Principal Systems Engineering

Company: Northrop Grumman
Location: Melbourne
Posted on: September 2, 2024

Job Description:

Category: Engineering
- Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)
- Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time
- Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available
- 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 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. Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Sr. The selected candidate will be responsible for maintaining smooth operation of classified multi-user computer systems, maintaining lab infrastructure, and supporting security procedures. Interact with users to determine hardware/software requirements.

- Installation and configuration of hardware, operating systems, and COTS.

- Develop and monitor policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources.

- evaluation of vendor products, providing recommendations to purchase hardware and software,

- tuning system performance,

- building of systems and computing asset management.

- Applicant must be experienced in STIG configuration, classified processing, and security procedures.

- Install, harden, and maintain computers in a Risk Management Framework (RMF) environment.

We offer flexible work arrangements, a 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off, phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly team environment. We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do.

This position is contingent upon verification of DoD clearance and obtainment of Special Access Program (SAP) clearance prior to start.

Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline with 9 years of relevant experience or Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline with 7 years of relevant experience

- Experience with systems administration of Windows and Linux workstations and servers

- Must have an active DoD Top Secret clearance (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)

- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.

DoD 8570 Level 2 Certification, such as Security+ CE

- Knowledge of Virtualization technology, including Esxi, VMWare, and Hyper-V

- Risk Management Framework (RMF) knowledge/experience

- Knowledge of Nessus, Splunk, SCAP, POA&Ms, system audits, vulnerability scanning, and Risk Management Framework (RMF) system security package development

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. 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.

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