Principal/Sr. 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 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 Systems Engineer based out of San Diego, CA. As a Principal/Sr. Principal Cyber Systems 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:

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Perform as a consultant in highly specialized, leading edge information technologies and methodologies
• Perform hardware and software installation, configuration, and maintenance
• Comply with cyber requirements, which may include routine system checks for Antivirus, logging, and network system services
• Create and maintain user and computer accounts and modify file permissions and security access lists (DNS management, LDAP administration)
• Recommend and implement approved system enhancements that will improve the performance and reliability of the system including installing, upgrading/patching, monitoring, problem resolution, and configuration management
• Solve complex problems across disciplines in an Agile, DevSecOps environment
• Opportunity to travel and support system installations, test support, and maintenance for customer sites

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications for Principal Cyber Systems Engineer:

• Bachelor's Degree in Cybersecurity, Software, or related STEM degree field with 5 years of experience; or 3 years experience with a Master's (MS) degree; an additional 4 years of relevant experience/education can be considered in lieu of a Bachelors Degree.
• DoD 8570 Level 2 Certification, such as Security+ CE
• CLEARANCE: Candidate must currently have or be able to obtain an active U.S. Government DOD Secret Clearance

Basic Qualifications for Sr. Principal Cyber Systems Engineer:

• Bachelor's Degree in Cybersecurity, Software, or related STEM degree field with 9 years of experience; or 7 years experience with a Master's (MS) degree; an additional 4 years of relevant experience/education can be considered in lieu of a Bachelors Degree.
• DoD 8570 Level 2 Certification, such as Security+ CE
• CLEARANCE: Candidate must currently have or be able to obtain an active U.S. Government DOD Secret Clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Microsoft Server, Windows domain architectures, Windows Active Directory, LDAP, VMWare, and knowledge of SAN storage systems, Red Hat Linux Operating System experience and/or certification for current versions
• Knowledge of Windows management
• Knowledge of Windows LDAP, VMWare, and SAN storage systems.
• Knowledge of Python and Powershell scripting.
• Red Hat, Linux+ or similar certification
• Experience with Ansible
• Knowledge of environmental monitoring tools (HBSS/Solar Winds/Splunk)
• Experience with creation and deployment of system images in an enterprise environment.
• Full Secret Clearance
• DoD 8570 Certification including a primary OS (Windows, Linux, Cisco)

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Salary Range: $115,200 USD - $172,800 USD

Salary Range 2: $142,800 USD - $214,200 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.