Principal, Infrastructure Engineering

Company: Northrop Grumman Careers
Location: Colorado Springs
Posted on: September 2, 2024

Job Description:

Category: Information Technology
* Shift: Days (United States of America)
* Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time
* Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available
* 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 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. Northrop Grumman Space Systems - Launch and Missile Defense Systems has an exciting career opportunity for a Sr Principal Engineer Network - Global Network Engineer (24-167) (BLSk) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. The Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) program integrates the Missile Defense System. It is a vital operational system that enables the U.S. president, secretary of defense, and combatant commanders at strategic, regional, and operational levels to systematically plan ballistic missile defense operations, to see the battle develop collectively, and to dynamically manage designated networked sensors and weapons systems to achieve global and regional mission objectives. C2BMC supports a layered missile defense capability that enables an optimized response to threats of all ranges in all phases of flight. C2BMC is the force multiplier that globally and regionally networks integrate, synchronizing autonomous sensor and weapon systems and operations to optimize performance. C2BMC is integral to all system ground and flight tests, which verify and exercise all current and future missile defense system capabilities.
This position includes both the engineering of new capabilities and the maintenance of existing environments. We use a mix of different vendors and expect the network engineer to be comfortable working with numerous technologies.
Produce designs including system, logical, and connectivity drawings, and conduct testing of network designs.
* Maintain technical expertise in diverse network and computer hardware and software areas, including interconnection and interfacing with various devices, including routers, switches, firewalls, gateways, etc.
* Evaluate and report on new communications technologies to enhance network capabilities.
* Design, implement, and troubleshoot networking equipment, including switches, routers, and firewalls.
* Working knowledge of spanning trees, trunking, routing protocols, first hop redundancy protocols, and IP subnetting.
* Demonstrated experience in the design and execution of network engineering configuration changes and documentation in a complex IT environment.
* Please note your updated security clearance and IAT/relevant certifications on your resume if applicable.
* An active Secret clearance is required to start with the ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance.
* 9 years with a Bachelor's degree in a related field; Must have presentation skills using Microsoft PowerPoint and Visio drawing tools.
* Must be able to work collaboratively in a team environment with other highly motivated network engineers and independently on large field projects.
* Travel may be required to support local and remote sites.
Cisco Nexus/Catalyst switches, Juniper routers and switches, Fortinet firewalls, Palo Alto firewalls.
* Familiarity with SIPRNet, MDACNet, or other DOD networks.
* CompTIA Network+, Juniper JNCIA, and Cisco CCNA/CCNP certifications.
* Understanding the project lifecycle, related processes, and traditional systems engineering skills.
* Experience reviewing work products produced by a team of engineers for quality, completeness, and adherence to established procedures and policies.
* Experience planning and supporting network infrastructure deployment are highly desired.
* Prior C2BMC network experience is also a plus.
Training and Development
* Flexible Work Arrangements
In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.

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