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Northrop Grumman

Principal Cyber Systems Admin / Sr. Principal Cyber Systems Admin

chantilly, VA

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Northrop Grumman lists this Principal Cyber Systems Admin / Sr. Principal Cyber Systems Admin opportunity in chantilly, Virginia. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.

Job description

Description

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a candidate to join our diverse team of engineers, system administrators, and operators as a Principal Cyber Systems Administrator or Senior Principal Cyber Systems Administration professional in Chantilly, VA. Relocation assistance may be available. Clearance required for start: Yes. Clearance type: SCI. Travel: Yes, 10% of the time. The successful candidate will be expected to monitor, maintain, and provide Tier-2 and Tier-3 support of a mission critical network infrastructure, collect data for analysis, perform network upgrades, and be able to produce documentation and diagrams of the work they perform.

Responsibilities

Provide Engineering and Administrative support onsite for a team of developers and testers, often deviating from industry standard procedures to meet mission needs while maintaining system security standards.

Working as part of a team to design, build and maintain AWS and hybrid-cloud systems.

Administering systems based on Linux and Windows operating systems.

Maintaining and troubleshooting IP networking systems for AWS and hybrid-cloud systems.

Automating system deployment, operation and maintenance using Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management tooling.

Principal Cyber Systems Administrator Basic Qualifications

Must be a US citizen with an Active TS clearance with SCI eligibility, ability to obtain a Poly to be considered.

5 Years with Bachelor’s Degree; 3 Years with Masters; 1 year with a PhD; 9 years of experience in lieu of a degree.

IAT-2 Certification (e.g., COMPTIA Security+).

Experience with designing, deploying, and administering cloud-based solutions.

Experience in architecture, maintenance, and administration of Linux and Windows Operating Systems within large enterprise environments.

Experience with automating tasks (e.g., Ansible, Bash, PowerShell, Puppet, or Python).

Proven experience working within IT Systems Design, Deployment and Administration.

Senior Principal Cyber Systems Administrator Basic Qualifications

Must be a US citizen with an Active TS clearance with SCI eligibility, ability to obtain a Poly to be considered.

8 Years with Bachelor’s degree; 6 Years with Masters; 4 Years with PhD; 12 years of experience in lieu of a degree.

IAT-2 Certification (e.g., COMPTIA Security+).

Experience with designing, deploying, and administering cloud-based solutions.

Experience in architecture, maintenance, and administration of Linux and Windows Operating Systems within large enterprise environments.

Experience with automating tasks (e.g., Ansible, Bash, PowerShell, Puppet, or Python).

Proven experience working within IT Systems Design, Deployment and Administration.

Preferred Qualifications

Active TS/SCI clearance with current Poly.

Cloud service certification (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google, or similar).

Experience with one or more programming languages.

Extensive experience with designing, deploying, and troubleshooting IPv4 Networking, including Subnetting, OSPF Routing, VLANs and VPNs.

Recent roles in Technical or Team Leadership positions.

Knowledge of cloud database management (e.g., MySQL RDS and PostgreSQL).

Knowledge of cybersecurity in the context of the cloud.

Comfortable working in an Agile Development environment.

Experience managing and manipulating containers (e.g., PODMAN, DOCKER, KUBERNETES).

Benefits

Northrop Grumman provides a comprehensive benefits package and a work environment that encourages growth and supports mutual success. Your benefits will include the following: Health Plan, Savings Plan, Paid Time Off and additional benefits including Education Assistance, Training and Development, a 9/80 Work Schedule (where available), and more.

Salary Range

Primary Level Salary Range: $103,600.00 - $155,400.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $129,300.00 - $193,900.00

EEO Statement

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.

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Worksite address

chantilly, VA, 22021, US

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