Principal Cyber Systems Engineer

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 Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal Cyber Systems Engineer to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals. This position will be located in Melbourne, FL.

This position is for a Principal Cyber Systems Engineer in Melbourne, Florida. This position will entail maintaining smooth operation of multi-user computer systems, including coordination with user community. Interacting with users and evaluating vendor products. Making system configuration recommendations, coordinating installation, and providing data recovery.  Develops and monitors policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources. Ancillary duties may include setting up administrator and service accounts, maintaining system documentation, tuning system performance, installing system wide software and allocating mass storage space.   

Essential Functions:

• Maintain availability of Test Station and Software Development Environment 
• Ensure systems adhere to program configuration and data management plans
• Ensure Lab Operations Policy and Procedures as being executed and updated
• Establish strict program control processes to ensure mitigation of risks and support certification and accreditation of systems
• Periodically conduct a complete review of system audits and monitor corrective actions

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and 5 years of cyber and/or systems administration experience, Master’s Degree and 3 years or in lieu of degree 9 years of cyber and/or systems administration experience will be considered 
• DoD 8570 Level 2 Certification, such as Security+ CE 
• Must have an active in-scope DoD Top Secret Security Clearance (with a background investigation completed within the past 6 years or currently enrolled in Continuous Evaluation)
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance

Preferred Qualifications (Not Required):

• Systems Administration experience in cloud environment
• Cybersecurity/Information Assurance experience
• Understanding of enterprise-level computing platforms involving virtualization, distribution and high availability

Salary Range: $96,400 USD - $144,600 USD

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.

The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

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 most positions.