Sr Principal Network Engineer

Northrop Grumman•Aurora, CO

35d

About The Position

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 Space Systems (NGSP) seeks to fill a Senior Principal Network Engineer in the Payload and Ground Systems Division Engineering organization supporting Integrated National Systems (INS) Business Unit (BU). This position is located in Aurora, CO In this role, the successful candidate will design and plan network communication systems and provide specifications and detailed schematics for network architecture. The candidate must be able to troubleshoot and isolate network faults and failures in a LAN/WAN environment and provide specific detailed information for hardware and software selections, implementation techniques and tools for the most efficient solution to meet business needs, including present and future capacity requirements. This candidate will have to maintain technical expertise in all areas of network and software interconnections and interfacing, such as routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers etc, and evaluate and report on new communication technologies to enhance capabilities of the network. Candidates are required to be Security+ certified and have an adjudicated full-scope polygraph at time of employment. Candidates must have the ability to work within a group or independently where collaboration and attention to detail is critical to mission success. Travel is required at a minimum of 20%.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in STEM with 8+ years of relevant experience, OR Master's degree with 6+ years, or PhD with 4+ years; 12+ years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree requirement.
Active TS/SCI with an adjudicated full-scope polygraph at time of application.
Candidates are required to be Security+ certified.
Candidates are required to travel a minimum of 20%.
Maintain technical expertise in all areas of network and software interconnections and interfacing, such as routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers etc.
Wide Area Network Subject Matter Expert
Experience with designing additions to a large network

Nice To Haves

Firewall Hardware and Software Knowledge, administration, management and modifications
CISCO Router, Switches Hardware and Software Knowledge
COMSEC equipment knowledge
Maintain technical expertise in all areas of network and software interconnections and interfacing, such as routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers etc.
Linux and Windows knowledge

Responsibilities

design and plan network communication systems
provide specifications and detailed schematics for network architecture
troubleshoot and isolate network faults and failures in a LAN/WAN environment
provide specific detailed information for hardware and software selections, implementation techniques and tools for the most efficient solution to meet business needs, including present and future capacity requirements
maintain technical expertise in all areas of network and software interconnections and interfacing, such as routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers etc
evaluate and report on new communication technologies to enhance capabilities of the network
work within a group or independently where collaboration and attention to detail is critical to mission success