Principal​/Senior Principal Engineer Software; Cyber

Relocation Assistance

Relocation assistance may be available.

Yes, Level: Top Secret.

Yes, 10% of the time.

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.

Principal or Senior Principal Engineer Software (Cyber Engineer) in Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems.

Location:

Melbourne, FL.

• Advise on integration of new emerging industry technologies to the program’s systems.
• Review, analyze, and incorporate technical requirements into end-to-end system architectures.
• Implement network configurations and coordinate with peers, SMEs, and government engineers on hardening and securing the system.
• Occasional travel may be required.
• Integrate functionality with other software components.
• Support software working groups with the customer.
• Develop and share technical documentation and presentations.
• Containerize and secure applications; harden operating systems and network security.
• Deploy, automate, maintain, troubleshoot, and improve systems and software infrastructure for rapid deployment and maintainability.

As above responsibilities section.

• Principal level (T03):
  Bachelor’s degree in STEM and 5+ years of software engineering experience, or Master’s degree in STEM and 3+ years, or PhD in STEM with relevant experience.
• Senior Principal level (T04):
  Bachelor’s degree in STEM and at least 8 years of experience, or Master’s degree in STEM and 6 years, or PhD in STEM and 4 years.
• Current DoD 8570 IAT Level II or greater certification (Security+).
• Able to obtain and maintain DoD Top Secret clearance (Interim required to start).
• Experience with Agile.
• Familiarity with Atlassian tool suite, plugins, Git and Confluence.
• Experience developing software in Linux and Windows environments.
• Development experience with OOP languages.
• Experience remote debugging hardware/software systems.
• Experience with firewall, VPN, switch, and router configuration.
• Experience with configuration and management of Cisco, Palo Alto, or Juniper network appliances.
• Experience with authentication and data encryption methods, including securing communications at either the datalink or network layer.

• Experience with containerization technologies.
• Experience with net-booting and overlay file systems.
• Experience with container orchestration systems (e.g., Kubernetes).
• Experience with virtualization technology (e.g., Virtual Box, QEMU, KVM, VMware).
• Experience with scripting (Bash, Python).
• Experience with Linux IP stack.
• Experience with network security (e.g., SELinux, CIPSO, SECMARK).
• Experience with multilevel security solutions.
• Experience with Cisco, Palo Alto, or Juniper.
• Experience with Agile best practices and processes.
• Current DoD 8570 IAT Level II or greater certification (Security+).
• DoD Top Secret Clearance.

Primary Level: $98,400.00 – $. Secondary Level: $ – $. Salary is determined by scope, responsibilities, experience, education, skills, and market conditions.

Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, discretionary bonuses, and, for VP/Director positions, long-term incentives. Benefits include health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, company-paid holidays, and paid time off. Northrop Grumman provides a variety of employee benefits.

Estimated 20 days from posting date, subject to business needs.

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