Principal / Sr. Principal Network Engineer

$97,500 - $146,300/Yr

Northrop Grumman - Chantilly, VA

Full-time - Principal

Chantilly, VA

10,001+ employees

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

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. Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world's biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today. At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We're looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our mission, we'll support yours of expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field or an industry thought leader. At Northrop Grumman, you'll have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career. We are looking for you to join our team as a Principal or Sr. Principal Engineer Network professional based out of Chantilly, VA. The successful candidate should thrive in a fast-paced, quick response, work environment with high expectations, diverse assignments, and possess the ability to communicate and collaborate with multiple teams across all technical levels. The candidate must be able to lead the way to maintain and develop creative solutions to complex problems.

Responsibilities

• Strong/Expert support of all aspects of network management, including planning, network design, scheduling, implementation, maintenance, change management, and support of a mission critical network infrastructure.
• Maintain, evaluate, test, and STIG configurations for network devices.
• Possess strong/expert skills in planning and maintenance for necessary software upgrades to firewalls, switches, and routers.
• Respond to security findings and events across the infrastructure.
• Lead in planning and executing engineering projects across multiple teams.
• Expert in the implementation of approved changes to the system as required.
• Expert understanding of physical network infrastructures and media types.
• Superb planning, coordination, communication, presentation, and documentation skills.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
• Bachelor's Degree in a STEM discipline and 5 years of related engineering experience; OR a master's degree in a STEM discipline and 2 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline with 0 years of related engineering experience.
• Ability to pass and maintain at least a DoD 8570 IAT Level II, or higher, certification such as CompTIA Security+, within 6 months of onboarding.
• Detailed knowledge of the OSI Model.
• Experience with routing, switching, and firewall concepts and protocols, such as OSPF and Spanning-tree, state-full and stateless traffic policies, and IPv4 CIDR subnetting.
• Experience with configuring, deploying, and integrating network devices and services.
• Experience with Cisco IOS-XE on the Catalyst 9300 series fabric, such as C9300 and C9400 platforms, and Juniper JunOS on the SRX series, such as the SRX345.
• Experience in producing and maintaining technical, configuration, and diagram documentation.
• Knowledge or experience with IDS/IPS sensors and writing policies.
• Knowledge or experience of writing configuration for and performing packet captures, with the ability to perform basic analysis of traffic flows.

Nice-to-haves

• Cisco CCNA/CCNP Certification, Juniper Security JCNIA-SEC, or equivalent.
• Active CompTIA Security+ certificate.
• Ability to lead troubleshooting and create solutions within a diverse network environment made up of Cisco routing and switching, Juniper SRX environment, and other proprietary equipment.
• Knowledge of Linux operating systems, routing, IPSec, and IPTables or Firewalld.
• Expert knowledge of Cisco Catalyst 9000 series platforms, such as the C9300 and C9407, and Juniper SRX series, such as SRX345.
• Expert knowledge of fault tolerant, high availability, network infrastructure environments.
• Author and maintain technical documentation and illustrations.
• Produce and present work instruction documentation, be able to lead discussions during Change Control Board (CCB) with other engineers, including the stakeholder.
• Knowledge or experience with Configuration Management (CM) processes and the Change Control Board (CCB).
• Expert knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.
• Expert knowledge of WireShark and PCAP files, and the ability to provide in-depth analysis of the data capture.
• Strong knowledge of fiber optic and RF cable and connector types.
• Strong batch scripting and PowerShell for network automation.
• Expert knowledge of monitoring and auditing network.

Benefits

• Health Plan
• Savings Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Education Assistance
• Training and Development
• 9/80 Work Schedule (when available)
• Comprehensive benefits package