Principal Sys Admin – Infrastructure Automation/Maintenance Sys Admin (25-317)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

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.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems—Launch and Missile Defense Systems provides an excellent opportunity for a Principal Systems Administrator – Infrastructure Automation/Maintenance Sys Admin (25-317) to join our team of skilled and diverse professionals. This role, located at Schriever Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, CO, is crucial in supporting the U.S. President, Secretary of Defense, and combatant commanders at strategic, regional, and operational levels.

Relocation assistance is not available for this position, and this role is on-site with no remote options.

Position Overview:

The Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) program is a key part of the Missile Defense System. It is an essential operational system that enables the U.S. president, the secretary of defense, and combatant commanders at strategic, regional, and tactical levels to systematically plan ballistic missile defense operations, monitor battle progress, and actively control networked sensors and weapon systems to achieve global and regional mission goals. C2BMC offers a layered missile defense capability that provides an optimized response to threats across all ranges and flight phases. It acts as a force multiplier by networking, integrating, and synchronizing autonomous sensor and weapon systems and operations both worldwide and locally to enhance overall performance. Furthermore, C2BMC is a vital part of all ground and flight tests, which verify and demonstrate the current and future capabilities of the missile defense system.

The candidate will work on the Global Infrastructure team and assist in maintaining and supporting a hyperconverged infrastructure. They will primarily work with multiple operating systems and specific development toolsets.

Essential Functions:

• Experience with projects that plan and schedule multiple groups in building out the construction of labs, equipment, including:
  • Rack
  • Space
  • Power
• Experience with adding engineering rigor to the process for the Network Engineers, System Admins, and cyber in support of projects and milestones
• Experience in working with CM to ensure all processes are being met and captured
• Understanding of System Administration roles in a customer-premises cloud environment
• Knowledge of Network Engineering roles in supporting Cloud-based solutions/implementations
• Current Linux certification to fulfill the DoD computing environment requirement
• Previous experience working in Agile Software Development organizations using the SAFe framework

Basic Qualifications:

Please note your updated security clearance and IAT/relevant certifications on your resume, if applicable.

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field from an accredited university is preferred, along with 5 years of experience; or a Master’s degree in a related field with 3 years of relevant work experience; or 9 years of relevant experience may be considered as an alternative to a degree
• Applicants must possess a current, active in-scope DoD-issued Top Secret security clearance at the time of application, which is required to start with the ability to obtain TS/SCI security clearance
• A DoD 8140 certification at IAT Level II or higher (Security+, GSEC, SCNP, SSCP, CISSP, CISA, GSE, SCNA, etc.) is required to start
• Should have experience hosting and maintaining hyperconverged infrastructure and familiarity with the following tools and technologies:
  • Over 3 years of creating project plans and organizing teams to manage personnel resources, while maintaining CI/CD pipelines to support the software development lifecyc