Electronics/ Principal Electronics Networking EngineeR

Northrop Grumman•San Diego, CA

1d•$91,800 - $171,000•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking to add an Electronics/ Principal Electronics Networking Engineer to join their team in either San Diego (Rancho Bernardo), CA or Palmdale, CA. This position will be in their Avionics Integration Organization. The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at their facility. There is NO remote / hybrid / telework available for this position. Travel up to 25% may be required. This position may be filled either at the Electronics Engineer level OR at the Principal Electronics Engineer level based on the qualifications listed.

Requirements

Electronics Engineer: Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 2 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and years of related engineering experience.
Principal Electronics Engineer: Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 5 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and 1 year of related engineering experience.
Must be able to obtain DoD 8140 approved IAT Level II (or higher) compliant certification. Examples include: CCNA Security, Security+CE and CISSP within a reasonable time upon hire as determined by the program.
Understanding of TCP/IP, IPv4 addressing and network design including IP subnetting, VLANs and routing protocols.
Understanding of network device configuration and troubleshooting.
Experience with Microsoft Office tools such as Visio, Power point.
Good understanding and knowledge of network security features like IP access-lists.
Must have an active US Government Top-Secret Clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
Ability to obtain and maintain US Government SCI clearance
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.
U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

Nice To Haves

Current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
Active DoD Top Secret SCI clearance (with a background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
Active DoD 8140 approved IAT Level II (or higher) compliant certification. Examples include: CCNA Security, Security+CE and CISSP.
Professional certification specific to the networking industry such as CCNA or higher.
Experience with Cisco technologies like Nexus switches, ACI Fabrics, Catalyst switches.
Experience with data center architecture.
Understanding network automation scripting using Ansible, Python, Bash and Shell.
Knowledge of virtualization technologies like VMware and their associated networking solutions (e.g. NSX).
Understanding of advanced features like SD-WAN, GRE, IPSEC, DMVPN, MPLS, QoS, Multicast.
Experience with Cisco Unified Communications / VoIP.
Familiar with network management applications, like SolarWinds, SuzieQ, Splunk, and/or Cisco ISE.
Familiar with Windows, Linux, VMWare configuration and troubleshooting.
Experience with HAIPE/TACLANE encryptors and other military COMSEC/CRYPTO equipment and procedures.
Familiar with network emulator tools such as EVE-NG, GNS3, Cisco Modeling Lab (CML), Virtual Internet Routing Lab (VIRL).
Working knowledge of DISA security STIGs and maintaining security best practices.
Experience with tools like Jira, Bitbucket, Gitlab, GitHub.
Experience with Kubernetes and Container networking
Familiar with Agile methodology
Familiar with version control, GIT experience preferred
Ability to author and maintain technical installation, configuration, and update documentation
Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and support network infrastructure components (Routers/Switches/Firewalls)
Monitor and optimize network performance
Develop and maintain network documentation, diagrams, and standards
Troubleshoot and root cause analysis for complex network issues and support incidents response as needed
Develop engineering and automated deployments for datacenter system configurations.
Collaborate with engineers to install, troubleshoot and redline documented procedures.
Work closely with Engineers and Technicians in a lab environment.
Provide support to software integration lab and for end-to-end communication. Including being responsible for making network changes to the system, enhancing and improving the network system and architecture, troubleshooting complex network issues and resolving the discovered bugs.