Principal / Sr Principal Cyber Network Security Engineer
Requisition ID: R10172541
- Category: Information Technology
- Location: San Diego, California, United States of America
- Clearance Type: Interim Secret
- Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this position
- Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)
- Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time
- Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available
- Positions Available: 2
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. Our organization is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter.
We are looking for you to join our team as a Principal/Sr. Principal Cyber Network Security Engineer based out of San Diego, CA. As a Principal/Sr. Principal Cyber Network Security Engineer at Northrop Grumman you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation. Through the use of Model-based Engineering, DevSecOps and Agile practices we continue to evolve how we deliver critical national defense products and capabilities for the warfighter. Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly and continuously drive innovation. The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment & shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation.
What You’ll get to Do:
- Work closely with engineers across multiple functional teams
- Review, analyze, and define technical requirements for end-to-end system architectures
- Responsible for completing secure network architectures and coordinating with the peers, SMEs, and government engineers.
- Perform trade studies to consider solutions that integrate emerging industry technologies and standards into the program’s systems
- Define and develop proof-of-concept prototypes that demonstrate system capabilities
- Travel may be required
This requisition may be filled at either a Principal level or a Sr. Principal level.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications for Principal Cyber Network Security Engineer:
- Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in science, engineering, or related discipline with 5 years of experience; OR 3 years of relevant experience with a Master (MS) degree; OR 0 years of experience with STEM PhD degree.
- An additional 4 years of relevant experience can be considered in lieu of a Bachelor degree.
- Experience with cyber security and secure network design, architecture, specifications, and equipment selection.
- Understanding of secure internet protocol network design, including IPv4 and IPv6 sub-netting and routing protocols and application of security devices
- Understanding of secure network device configuration and troubleshooting (ideally, Cisco IOS/IOS-XE/IOS-XR/ASA/Catalyst SDWAN or Juniper Networks JUNOS MX/EX/QFX/SRX/SSR).
- Understanding of advanced features like IPSEC, IP quality-of-service, VLANs, and multicast.
- Ability to work on site at the San Diego Spectrum Center site with travel 10% of the time.
- CLEARANCE: Candidate must currently have, and be able to maintain an active U.S Government DOD Interim Secret/Secret clearance.
Basic Qualifications for Sr. Principal Cyber Network Security Engineer:
- Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in science, engineering, or related discipline with 8 years of experience; OR 6 years of relevant experience with a Master (MS) degree; OR 3 years of experience with STEM PhD degree.
- An additional 4 years of relevant experience can be considered in lieu of a Bachelor degree.
- Experience with cyber security and secure network design, architecture, specifications, and equipment selection.
- Understanding of secure internet protocol network design, including IPv4 and IPv6 sub-netting and routing protocols and application of security devices
- Understanding of secure network device configuration and troubleshooting (ideally, Cisco IOS/IOS-XE/IOS-XR/ASA/Catalyst SDWAN or Juniper Networks JUNOS MX/EX/QFX/SRX/SSR).
- Understanding of advanced features like GRE, IPSEC, IP quality-of-service, VLANs, and multicast.
- Ability to work on site at the San Diego Spectrum Center site with travel 10% of the time.
- CLEARANCE: Candidate must currently have, and be able to maintain an active U.S Government DOD Interim Secret/Secret clearance.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with Cisco SD-WAN or Juniper SSR.
- Experience with DoD networks.
- DoD 8570 Security certification such as Sec+, CASP, CISSP, or equivalent.
- A professional certification specific to the networking industry like a CCNP/CCIE, JNCIP or equivalent.
- Exposure to the Risk Management Framework, associated security controls, and STIGs.
- Experience with network security devices, cross-domain solutions, HAIPE/TACLANE and other military COMSEC/CRYPTO equipment and procedures.
- Experience with tactical/military radio networks, like Common Data Link (CDL) and ANW2.
- Experience with (MIL) SATCOM equipment and services.
- Experience with Cisco Unified Communications / VoIP and VTC
- Experience with Cisco Modelling Labs (CML previously Virtual Internet Routing Lab (VIRL)) or EVE-NG or GNS3 network modeling environments.
- Familiarity with network management protocols, like SNMP, SSH, syslog, RADIUS/TACACS.
- Familiarity with commercial cloud solutions such as Azure or AWS.
- Proficiency with MS Office tools, including PowerPoint and Visio
- Active U.S. Government DOD Secret Clearance with proven ability to obtain special access program clearances.
Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
What's great about
Northrop Grumman
- Be part of a culture that thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work.
- Use your skills to build and deliver innovative tech solutions that protect the world and shape a better future.
- Enjoy benefits like work-life balance, education assistance and paid time off.
Did you know?
Northrop Grumman leads the industry team for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the largest, most complex and powerful space telescope ever built. Launched in December 2021, the telescope incorporates innovative design, advanced technology, and groundbreaking engineering, and will fundamentally alter our understanding of the universe.