Sr. Principal Network Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret

TRAVEL:
Yes, 25% 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.

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.

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems has an opening for a Sr Principal Network Engineer. We are looking for you to join our team as a Sr Principal Network Engineer based out of Orlando, FL. As a Sr Principal Network Engineer at Northrop Grumman, you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Cross-Domain Handling of Releasable Data (CHORD) portfolio.

CHORD is a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Cross Domain Solution (CDS). The CHORD portfolio comprises multiple contract awards and with various customers. The successful candidate will be exceptionally meticulous, collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment & personal responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of seeking the best performance from everyone.

• The Sr Principal Network Engineer serves as a senior technical resource responsible for sustaining and troubleshooting a fully defined network architecture, including secure external connectivity through next-generation firewalls (preferably Palo Alto) and DoD end-to-end encryption devices such as TACLANE.
• Manages and handles COMSEC material in accordance with DoD directives, and cross-trains as a tester to support system and integration test activities alongside multi-disciplinary engineering teams
• The engineer also performs end-to-end fault isolation to distinguish product issues from customer network issues under a CLS contract.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, or related STEM discipline with 8+ years of relevant network engineering experience OR Master’s degree in STEM and 6+ years of experience OR 12 years of experience in lieu of a degree.
• U.S. citizenship and Active DoD Secret Clearance
• Extensive hands-on experience configuring, operating, and troubleshooting Cisco-based network infrastructure, including enterprise-/mission-scale switches and routers (IOS/IOS-XE/NX-OS).
• Deep understanding of TCP/IP…