Senior Principal Secure Access Engineer (DoD Cloud)

Northrop Grumman Corp.; City of Rome (NY); On-site; USD 129,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance may be available

Discretionary bonus potential

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Corp. is seeking a Sr. Principal Secure Access Enablement Engineer for the DAF CLOUDworks program at AFRL.

You will act as the direct interface between DoD security authorities and OTA partners, ensuring secure provisioning and RMF/STIG compliance across multiple teams. The role requires a Top Secret/SCCI clearance, DoD 8570.01 IAT Level II eligibility, and deep expertise in IaC, RMF, and cloud onboarding for classified environments.

Qualifications

• Have one of the following: a high school diploma with 12 years of relevant experience; a bachelor's degree in a STEM field with 8+ years; a master's with 6+ years; or a PhD with 4+ years.
• Active Department of Defense Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information security clearance.
• Able to obtain IAT Level II certification per DoD 8570.01 within 60 days of start date.
• Extensive experience serving as the primary autonomous conduit between government security officials and OTA partners on classified cloud projects.
• Deep expertise with RMF, STIG/SRG, ACAS, SCAP, eMASS, XACTA, and Zero-Trust/SASE architectures.
• Expertise with Infrastructure as Code and languages including Ansible, Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, Puppet, and Pulumi.
• Proven record designing, implementing, and governing large-scale onboarding programs for classified cloud environments while maintaining independent decision authority.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the interface between DoD security authorities and OTA partners on classified cloud projects.
• Ensure OTA-contracted users/devices/services are securely provisioned onto classified cloud platforms.
• Develop and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders across programs.

Skills

Top Secret clearance

IAT Level II certification

RMF/STIG/SRG compliance

IaC (Ansible, Terraform, Bicep, ARM, P

Kubernetes

Leadership experience

OTA onboarding program management

Education

High school diploma with 12 years experience

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

ACAS

SCAP

eMASS

XACTA

Job description

Northrop Grumman Corp. is seeking a Sr. Principal Secure Access Enablement Engineer for the DAF CLOUDworks program at AFRL.

You will act as the direct interface between DoD security authorities and OTA partners, ensuring secure provisioning and RMF/STIG compliance across multiple teams. The role requires a Top Secret/SCCI clearance, DoD 8570.01 IAT Level II eligibility, and deep expertise in IaC, RMF, and cloud onboarding for classified environments.