Sr. Principal Cyber Systems / Network Engineer
Quick Summary
Provide Engineering and Administrative support onsite for a team of developers and testers,
Must have an active TS/SCI with Polygraph to be considered. 8 Years with Bachelors Degree; 6 Years with Masters; 4 Year with PhD; 12 years of experience in lieu of a degree.
Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.
At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We’re looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we’ll support you expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field, or an industry thought leader. At Northrop Grumman, you’ll have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a candidate to join our diverse team of engineers, system administrators, and operators as a Sr. Principal Cyber Systems / Network Engineer professional in Chantilly, VA. The successful candidate will be expected to monitor, maintain, and provide Tier-2 and Tier-3 support of a mission critical network infrastructure, collect data for analysis, perform network upgrades, and be able to produce documentation and diagrams of the work they perform. The work is unique, challenging and rewarding. Most of all, its work that makes a difference.
The successful candidate should thrive in a fast-paced, quick response, work environment with high expectations, diverse assignments, and possess the ability to communicate and collaborate with multiple teams across all technical levels. The candidate must be able to lead the way to maintain and develop creative solutions to complex problems.
Responsibilities
~1 min read- →Provide Engineering and Administrative support onsite for a team of developers and testers, often deviating from industry standard procedures to meet mission needs but maintaining system security standards.
- →Develop, implement, and support solutions for systems that support mission critical and mission essential infrastructure.
- →Analyze existing systems & networks and make proactive recommendations to drive change and create efficiencies.
- →Collaborate with mission system developers to create and deploy solutions in support of customer mission needs.
- →Maintain, evaluate, test, and apply STIG configurations for network devices.
- →Respond to security findings and Break Fix events across the infrastructure.
- →Create and maintain network documentation including but not limited to Standard Operating Procedures and VISIO diagrams.
Requirements
~2 min read- Must have an active TS/SCI with Polygraph to be considered.
- 8 Years with Bachelors Degree; 6 Years with Masters; 4 Year with PhD; 12 years of experience in lieu of a degree.
- Experience troubleshooting technical issues based on OSI model.
- Experience making ethernet cables, pulling fiber, racking equipment.
- Basic understanding of Cisco CLI commands
- Experience with Risk Management Framework (RMF) and Authority to Operate (ATO) process
- Experience working in an integrated team environment with other systems, software and specialty engineers to develop solutions.
- Understanding of dynamic routing protocols
- Firm understanding of Juniper JunOS commands and or firewall concepts
- Previous experience troubleshooting network procedures and best practices; experience with network challenges associated with systems integration, including COTS integration, and capacity analysis.
- Experience with Linux and Windows operating systems
- Experience with virtualization technologies (e.g., Red Hat KVM, VMware, libvirt/virsh, Docker, and Kubernetes)
- Previous experience contributing to building ATO packages
- Experience working in Agile and O&M environments.
Location & Eligibility
About this job
- Pay per year
- $156,400–$234,600 a year
- 23% above the $159,500 median for Network Engineer jobs on Jobera (229 salaries).
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- October 21, 2026
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