Principal Software Engineer - System Infrastructure Engineering

Northrop Grumman•San Diego, CA

2d•$103,600 - $155,400•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Software Engineer 3 to join the Systems Infrastructure Engineering (SIE) team based out of the Autonomous Design Center of Excellence (CoE) in San Diego, California. The role involves leading a team of engineers, maintaining an Agile development workflow, and administering various server and workstation systems. The engineer will also be responsible for automating system maintenance tasks, enforcing cybersecurity compliance, and maintaining proper configuration management.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline with at least 5 years of experience, OR a Master Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline with at least 3 years of experience, OR a PhD in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline with at least 0 years of experience
Minimum of 4 years installing, configuring, maintaining and administration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6/7/8 servers and workstations
Minimum of 4 years installing, configuring, maintaining and administration of Windows-based servers and workstations
Meets DoD IAT requirements for security certification for classified systems administrators, or be in the process of obtaining one (i.e., Security+, CISSP, etc.)
Must have an active Secret (or higher) clearance

Nice To Haves

Experience with VMWare infrastructure
Experience with Ansible
Certification from VMWare, Windows (MCSE), and/or RedHat with Satellite Administration
US Passport and ability to frequently travel overseas

Responsibilities

Leading a team of engineers and providing daily tasking that’s consistent with the current priorities
Maintaining an Agile development workflow that’s already established
Administration and troubleshooting of Linux (RHEL / CENTOS) 6/7/8 servers and workstations
Administration and troubleshooting of Windows Server 2008 / 2016, and Windows 7 / 10 systems
Administration and troubleshooting of VMWare vSphere systems (VCSA and ESXi) systems
Automate system maintenance tasks with scripting tools (PowerSHell, Python, Ansible, etc.)
Enforce cybersecurity compliance through the use of security frameworks and remediation tools (SCC SCAP scanner, STIG Viewer, and eventually Nessus)
Maintain proper configuration management with engineering document lifecycle tools (Team Center Enterprise)