Principal Network Engineer / Sr Principal Network Engineer

Northrop Grumman San Jose, California
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December 15, 2022
Northrop Grumman
San Jose, California
Requisition ID: R10075104
  • Category: Information Technology
  • Location: San Jose, California, United States of America
  • Citizenship Required: United States Citizenship
  • Clearance Type: Polygraph
  • Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this position
  • Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)
  • Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time
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.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. Our Engineering and Sciences (E&S) organization pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission!

We are looking for you to join our team as a Principal Network Engineer or Sr Principal Network Engineer based out of San Jose, CA. As a Network Engineer at Northrop Grumman you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation. Through the use of Model-based Engineering, DevSecOps and Agile practices we continue to evolve how we deliver critical national defense products and capabilities for the warfighter. Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly and continuously drive innovation. The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment & shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation.

What You'll Get To Do
  • Provide networking equipment inventory management and documentation
  • Document network information including of all switching and routing equipment, connected IP-addressable devices and cabling interconnects
  • Provides day-to-day network maintenance to include installation, configuration, operation, and troubleshooting of switched networks and network equipment
  • Research, design and implement security solutions for network infrastructure
  • Design, price and implement network systems.
  • Engineer network solutions for new & existing systems.
  • Participate in project planning and participate in proposal writing.
  • Track and report identified information system vulnerabilities
  • Monitor, review, analyze, tune, and make recommendations to optimize network
  • Manage, configure, and install firewall security appliances
  • Assist in the creation of test plans and procedures
This position may be filled as Principal Network Engineer or Sr Principal Network Engineer.

Basic Qualifications For a Principal Network Engineer
  • 5 years of relevant experience with a Bachelors degree; 3 years of experience with Masters; or may consider an additional 4 years experience in lieu of a degree
  • Must have experience with 2 or more of the following: ACI, Spine Leaf, SPLUNK, Firewall, BGP/OSPF, Spanning Tree, Cisco, Multicast, Packet decoding
  • Will need to have basic troubleshooting / hardening & upgrading experience
  • Must have experience with switching, routing protocols
  • Must have an Active Top Secret/SCI + CI Poly
Basic Qualifications for a Sr Principal Network Engineer :
  • 9 years of relevant experience with a Bachelors degree; 7 years of experience with Masters; or may consider an additional 4 years experience in lieu of a degree
  • Must have experience with 2 or more of the following: ACI, Spine Leaf, SPLUNK, Firewall, BGP/OSPF, Spanning Tree, Cisco, Multicast, Packet decoding
  • Will need to have basic troubleshooting / hardening & upgrading experience
  • Must have experience with switching, routing protocols
  • Must have an Active Top Secret/SCI + CI Poly
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience with multiple network vendors and operating systems.
  • Experience with Wide Area Networks and commensal circuit requests.
  • Experience with ISR assets.
  • Experience with Cisco ASAs.
  • Experience with VMware vSwitches and port groups.
  • Experience with DoD STIGS and NIST security standards.
  • Experience with Inline Network Encryptors. KG175D/G and KG250
  • Experience with port-security
  • Experience implementing 802.1x
  • Experience managing DNS
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Salary Range: $92,200 USD - $138,400 USD

Salary Range 2: $114,300 USD - $171,500 USD

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 health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/ .

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 http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO . U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.

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