Staff Cyber Systems Engineer / Containerization Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Polygraph

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.

Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.

At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We’re looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we’ll support you expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field, or an industry thought leader. At Northrop Grumman, you’ll have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a candidate to join our diverse team of engineers, system administrators, and operators as a Staff Cyber Systems Engineer professional in Chantilly, VA.  The successful candidate will be expected to monitor, maintain, and provide Tier-2 and Tier-3 support of a mission critical network infrastructure, collect data for analysis, perform network upgrades, and be able to produce documentation and diagrams of the work they perform.  The work is unique, challenging and rewarding. Most of all, its work that makes a difference.

The successful candidate should thrive in a fast-paced, quick response, work environment with high expectations, diverse assignments, and possess the ability to communicate and collaborate with multiple teams across all technical levels. The candidate must be able to lead the way to maintain and develop creative solutions to complex problems.

Responsibilities:

• Architect and implement container platforms and automation frameworks using Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, and Ansible.

• Drive the design of secure, scalable hybrid or multi-cloud architectures aligned with federal mandates.

• Build and manage infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and policy-as-code pipelines to automate delivery of platform services.

• Interface with program managers, engineers, and security teams to define architecture roadmaps and platform standards.

• Contribute to ATO documentation, compliance assessments, and cybersecurity posture improvements.

Basic Qualifications for Staff Engineer Network:

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph

• 12 Years with bachelor’s degree; 10 Years with masters; 8 Year with PhD; 16 years of experience in lieu of a degree.

• 10+ years of experience in IT architecture, DevOps, or cloud engineering roles.

• 2+ years of Red Hat OpenShift experience in production or government environments.

• Hands-on expertise with CI/CD tools (e.g., GitLab CI, Jenkins, Tekton) and automation platforms (Ansible, Terraform, Helm).

• Experience with federal security frameworks (NIST 800-53, STIGs, RMF) and deployment in IL4/IL5 environments.

Preferred Qualifications for Staff Engineer Network:

• Red Hat certifications, such as RHCA, RHCE, or OpenShift Specialist.

• Experience deploying OpenShift in air-gapped or disconnected environments.

• Famili