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Principal / Sr. Principal Core Engineer Network - TS/SCI w/ CI POLY

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Polygraph

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

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, but they’re also making history.

The Payload and Ground Systems organization within the 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, 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 are looking for a Principal or Sr. Principal Core Network Engineer to support the design and implementation services for WAN/LAN infrastructures out of our Chantilly, VA office. The ideal candidate will maintain, troubleshoot, and enhance WAN/LAN, SD-WAN, and SDN network environments. They will also monitor network performance, system logs, and capacity. Programming knowledge and scripting experience required for this role (Python, Bash, etc.)

Duties:

  • Provide operational support to all routing/security products within the Customer infrastructure.
  • Troubleshoot equipment and Core network problems pertaining to hardware and to open and track cases through to problem resolution.
  • Hold design and information gathering Technical Exchange Meetings (TEM) with the Customer to understand the Customer’s existing network design and technical requirements of new network designs.
  • Pro-actively evaluate and audit customer network configurations, alarms and event logs.
  • Facilitate operations calls with customer to discuss equipment and network problems, and to provide case status updates, including the reasons for any problems encountered and the workarounds and/or solutions that are being tried.
  • Partner with other Resident Engineers to develop best practices guidelines based on lessons learned which could help minimize risk associated with major network upgrades or changes in the network.
  • Test patches and fixes to operating software and to ensure that they are implemented and functioning correctly in the live network.
  • Assist with network inventory tracking and provide periodic reports to Technical Staff.
  • Assist the customer to develop Network Operating and Equipment Operating Procedures.
  • Support ongoing efforts in defining best practice policies for product applications.

Basic Qualifications:

  •  Principal Network Engineer: Bachelor’s degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) degree with 5 years of Network Engineering experience; or Master's degree with 3 years of Network Engineering experience for Level 3 Principal Network Engineer placement
  • Sr. Principal Network Engineer: Bachelor’s degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) with 8 years of Network Engineering experience; or Master's degree with 6 years of Network Engineering experience for Level 4 Senior Principal Network Engineer placement
  • Active TS/SCI with CI Poly at the time of application.
  • Compliance with Department of Defense (DoD) 8570 Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level 2. CCNA or above and/or, JNCIS or above
  • Programming knowledge and scripting experience in Python, Bash, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Prior Work experience at a large enterprise or a Data Center experience
  • Experience with core routing BGP, OSPF, ISIS protocols.
  • Experience with supporting LNS (L2TP Network Server) LNS L2TP, DHCP, radius subscriber services
  • Experience with supporting BNG PPPoE, RADIUS, Policy Control and Enforcement, QoS
  • Experience with MPLS, VPLS, L2VPNs.
  • Strong customer interface and communication skills.

Salary Range: $100,300.00 - $150,500.00Salary Range 2: $124,900.00 - $187,300.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. 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. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

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