Sr. Cyber Systems Engineer (Active TS/SCI)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

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 – Tampa, FL, part of Mission Systems sector, focused on the development of new capabilities for our military and intelligence customers around the globe. 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 seeking cleared, Senior level Cyber Systems Engineers to work on-site at our Tampa, FL location.

Note: Due to the classified nature of the work being performed, this position does not offer any virtual or telecommute working options. Applicants are encouraged to apply, only if they are willing to work on-site.

What You’ll get to Do

Essential Duties:

• Engineer enterprise solutions that align with best practices to support mission critical objectives.
• Participate in regular project design and incremental status meetings.
• Collaborate with different teams across the program to discuss, analyze or resolve usability issues and work on projects.
• Work on 1-3 mid- to large-scale projects concurrently, assigned from program and internal leadership.
• Provide effective communication across multi-functional teams, stakeholders and end users.
• Solve complex problems and mentor junior personnel.
• Automate engineering tasks utilizing scripting and/or orchestration tools.
• Conduct product research and selection on COTS technologies to integrate or upgrade with current IT infrastructure based on program driven requirements.
• Work with on-premise environments.
• Work with NetApp or similar products. Maintain backup and recovery solutions, storage provisioning, storage management, and implement data protections. Provide Data Analysis, preliminary design, and cost estimates.
• Design, implement, and/or configure Windows enterprise architectures to include Active Directory, DHCP, GPOs, DNS, LDAP, BitLocker, MS Exchange, MECM (Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager), MS SQL, WSUS, Windows operating system and Windows Server environments.
• Work with Cisco and/or VMware NSX devices and technologies leveraging knowledge of routing protocols, employment of distributed logical routers and firewalls, and network micro-segmentation.  Create illustrated network design and configuration diagrams in Visio for small to large networks.  
• Design, implement, and/or configure Linux Environments to include RHEL operating systems, Red Hat Satellite Server, Capsule Servers, System Build Automation and Ansible Automation Platform.
• Engineer virtualized environments using technologies such as vSphere, ESXi, storage provisioning, containers, and software defined networking.
• Employ security hardening, granular role-based access, and automation of repeated tasks.

These positions can be filled at the Principal Engineer or the Sr. Principal Engineer level.

Basic Qualifications for Principal level:  

• Master's Degree with 3 years of experience; OR a Bachelor's Degree with 5 years of experience; OR an Associate's Degree with 7 years of experience; OR a High School Diploma (or equivalent) with 9 years of IT experience is required.
• US Citizenship is required.
• Active Top Secret / SCI security clearance is required to be considered.
• Must possess a current DoD 8570 Certification for IAT Level II or higher prior to start date (example: Security+ CE)
• Experience with designing, deploying, managing, implementing, and upgrading virtualized environments and their components

Basic Qualifications for Sr. Principal level:  

• Master's Degree with 6 years of experience; or a Bachelor's Degree with 8 years of experience; or an Associate's Degree with 10 years of experience; or a High School Diploma (or equivalent) with 12 years of IT experience is required.
• US Citizenship is required.
• Active Top Secret / SCI security clearance is required to be considered.
• Must possess a current DoD 8570 Certification for IAT Level II or higher prior to start date (example: Security+ CE)
• Experience with designing, deploying, managing, implementing, and upgrading virtualized environments and their components

Preferred Qualifications for both:

• Operational experience and in-depth knowledge of Atlassian Products (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo)
• Operational experience and in-depth knowledge of Virtual Desktop Environment technologies such as Horizon, Dell Wyse Management and Teradici.
• Operational experience and in-depth knowledge of monitoring tools such as ELK, SolarWinds, and VMware Aria.
• Functional knowledge of backup applications such as VEEAM and the ability to understand and implement backup and recovery solutions.
• Proficiency in one or more of the following languages: PowerShell, Python, Bash, or YAML (executed/managed via Ansible).

Primary Level Salary Range: $104,800.00 - $157,200.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $130,500.00 - $195,700.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.