Principal Cyber Systems Admin​/Sr. Principal Cyber Systems Admin

Relocation Assistance

Relocation assistance may be available.

Clearance required:

SCI. Active TS clearance with SCI eligibility and ability to obtain a Poly to be considered.

Travel required:

10% of the time.

The Principal Cyber Systems Administrator or Senior Principal Cyber Systems Administrator will monitor, maintain, and provide Tier‑2 and Tier‑3 support of a mission‑critical network infrastructure, collect data for analysis, perform network upgrades, and produce documentation and diagrams of the work performed. The position is located in Chantilly, VA.

• Provide engineering and administrative support onsite for a team of developers and testers.
• Design, build, and maintain AWS and hybrid‑cloud systems.
• Administer systems based on Linux and Windows operating systems.
• Maintain and troubleshoot IP networking systems for AWS and hybrid‑cloud systems.
• Automate system deployment, operation and maintenance using Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management tooling.

• Must be a US citizen with an Active TS clearance with SCI eligibility, ability to obtain a Poly to be considered.
• 5 Years with Bachelor’s Degree; 3 Years with Masters; 1 year with a PhD; 9 years of experience in lieu of a degree.
• IAT‑2 Certification (e.g., COMPTIA Security+).
• Experience with designing, deploying, and administering cloud‑based solutions.
• Experience of architecture, maintenance, and administration of Linux and Windows Operating Systems within large enterprise environments.
• Experience with automating tasks (e.g., Ansible, Bash, Power Shell, Puppet or Python).
• Proven experience working within IT Systems Design, Deployment and Administration.

• Must be a US citizen with an Active TS clearance with SCI eligibility, ability to obtain a Poly to be considered.
• 8 Years with Bachelor’s degree; 6 Years with Masters; 4 Years with PhD; 12 years of experience in lieu of a degree.
• IAT‑2 Certification (e.g., COMPTIA Security+).
• Experience with designing, deploying, and administering cloud‑based solutions.
• Experience of architecture, maintenance, and administration of Linux and Windows Operating Systems within large enterprise environments.
• Experience with automating tasks (e.g., Ansible, Bash, Power Shell, Puppet or Python).
• Proven experience working within IT Systems Design, Deployment and Administration.

• Active TS/SCI clearance with current Poly.
• Cloud service certification (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google, or similar).
• Experience with one or more programming languages.
• Extensive experience of designing, deploying, and troubleshooting IPv4 Networking, including Subnetting, OSPF Routing, VLANs and VPNs.
• Recent roles in Technical or Team Leadership positions.
• Knowledge of cloud database management (e.g., MySQL RDS and PostgreSQL).
• Knowledge of cybersecurity in the context of the cloud.
• Comfortable working in an Agile Development environment.
• Experience managing and manipulating containers (e.g., PODMAN, DOCKER, KUBERNETES).

Primary Level: $ – $
Secondary Level: $ – $

Northrop Grumman provides a comprehensive benefits package including a health plan, savings plan, paid time off, education assistance, training and development, and a 9/80 work schedule where available.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit