Principal Network Engineer/Sr. Principal Network Engineer- San Diego Event

Northrop Grumman•San Diego, CA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This requisition supports a hiring event and is not tied to a single position. Based on your background, you may be considered for one or more relevant roles that best match your qualifications. Northrop Grumman Mission Systems has opportunities for Network Engineers to join our team in San Diego, CA. Perform as a consultant in highly specialized, leading edge information technologies and methodologies. Perform hardware and software installation, configuration, and maintenance. Comply with cyber requirements, which may include routine system checks for antivirus, logging, and network system services. Recommend and implement approved system enhancements that will improve the performance and reliability of the system including installing, upgrading/patching, monitoring, problem resolution, and configuration management. Solve complex problems across disciplines in an Agile, Networking, and Software environment. Opportunity to travel for system installations, test support, and customer demos.

Requirements

Bachelors degree in science, engineering, or related discipline with 5 years of experience (for Principal Network Engineer)
An additional 4 years of relevant experience can be considered in lieu of a Bachelor degree.
Must be a US Citizen
The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S Government Secret clearance is required.
Bachelors degree in science, engineering, or related discipline with 9 years of experience (for Sr. Principal Network Engineer)
Must be a US Citizen
The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S Government Secret clearance is required.

Nice To Haves

Ability to apply Zero Trust principles including microsegmentation and identity-based policy enforcement.
Familiarity with SASE concepts and the convergence of SD-WAN with cloud-delivered security services.
Experience with designing and operating networking constructs across at least two of AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
Working knowledge of Kubernetes networking including CNI choice, ingress, and NetworkPolicy.
Experience with Use Terraform to declare and manage cloud and on-prem network infrastructure as code.
Knowledge of how to operate intent-based and AIOps platforms for predictive network operations.
Experience managing network infrastructure as code using Terraform with state management and CI/CD integration.
Knowledge of HAIPE deployment and integration with classified network underlays.
Experience applying DISA STIGs to network operating systems and Linux platforms with documented remediation.
Experience planning and executing traffic generation campaigns using Spirent, Ixia, or PacketStorm.
Ability to automate network configuration, state collection, and traffic engineering in Python.
Experience diagnosing and resolving SSH and crypto negotiation issues across modern Linux and legacy network OS.

Responsibilities

Perform as a consultant in highly specialized, leading edge information technologies and methodologies
Perform hardware and software installation, configuration, and maintenance
Comply with cyber requirements, which may include routine system checks for antivirus, logging, and network system services
Recommend and implement approved system enhancements that will improve the performance and reliability of the system including installing, upgrading/patching, monitoring, problem resolution, and configuration management
Solve complex problems across disciplines in an Agile, Networking, and Software environment
Travel for system installations, test support, and customer demos