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Principal Cyber Systems Admin / Sr. Principal Cyber Systems Admin

Northrop Grumman
VACH06, United States, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 2 Jun 2026
💰 $193,900/yr($103,600/yr$193,900/yr)

About the role

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI

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 yours of 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 Principal Cyber Systems Administrator or Senior Principal Cyber Systems Administration 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:

  • Provide Engineering and Administrative support onsite for a team of developers and testers, often deviating from industry standard procedures to meet mission needs but maintaining system security standards.
  • Working as part of a team to design, build and maintain AWS and hybrid-cloud systems
  • Administering systems based on Linux and Windows operating systems
  • Maintaining and troubleshooting IP networking systems for AWS and hybrid-cloud systems
  • Automating system deployment, operation and maintenance using Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management tooling

Principal Cyber Systems Administrator Basic Qualifications:

  • Must be a US citizen with an Active TS clearance with SCI eligibility, ability to obtain a Poly to be considered.
  • 5 Years with Bachelor’s Degree; 3 Years with Masters; 1 year with a PhD; 9 years of experience in lieu of a degree.
  • IAT-2 Certification (eg; COMPTIA Security+)
  • Experience with designing, deploying, and administering cloud-based solutions
  • Experience of architecture, maintenance, and administration of Linux and Windows Operating Systems within large enterprise environments
  • Experience with automating tasks (e.g.; Ansible, Bash, PowerShell, Puppet or Python)
  • Proven experience working within IT Systems Design, Deployment and Administration

Senior Principal Cyber Systems Administrator Basic Qualifications:

  • Must be a US citizen with an Active TS clearance with SCI eligibility, ability to obtain a Poly to be considered.

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