Job Description

Description

Discover careers that change the world and further advancements in defense, technology, and engineering today at Northrop Grumman. Use your experience to grow your career and support our global customers with the technology, systems, and solutions they need to enable their missions on the diversity, respect, and above all teamwork. Together with our group of experts across the technical spectrum, you rsquo;ll discover opportunities to make a difference in our world and start solving some of the world rsquo;s most critical problems in the most innovative ways.

Our Platform Laboratory Systems amp; Design (PLSD) program is seeking a Principal Cyber Systems Engineer to join their diverse team in Oklahoma City, OK. The PLSD defines engineering capabilities for the B-2 Avionics Labs and drives advances in various computing technologies. Our team is chartered with providing the skills to design, produce and sustain avionics test equipment to provide a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Additionally, Northrop Grumman provides a comprehensive benefits package and a work environment that encourages your growth and supports the mutual success of our people and our company. Northrop Grumman benefits give you the flexibility and control to choose the benefits that make the most sense for you and your family.

This Principal Cyber Systems Engineer will have the opportunity to perform assessments of systems and networks within the networking environment and identify where those systems and networks deviate from acceptable configurations, enclave policy, or local policy. In addition, s/he will establish program control processes to ensure mitigation of risks. Come be a part of our mission!

You will support servers in a mixed operating system environment and work efficiently with our technology providers as well as other operations group. You will have the opportunity to work directly with other server owners and the engineering teams ensure reliability and sustainability of the avionics lab service infrastructure as well as compliance with internal and security policies

Behind everything our users work on is the architecture built by the Computer Engineering team to keep it running. From integrating and maintaining our avionics labs to building the next generation of lab platforms, we make flight missions possible. We 39;re proud to be our engineers 39; engineers and ensuring our users have the best computing experience to support the hard working war fighter. Come be a part of our mission!

Responsibilities include:

* Systems administration of multiple server and desktop operating systems; Windows, HyperV, RHEL, Unix, ESXi, and legacy mainframe OS; to include installation, configuration, and audit analysis
* Support bare-metal and virtual machines; mass data storage environments; complex integration of avionics equipment; and avionics network equipment to include network performance tuning, packet and protocol analysis, troubleshooting and maintenance; coordinate NTP setups for separate networks
* Hardware troubleshooting, configuration, and support; software installations and support; software license management
* Investigate systems and applications issues; determine appropriate course of action to provide, improve or restore systems rsquo; functionality; recommend procurement of hardware and/or software solutions when necessary
* Analyze, install, and test for both new and existing systems
* Apply systems and applications hardening configurations and patching in conformance with JSIG and NIST
* Develop requirements, workflow and systems analysis in order to meet customer rsquo;s functional specifications
* Correct errors, prepare operating instructions and analyze system capabilities
* Design prototypical systems based on customer and lab requirements

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Qualification

This position may be hired as a Cyber Systems Engineer or a Principal Cyber Systems Engineer

* Bachelor 39;s degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience; or a Master 39;s degree with 3 years experience
* Working knowledge of Windows, RHEL, Unix, or other enterprise operating systems; working knowledge of virtual operating systems such as HyperV or ESXi
* Understanding of application and OS security, virus scanning, and patching
* Demonstrate a high level understanding of RAID systems and server hardware
* Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 Certification ( CompTIA Security+, CISSP) within 3 months of start
* Ability to obtain/maintain required special access clearances
* Ability to obtain/maintain access to work on Tinker AFB
* Must be US Citizen and able to obtain/maintain a Secret Clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

* Current DoD Secret (or higher) clearance
* RHEL and/or windows server certifications
* Expertise with networking concepts and experience with setting up and troubleshooting Extreme and Cisco networking equipment ndash; TCPIP concepts and configurations; fiber and copper cabling; switch config and mgmt
* Experience with virtualized environments, VMWare products, deployment and administration
* Experience operating under and managing systems within RMF, STIG, or JSIG information system environments