Principal/Senior Principal Systems Engineer; Top Secret Clearance
Listed on 2026-02-12
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Cybersecurity -
IT/Tech
Systems Engineer, Cybersecurity
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
No relocation assistance available
CLEARANCE TYPE:
Top Secret
TRAVEL:
Yes, 25% of the Time
Description
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.
the Team:
We are looking for a Principal or Senior Principal Systems Engineer to join our team at Buckley Space Force Base! Our team deploys Linux-based ground systems for a large missile defense contract. We provide a combination of Linux system design, administration, and sustainment (no Windows!), cyber security, network and hardware engineering, Algorithm development, and analysis. Currently, we run a mix of bare metal and virtual environments and are working towards monolithic and containerized applications.
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 are making history.
This is a site lead role that will learn the processes of the site, provide system engineering functions, quick turn analysis on real-world events, and provide guidance to other team members at the site. The team is currently made up of system administrators pushing heavily towards virtual environments or running exclusively containerized microservices, however, the system is made up of RHEL 7 and 9 servers and other hardware supporting various missions.
The successful candidate will be a motivated individual that possesses technical and problem-solving skills necessary for quickly developing recommendations based on quantitative and qualitative data. This is someone who can understand the general problem space and is confident in explaining the different insights generated from the data.
The primary tools used in this job will be RHEL, python, Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence, Jenkins, Nexus, Sonar Qube, VMware, and Open Shift.
Work Environment and Flexibility:The expectation for this role is to work mostly at Buckley Space Force Base, with paid travel to Boulder, CO, and Colorado Springs, CO. This is an on-site role within a SCIF requiring TS security clearance and CI Poly. Relocation is not available for this position. Must have an active TS with SCI eligibility to be considered for this position.
Work hours are standard, Monday - Friday, and are flexible around core hours of 8:00am - 5:00pm. We are a flexible team that values time away from work. The expectation for this position is 40 hours per week.
Security Clearance and Citizenship Requirements:A Top-Secret security clearance is required to start on day one, as this role will be working on a classified system(s). A CI-Poly is not required to start, but the ability to pass a CI Poly is required for the position. US citizenship is also required to start on day one.
Job Duties:- Site lead to cover site processes, System engineering functions, oversee updates/modification to the architecture, on-site coordination with government sponsors, team guidance, and coordinate operational activities in support of Real-World Operations
- Sustainment of multiple Linux and virtual systems on Buckley Space Force Base
- Troubleshoot software, HW, and OS to restore operational status
- Technical presentations and analysis reports as required
- Performance analysis of missile tracking
- Monitor and maintain system status, application SME
- Ground and Flight Test support
- Track/log Real World Events
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