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Northrop Grumman · 2 days ago

Staff Cybersecurity Application Administrator/Architect - Secret - R10218252

Northrop Grumman is a leading technology company providing innovative solutions in the field of cybersecurity. They are seeking a Staff Cybersecurity Application Administrator/Architect to design and develop secure systems and applications for their enterprise-wide cyber systems and networks, ensuring the highest level of security compliance and integration.

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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

CybersecurityInformation Systems SecuritySplunk CertificationRisk Management FrameworkNIST SP 800-53McAfee/Trellix/HBSSSoft Skills

Required

Master's Degree with 10 years of relevant experience; OR a Bachelor's Degree with 12 years of relevant experience; OR an Associate's Degree with 14 years of relevant experience; OR a High School Diploma (or equivalent) with 16 years of relevant experience is required
Minimum 9 years of experience performing information systems security duties
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

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Northrop Grumman is an aerospace, defense and security company that provides training and satellite ground network communications software.

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$3.7B
Key Investors
U.S. Department of DefenseNASA
2025-05-27Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2024-01-29Post Ipo Debt· $2.5B
2023-12-20Grant· $72M

Leadership Team

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Tom Wilson
Corporate Vice President, Enterprise Business Development
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Jeffrey Worsham
Chief Product Owner - Advanced Technology Development
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