Network Engineer

Relocation assistance may be available. Secret clearance required. Travel: 10% of the time.

About the role

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. 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.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. We are looking for a Network Engineer to join our team in San Diego, CA. As a Network Engineer, you will be part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation, utilizing Model-based Engineering, DevSecOps, and Agile practices to evolve how we deliver critical national defense products and capabilities. The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented, with a focus on team empowerment, shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation.

Responsibilities

• Perform as a consultant in highly specialized, leading edge information technologies and methodologies
• Perform hardware and software installation, configuration, and maintenance
• Comply with cyber requirements, including routine system checks for antivirus, logging, and network system services
• Recommend and implement approved system enhancements to improve performance and reliability, such as installing, upgrading/patching, monitoring, problem resolution, and configuration management
• Solve complex problems across disciplines in an Agile, Networking, and Software environment
• Travel for system installations, test support, and customer demos

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering, or related discipline with 2 years of experience, or 0 years of experience with a Master’s degree (an additional 4 years of relevant experience can be considered in lieu of a Bachelor’s degree)
• Experience configuring and operating OSPF in multi-area deployments and explaining inter-area route propagation
• Working knowledge of IS-IS including NET addressing, level selection, and general configuration
• Foundational knowledge of when and why to use iGP instead of eGP
• Working BGP knowledge including iBGP and eBGP, route policy, and multi-site interconnect
• Ability to operate fluently in both Cisco IOS and Junos CLI under time-bound conditions
• Ability to build and operate multi-vendor topologies in GNS3 and EVE-NG for change validation and training
• Experience administering RHEL-family Linux systems including Linux networking and other administrative functions
• Experience capturing and analyzing packets on routers, switches, and hosts to validate L2 and L3 behavior
• Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to articulate end-to-end packet flow across L2 and L3 boundaries including filter and ARP behavior
• Commitment to continuously expand multi-vendor expertise beyond current platform comfort zone

Pay

Primary salary range: $101,000.00 – $151,400.00. The above range represents a general guideline; base salary offers consider factors such as scope, responsibilities, candidate experience, education, skills, and current market conditions. Depending on the position, employees may also be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses reward individual contributions and allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company-paid holidays
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business