Northrop Grumman · 5 days ago
Sr Principal Cybersecurity Application Administrator/Architect - Secret - R10218209
Northrop Grumman is a leader in technological advancements and is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Application Administrator/Architect to support information systems lifecycle activities. The role involves designing and developing secure systems for external cyber networks and ensuring compliance with security requirements and risk assessments.
AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity
Responsibilities
Design and develop new systems, applications, and solutions for external customer's enterprise-wide cyber systems and networks
Ensure system security needs are established and maintained for operations development, security requirements definition, security risk assessment, systems analysis, systems design, security test and evaluation, certification and accreditation, systems hardening, vulnerability testing and scanning, incident response, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning and provide analytical support for security policy development and analysis
Integrate new architectural analysis of cyber security features and relate existing system to future needs and trends, embedded advanced forensic tools and techniques for attack reconstruction, provides engineering recommendations, and resolves integrations and testing issues
May interface with external entities including law enforcement, intelligence and other government organizations and agencies
Adhere to strict Information Systems security guidelines in all cases
Maintain security audit and logging information on all classified networked and standalone computers as directed by the Information Systems Security Manager (ISSM)
Qualification
Required
Master's Degree with 6 years of relevant experience; OR a Bachelor's Degree with 8 years of relevant experience; OR an Associate's Degree with 10 years of relevant experience; OR a High School Diploma (or equivalent) with 12 years of relevant experience is required
Must have a security certification in CAP, CASP+, SecurityX, CISM, or CISSP to be considered
Must have a Splunk Enterprise Certified Administrator and/or Architect certification to be considered
Candidates must have a current DOD Secret level security clearance (at a minimum) in order to be considered with the ability to obtain a DOD Top Secret level security clearance as a condition of continued employment
Candidates must have the ability to obtain, and maintain, access to Special Programs as a condition of continued employment
Preferred
Bachelor's degree in Cyber Security
Active Top Secret, TS/SCI, SAP/SAR access, or Polygraph is preferred
Experience with Certification and Accreditation of classified systems and Risk Management Framework
Experience with Splunk to include managing/maintaining indexers, search heads, heavy forwarders, forwarders, data inputs, and deployment servers, creating and maintaining dashboards for users, creating custom extracts/regular expressions, familiarity with Splunk Query Language. Ability to deploy new Splunk servers
Advanced technical knowledge of Splunk or McAfee/Trellix/HBSS in regard to configuration, deployment, and sustainment
Experience developing guidelines, monitoring policies, and enforcing standards for cybersecurity frameworks and industry best practices supporting National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication (SP) 800-53, CNSSI 1253, and DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF)
McAfee/Trellix/HBSS experience to include administration of Anti-Virus, Exploit Protection, Data Loss Protection (DLP), and policy configuration & agent deployment
Nessus/ACAS experience on large enterprise networks
Benefits
Exceptional benefits/healthcare
9/80 work schedule
Great 401k matching program
Overtime
Shift differential
Discretionary bonus
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Company
Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman is an aerospace, defense and security company that provides training and satellite ground network communications software.
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.7BKey Investors
U.S. Department of DefenseNASA
2025-05-27Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2024-01-29Post Ipo Debt· $2.5B
2023-12-20Grant· $72M
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