Sr Staff Engineer - Network Systems Architect - Top Secret - R10221169

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI

TRAVEL:
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.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills and innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission!

We offer phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly collaborative workplace. We are looking for self‑motivated, proactive and goal‑oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do. Does this sound like you?

Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) provide benefits for the member, our leaders and the company. Our ERGs offer opportunities to be a friend, be active, be a volunteer, be a leader, to be recognized and to be yourself! Every ERG is inclusive of all employees!

Our diverse portfolio of programs means there are endless paths to cultivate your career. We are well‑known for our inclusive environment, as well as our excellent work/life balance. We also offer exceptional benefits/healthcare, a 9/80 schedule and a great 401(k) matching program.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a highly motivated and qualified Senior Staff Network Systems Architect in Redondo Beach, CA
. In this role, the successful candidate will lead the Network Emulation and Research Development team. This is a unique opportunity for an entrepreneurial, forward‑looking and market‑aware professional to drive cutting‑edge innovation in the networking and technology space, with the ability to identify and capitalize on synergistic opportunities across diverse customer bases. The position demands a motivated self‑starter who is highly collaborative and willing to participate in consortiums and shape industry standards.

The ideal candidate will have subject‑matter expertise level technical insight and experience for Northrop Grumman’s Proliferated Space Mesh Networking IR&D work. The position requires deep knowledge of OSI layers 2 – 6, SD‑WAN, Software Defined Networking, carrier provider architecture, variable trust, use of abstraction and virtualization within networking to include Hypervisor, VM and Container layers, Linux OS, cloud infrastructures (AWS, Azure, and GCP), and awareness of various CPU/GPU architectures (x86, ARM, AMD, etc.).

This position is 100% on site and has a mixture of classified and unclassified work.

• Ongoing research in the emerging proliferated space mesh networking sector
• Application of various open‑source / commercial networking standards to specific space‑ground networks
• Building emulated network architectures in tools like GNS3, EVE‑NG and Container labs
• Ability to work with all major network vendor equipment (Cisco, Juniper, Nokia, etc.)
• Ability to tailor network design to unique system requirements and constraints
• Apply a firm understanding of Software Defined Networking (SDN) paradigm and the SDN architecture (data plane, control plane, northbound/southbound interfaces, etc.)
• Understanding of MPLS, IPv4/6, SR‑MPLS, Traffic Engineering, Network Emulation and Time Variant Routing
• Comfortable with deploying…