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Requisition ID: R10174474

• Category: Engineering
• Location: Chantilly, Virginia, United States of America
• Clearance Type: Top Secret
• Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this position
• Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)
• Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time
• Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available
• Positions Available: 1

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. *This position may be filled at the Principal or Senior Principal Network Systems Engineer level. *
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal or Senior Principal Network Systems Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Systems Engineering organization. This position is located in Chantilly, VA. This position will require selected candidate to be on site.
In this role you will be a results-oriented technical project lead and architect covering projects across network architecture, infrastructure, and data storage to provide guidance and enable the buildup of a scalable infrastructure to support robust communication across assets, centralized capabilities, and data dissemination. You will have the ability to drive cross-function technical maturation/evolution of network solutions. Additionally, you will provide technical root cause evaluations, technical recommendations, data analysis, system integration, and troubleshooting with minimal oversight.
We offer flexible work arrangements, 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.
Educational assistance is available to employees who want to continue to learn and develop skills/knowledge. Our educational assistance program supports employee development by providing resources such as:

• Free Education Advice: Call 855-222-2398 to speak with an experienced advisor to tailor an educational program to your career goals and needs.
• Tuition Savings at Accredited Schools: Access a network of accredited schools in a variety of locations (and online) to take advantage of reduced tuition costs and waived fees.

• Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) provide benefits for the member, our leaders and the company. Our ERGs offer opportunities to be a friend, be active, be a volunteer, be a leader, to be recognized and to be yourself. Every ERG is inclusive of all employees
  Essential Functions: 

• Technical leadership over the buildup of our network infrastructure, including a specific, immediate need to development a data storage solution. Directly leads the technical execution of network/infrastructure development and implementation.

• Ownership over network documentation, including high-level and detailed design, topology depictions, port and protocol documentation, security boundaries/classifications, IP and tunneling, etc.
• Supports the development, decomposition and documentation of system-segment-software/hardware requirements
• Ensures the right solutions are being developed, via collaboration with internal stakeholders and end-user/customer counterparts.
• Serves as a technical leadership for network/infrastructure for factory reach back and suppliers/subcontractors’ integration.
• Supports risk mitigation and opportunity generation.

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This position may be filled at the Principal or Senior Principal level.

Basic Qualifications:

• For Principal level consideration: Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline and 5 years or a Master’s degree in STEM discipline and 3 years of related military / professional experience in engineering, or a 1 year with PhD in a STEM discipline and 4 years of related military / professional experience in engineering.
• For Senior Principal level consideration: Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline and 8 years or a Master’s degree in STEM discipline and 6 years of related military / professional experience in engineering, or a PhD in a STEM discipline and 4 years of related military / professional experience in engineering.
• Additional 4 years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a 4-year degree program.
• Must have an active DoD Top Secret clearance (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation) OR must have held an active DoD Top Secret clearance within the past 2 years and be in-scope for reinstatement
• Must have ability to obtain and maintain Program Access (PAR) within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs.
• Must have previous experience with network architecture and topologies, protocols, IP and tunneling, and security boundaries.
• Must have previous experience in documentation, change packages, design depictions and requirements.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong cross-functional team leadership and communication skills.
• Knowledge and experience with the DevSecOps methodologies and practices.
• Knowledge and experience with the Software Development Lifecycles (SDLC).
• Knowledge and experience with virtualization technology, microservices, containers and container orchestration tools, build tools, and continuous integration environments.
• Experience with root cause investigations, fielded issue investigation, and operational missions.
• Cloud-based architecture, and virtual network expertise.
• Skilled at defining, motivating and driving change across multiple contracts/business areas with a dual focus on supporting the end-user mission and ensuring business value.
• Advanced technical knowledge in network architecture.

Salary Range: $107,300 - $160,900

Salary Range 2: $133,000 - $199,600

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.
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 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 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. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.