Sr. Principal System Administration (22-436)
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 Space Systems - Launch and Missile Defense Systems has an exciting career opportunity for a Sr. Principal System Administration to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located out of Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado Springs, CO.Position Overview:At C2BMC-JEMINI, our teams strive towards building and delivering solutions to our customer's most challenging problems that include cyber resilient mission systems in an Agile work environment. We believe that by enabling our team's visionary thinking the innovations possibilities are endless. Come join and be part of the C2BMC-JEMINI team.Essential Functions:
- Candidate will lead or participate in system troubleshooting, problem resolution and maintenance activities, to include on-site and/or telephonic maintenance support.
- Furthermore, candidate will serve as C2BMC-JEMINI application subject matter expert providing Level 2 troubleshooting, break fix and preventative maintenance actions, which involved interaction with remote C2BMC-JEMINI sites and different levels of leadership within the C2BMC-JEMINI command center.
- Our Level 2 Maintainers are driven by and enabled to be visionary and come up with better and new ways of innovation from automated provisioning of systems to enterprise monitoring.
- Performs other related duties and assignments as required.
- Position is normally Mon - Fri: may require on-call, evening and weekend support during system anomalies and or tests.
- An active Top Secret clearance is required.
- 10 Years with Bachelor's degree in a related field; 14 years' experience in lieu of a degree.
- Must possess a DoD 8570 certification at IAT Level II or higher (Security+, GSEC, SCNP, SSCP, CISSP, CISA, GSE, SCNA)
- Successful candidate must possess the ability to technically diagnose, mitigate/troubleshoot issues, and contribute to an on-site team providing 24x7 support to the C2BMC-JEMINI application suites that are globally dispersed in different time zones.
- Highly skilled in System Administration, Monitoring, Application and Automated delivery disciplines to ensure quick and efficient delivery of systems in its performance, uptime and cyber posture.
- Sound knowledge and practical experience to direct the assessment and development of Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) and/or Operating Instructions (OIs) to effectively administer, operate and manage services under C2BMC-JEMINI operational control.
- In depth background and experience with operations and maintenance of large-scale computer and communications systems/networking environments.
- In depth experience in system and/or network administration that could include the following (Linux, Windows, Nutanix cloud infrastructure, MDA CLAN and DISA EM network usage).
- In depth experience in troubleshooting hardware and software components using bash/pearl scripting or Ansible.
- In depth background and experience in data flow usage and ability to troubleshoot with DISA and MDA network connectivity.
- Data mining and analysis
- Database Administration
- Endpoint Management Products
- Automated Patch Management
- Must have the ability to maintain additional caveats to Top Secret clearance
- Health Plan
- Savings Plan
- Paid Time Off
- Education Assistance
- Training and Development
- Flexible Work Arrangements