Principal/Sr. Principal Cloud Engineer

About the role

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems (NGDS) seeks a Principal/ Sr. Principal Engineer to support DAF CLOUDworks at the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) in Rome, NY. DAF CLOUDworks is a rapidly growing secure cloud program with 10+ teams covering various cloud engineering areas.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and enhance capabilities in support of DAF CLOUDworks
• Provide technical support to customers leveraging DAF CLOUDworks
• Support operations and sustainment
• Modify and enhance offerings to implement new requirements, enhance functionality, increase efficiency, or lower operating/deployment costs

Requirements

• Track record as an effective communicator and problem solver with good stakeholder relationships
• Able to follow Agile Development process and full life cycle development
• Interface with multiple, geographically dispersed teams and effectively communicate project statuses and blockers
• Support 24x7 on-call

Qualifications

• Principal Engineer (level 3): High school diploma with 9+ years of relevant experience OR bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of relevant experience OR master’s degree with 3+ years of relevant experience
• Sr. Principal Engineer (level 4): High school diploma with 12+ years of relevant experience OR bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of relevant experience OR master’s degree with 6+ years of relevant experience
• Active Top Secret clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI), or an inactive TS/SCI clearance debriefed less than two years ago
• Able to obtain IAT Level II certification per DoD 8570.01 such as CASP+ or Security+
• Expertise with infrastructure components, including network, storage, Linux/Windows, and IT security concepts
• Strong technical knowledge of Cloud-based technologies (AWS Platform, Azure Platform, Google Cloud)
• Expertise with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and microservices
• Experience with networking
• 3+ years of experience scripting in Bash or PowerShell
• Experience with Agile methodologies and tools (Atlassian suite: Jira, Confluence)
• Strong interpersonal, problem-solving, organizational, and multi-tasking skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Active Top Secret clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI)
• CompTIA Security+ certification or IAT Level II equivalent per DoD 8570.01
• Certified (associate level or above) in cloud platforms (AWS Platform, Azure Platform, Google Cloud)
• Expertise leveraging git for code management (ArgoCD, Flux, Gitlab)
• Experience with administering cloud-based networking (ACL, Security Groups, WAF)
• Demonstrated experience in cloud adoption, environment prototyping, and data migration
• Knowledge of account management solutions (RBAC, AWS IAM, Azure AD)

Benefits

Annual bonuses, health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

Pay

Primary Level Salary Range: $103,600.00 - $155,400.00
Secondary Level Salary Range: $129,300.00 - $193,900.00

Schedule

This position requires travel up to 10% of the time.