF CLOUDworks is a rapidly growing secure cloud program that encompasses 10+ teams. These teams span all different areas of cloud engineering including information security, infrastructure development, and cloud migration. You will be an active part of one of these teams providing technical support of customers leveraging DAF CLOUDworks. Along with operations and sustainment, DAF CLOUDworks focuses on modifying and enhancing offerings to implement new requirements, enhance functionality, increase efficiency, or lower operating/deployment. Successful candidates should:

• Have a track record as an effective communicator and problem solver who is able to develop and maintain good working relationships with internal stakeholders.
• Be able to follow Agile Development process and full life cycle development
• Interface with multiple, geographically disbursed teams and effectively communicate project statuses and blockers
• Ability to support 24X7 on-call

This position description does not represent a current opening but may be used to identify candidates with skills and experience for positions within Northrop Grumman that frequently become available. Candidates who express an interest may be considered for future positions at Northrop Grumman.

Basic Qualifications

• Principal Engineer (level 3): A high school diploma with 9+ years of relevant experience OR a bachelor's degree with 5+ years of relevant experience OR a master's degree with 3+ years of relevant experience
• Sr. Principal Engineer (level 4): A high school diploma with 12+ years of relevant experience OR a bachelor's degree with 8+ years of relevant experience OR a master's degree with 6+ years of relevant experience
• An active Top Secret clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI), or an inactive TS/SCI clearance that was debriefed less than two years ago.
• Able to obtain IAT Level II certification per DoD 8570.01 such as CASP+ or Security+ within 60 days of start date.
• Expertise with infrastructure components, including network, storage, Linux/Windows, and IT security concepts
• Strong technical knowledge of Cloud-based technologies (AWS Platform, Azure Platform, Google Cloud)
• Expertise with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and microservices
• Experience with networking
• 3+ years of experience scripting in Bash or PowerShell
• Experience with Agile methodologies and tools (Atlassian suite: Jira, Confluence)
• Strong interpersonal, problem-solving, organizational, and multi-tasking skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• An active Top Secret clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SC