Senior Principal Systems Engineer (Active Top Secret Clearance required; Beale AFB CA)
Northrop Grumman
- Beale Air Force Base, CA
- $127,000-190,600 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Determines systems specifications, input/output processes, and working parameters for hardware/software compatibility and maintenance of system security.
- Coordinates design of subsystems and integration of total system. Identifies, analyzes, and resolves program support deficiencies.
- Develops and recommends corrective actions. Will consult with software baseline engineers to ensure successful system total design.
- Will plan, evaluate, and coordinate installation and/or reconfiguration of Commercial of the Shelf (COTS) hardware and propriety software builds.
- Maintains technical expertise in all areas of networks and computer hardware and software interconnection and interfacing, such as routers, multiplexers, firewalls, hubs, bridges, gateways, etc.
- Prepares or ensures that appropriate network documentation exists, including operational instructions.
- Provides regular monitoring and network analysis regarding short- and long-range planning for in-house systems.
- May coordinate third-party maintenance for network equipment.
- May design network or portion of network that include selection of hardware and software packages.
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- Must have a Bachelors of Science degree in a STEM discipline with 9 years of relevant professional / military experience in Systems Engineering OR a Masters of Science degree in a STEM discipline with 7 years of relevant professional / military experience in Systems Engineering OR a Ph.D. in a STEM discipwith 4 years of relevant professional / military experience in Systems Engineering
- Must have an active DoD Top Secret or higher clearance (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance
- Must be able to obtain and maintain an IAT Level 2 Security Certification (Security +, CySA+, CCNA Security, GICSP, GSEC, SSCP) or IAT DoD level 3 (CASP, CCNP-Security, CISA, CISSP,GCED, GCIH)
- Must be willing to work outside of normally scheduled times, after hours support, and extended workdays.
- Must be willing to travel up to 25%.
- Must have a valid driver’s license.
- Bachelor of Science degree in Information Systems with 9 years of experience or 7 years of relevant experience with a master's degree with a current IAT Level 2 security certification.
- A DoD 8570 IAT Level I Certification (Security+).
- Experience performing Information Systems Security duties.
- Experience with the following operating systems and applications:
- o Microsoft Office, Access, and Visio.
- o Integrated Maintenance Data System
- o Unix/Solaris Operating Systems and Principles
- o Windows Server
- o Wide Area (WAN) and Local Area (LAN) networking
- o Group policy design, testing and implementation.
- o Oracle RAC and DB
- o VMware Virtualization
- o Cisco IOS
- o Red Hat Linux
- o Assured Compliance Assessment Solutions (ACAS)