Northrop Grumman · 17 hours ago
Network Engineer 3 (26-055 & 26-056)
Colorado Springs, CO
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$94K/yr - $141K/yr
5+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company, and they are seeking a Network Engineer 3 to join their Missile Defense Integration team. This role involves planning, deploying, integrating, and testing network upgrades for the C2BMC program, which is essential for missile defense operations.
AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Must be an experienced network engineer with practical mid-level skills and understanding of network design, development, and testing methods
The position is based at an LM facility in Colorado Springs, CO. In the long term, however, this role must be able to travel to alternate work locations, such as Schriever Space Force Base, Alaska, Guam, and Europe, to execute job duties, including deployments
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
Northrop Grumman is an aerospace, defense and security company that provides training and satellite ground network communications software.
10001+ employees
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
Leadership Team
Tom Wilson
Corporate Vice President, Enterprise Business Development
Jeffrey Worsham
Chief Product Owner - Advanced Technology Development
Recent News
2026-02-06
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