Senior Principal Windows Systems Administrator

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history. Northrop Grumman Global Operations Security is seeking a well-qualified Lead Windows Systems Administrator to join its dynamic team of technical professionals in Linthicum, MD. Roles and responsibilities will include but not be limited to the following:

• Perform as primary Lead Windows Systems Administrator for a large, classified government contract.
• Maintain efficient operations of the entire IT infrastructure including severs, desktop, and networking equipment.
• Communicate effectively with all stakeholders in written and verbal formats.
• Ensure necessary IT projects are completed independently or assigned to others as necessary.
• Obtain and analyze internal and external customer requirements and recommend equipment and software as needed.
• Implement system enhancements that will improve the performance, reliability, and security of the system including installing, upgrading/patching, monitoring, problem resolution, and configuration management.
• Manage backup infrastructure and provide backup and recovery services.
• Manage virus protection on a routine basis as directed by policy.
• Maintain security audit and logging information on all classified networked and standalone computers as directed by the Cyber Security team.
• Create and maintain user and computer accounts and modify file permissions as directed by policy.

• Develop and maintain technical processes and procedures as needed.

• Associate's degree with 11 years of experience, or Bachelor's degree with 9 years of experience, or Master's degree with 7 years of experience; a High School diploma or equivalent with 13 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a completed degree.
• Currently active DoD Top Secret security clearance and polygraph; maintaining the required security clearance will be a condition of continued employment.

• Currently valid Security+CE, CASP, CISSP, or similar DoD 8570 security certification; certification must be maintained as a condition of continued employment.
• Experience leading a technical team of IT professionals.
• Experience mentoring junior level IT professionals.
• Experience giving technical presentations to technical and non-technical attendees .
• Experience providing surge support to other programs as needed.
• Ability to travel as needed.
• Ability to lift equipment weighing up to 40 pounds.
• Ability to work after hours and weekends as needed.

• Experience with VMWare implementation, migration, and maintenance.
• Experience with NetApp and/or Nutanix implementation, migration, and maintenance.
• Experience with system design and architecture.
• Experience with communicating with executive leadership.
• Active vendor-based IT certification.