Northrop Grumman Australia · 1 day ago
Network Engineer 3 (26-055 & 26-056)
United States-Colorado-Colorado Springs
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$94K/yr - $141K/yr
5+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense company seeking a Principal Engineer Network III to join their team in Colorado Springs, CO. This role is essential for supporting key military operations and involves planning, deploying, integrating, and testing network upgrades at operational sites while collaborating within an agile Scrum team.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Acting as a Network Development Engineer, assisting with buildouts and deployments to the operational environment as required
Collaborate within an agile Scrum team, planning work based on customer needs and contractual commitments
Serve as a primary Network Engineer for the C2BMC Program, responsible for planning, deploying, integrating, and testing network upgrades at operational sites
Travel to remote locations to lead network installations, troubleshoot issues independently, and provide regular updates to Program personnel
Qualification
Required
A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Information Systems, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Management Information Systems, Information Technology, Network Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field from an accredited university, along with 5 years of experience; or a Master's degree in a related field with 3 years of relevant work experience; or 9 years of relevant work experience may be considered as an alternative to a degree
Applicants must have a current, active DoD 8140 certification at IAT Level II or higher (such as Security+ CE, GSEC, SCNP, SSCP, CISSP, CISA, GSE, SCNA, etc.) at the time of application, which is required to start. The candidate is responsible for maintaining their DoD 8140 certification throughout the entire contract period
Applicants must have a current, active in-scope DoD-issued Top Secret security clearance at the time of application, which is required to start
Willingness to travel 10% of the time for business needs
This position requires a CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) or JNCIA (Juniper Networks Certified Associate) certification
Must understand the OSI Model, TCP/IP, and routing protocols BGP and OSPF
Must have network traffic analysis, diagnostics, and troubleshooting skills
Must have firewall experience, especially with Juniper, Fortinet, and Palo Alto
Must have experience with UDP multicast, SONET, MSPP, VLANs, GRE tunnels, and TCP/IP network design
Must have hands-on experience with multi-vendor switching and routing (Juniper, Cisco), WAN optimizers, TACLANEs, and optical transport equipment
Must be an effective communicator with excellent writing and presentation skills, proficient in Microsoft Office, especially PowerPoint and Visio
Must thrive and do your best in a collaborative, Agile environment
Must understand standard DoD security practices, such as STIG compliance and system accreditation implementation efforts
Preferred
Familiarity with virtualization technologies – NFV, SDWAN, VMware, VMware Cloud Foundation, NSX, vSAN, and Aria is desired
Experience with network automation using Ansible is preferred
Prior C2BMC experience is preferred
Benefits
Health Plan
Savings Plan
Paid Time Off
Education Assistance
Training and Development
Flexible Work Arrangements
Company
Northrop Grumman Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase