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Northrop Grumman Corp. (AU)

Principal Engineer Network – Network Engineer III (25-008)

Northrop Grumman Corp. (AU), Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, 80509

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Requisition ID: R10183123 Category:

Information Technology

Location:

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States of America | Schriever AFB, Colorado, United States of America

Clearance Type:

Secret

Telecommute:

No- Teleworking not available for this position

Shift:

Days (United States of America)

Travel Required:

Yes, 10% of the Time

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. 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. Northrop Grumman Space Systems – Launch and Missile Defense Systems has an exciting career opportunity for a Principal Engineer Network – Network Engineer III (25-008) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Colorado Springs, CO. Position Overview: The Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) program integrates the Missile Defense System. It is a vital operational system that enables the U.S. president, secretary of defense, and combatant commanders at strategic, regional, and operational levels to systematically plan ballistic missile defense operations. C2BMC supports a layered missile defense capability that enables an optimized response to threats of all ranges in all phases of flight. In this role, the candidate will serve as a Network Development Engineer supporting build-out and deployments to the operational environment as necessary. The candidate will work within an agile scrum team and plan work based on customer requirements and program contractual agreements. Essential Functions: Primary Network Engineer supporting the C2BMC Program

Experience in planning, deploying, integrating, and testing upgrades to the C2BMC network and operational sites

Basic Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics discipline preferred from an accredited university and 5 years of related experience or a Master’s degree in a related discipline and 3 years of experience, or 9 years of related experience instead of a degree.

Applicants must have a current active in-scope DoD-issued

Secret

security clearance at the time of application, which is required to start with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance.

DoD 8140 certification at

IAT Level II or higher

(Security+, GSEC, SCNP, SSCP, CISSP, CISA, GSE, SCNA) is required to start.

Ability and willingness to travel up to 10% to support business needs.

Must be experienced as a network engineer with hands-on mid-level experience and knowledge of network design, development, and testing methodologies.

Must understand:

OSI Model

TCP/IP

Routing protocols BGP and OSPF

Must have network traffic analysis, diagnostic, and troubleshooting skills.

Must have firewall experience:

Juniper

Fortinet

Palo Alto

Required experience in:

UDP multicast

SONET

MSPP

VLANs

GRE Tunnels

TCP/IP network designs

Must have hands-on experience with multi-vendor switching routing ( Juniper, Cisco ),

WAN optimizer ,

TACLANEs , and optical transport equipment.

Must be an effective communicator with excellent writing and presentation skills using Microsoft Office products, especially PowerPoint and Visio.

Must thrive and do your best work in a collaborative and agile environment.

Must understand standard DOD security practices such as

STIG compliance

and

system accreditation implementation

efforts.

Familiarization with virtualization technologies:

NFV

SDWAN

VMware

Preferred Qualifications: Current and active Top Secret is highly desired.

Cloud Foundation ,

NSX ,

vSAN , and

Aria

are highly desired.

Experience with network automation using Ansible is highly desired.

Prior C2BMC experience.

What We Can Offer You: Northrop Grumman provides a comprehensive benefits package and a work environment that encourages your growth and supports the mutual success of our people and our company. Salary Range:

$91,200 - $136,800 The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers. Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

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