Principal Cyber Systems Engineer / Infrastructure Support Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: 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.

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.

We are looking for you to join our team as a Principal Cyber Systems Engineer / Infrastructure Support Engineer based out of Chantilly, VA.

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 standard.
• Develop solutions for systems & networks that support mission critical and mission essential infrastructure.
• Analyze existing systems & networks and make proactive recommendations to drive change and create efficiencies.
• Collaborate with mission system developers to create and deploy solutions in support of customer mission needs.
• Willing to perform minimal break/fix tasks
• Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems.
• Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
• As needed, identifies and procures hardware and software tools within budget to facilitate the continuity of development, deployment, and mission requirements for multiple teams, systems, and domains.

Principal Cyber Systems Engineer Basic Qualifications:

• Active SECRET Clearance with willingness and ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with Polygraph
• 5 years System/Network Administration & Engineering experience of server infrastructures with a bachelor’s degree; 3 years experience with a Master's Degree, 1 year experience with a PhD, OR 9 years of related experience in lieu of a degree.
• Experience with Windows and Linux Server Operating Systems, with the ability to navigate a command line in both operating systems.
• Ability to troubleshoot technical problems without an available Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).
• Experience deploying and administering virtual server environments in an enterprise environment.
• Experience with implementing and maintain Security Technical Implementation Guidance (STIG) recommendations for security compliance standards.
• Experience with an enterprise server patch administration system (e.g., Windows Server Update Services (WSUS))

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of with Server Operating System MS 2019