Sr. Principal Cyber Systems / Network Engineer

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Fairfax, VA +1 · Cyber

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Sr. Principal Cyber Systems Engineer in Chantilly, VA, to monitor, maintain, and support mission-critical network infrastructure. Responsibilities include Tier-2/3 support, data collection, network upgrades, documentation, STIG configuration, and responding to security findings. Requires TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance and experience with RMF/ATO processes.

What you'd actually do

  1. 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 standards.
  2. Develop, implement, and support solutions for systems that support mission critical and mission essential infrastructure.
  3. Analyze existing systems & networks and make proactive recommendations to drive change and create efficiencies.
  4. Collaborate with mission system developers to create and deploy solutions in support of customer mission needs.
  5. Maintain, evaluate, test, and apply STIG configurations for network devices.

Skills

Required

  • TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance
  • Experience troubleshooting technical issues based on OSI model
  • Experience making ethernet cables, pulling fiber, racking equipment
  • Basic understanding of Cisco CLI commands
  • Experience with Risk Management Framework (RMF) and Authority to Operate (ATO) process
  • Experience working in an integrated team environment

Nice to have

  • Understanding of dynamic routing protocols
  • Firm understanding of Juniper JunOS commands and or firewall concepts
  • Previous experience troubleshooting network procedures and best practices
  • Experience with network challenges associated with systems integration, including COTS integration, and capacity analysis
  • Experience with Linux and Windows operating systems
  • Experience with virtualization technologies (e.g., Red Hat KVM, VMware, libvirt/virsh, Docker, and Kubernetes)
  • Previous experience contributing to building ATO packages
  • Experience working in Agile and O&M environments

What the JD emphasized

  • TS/SCI with Polygraph
  • Risk Management Framework (RMF)
  • Authority to Operate (ATO)