Staff Cyber Systems Engineer

About the role

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Staff Cyber Systems Engineer to join the cross‑functional Northern Virginia Engineering Discipline Team at a Mission Systems Sector site in Northern Virginia. The role supports the development and testing of secure, multi‑domain systems and technologies that enable strategic planning across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace.

Relocation assistance: No relocation assistance available. Clearance required for start: Yes (Polygraph). Travel: Yes, 10% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering and administrative support onsite for a team of developers and testers, often deviating from industry‑standard procedures to meet mission needs while maintaining system security standards.
• Work as part of a team to design, build, and maintain AWS and hybrid‑cloud systems.
• Administer systems based on Linux and Windows operating systems.
• Maintain and troubleshoot IP networking systems for AWS and hybrid‑cloud environments.
• Automate system deployment, operation, and maintenance using Infrastructure as Code and configuration‑management tooling.

Basic Qualifications

• U.S. citizen with an active TS/SCI clearance and Polygraph.
• 12 years of experience with a Bachelor’s degree; 10 years with a Master’s; 8 years with a PhD; or 16 years of experience in lieu of a degree.
• Experience designing, deploying, and administering cloud‑based solutions.
• Experience with architecture, maintenance, and administration of Linux and Windows operating systems in large enterprise environments.
• Experience automating tasks (e.g., Ansible, Bash, PowerShell, Puppet, or Python).
• Proven experience working within IT systems design, deployment, and administration.

Preferred Qualifications

• Cloud service certification (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or similar).
• Experience with one or more programming languages.
• Extensive experience designing, deploying, and troubleshooting IPv4 networking, including subnetting, OSPF routing, VLANs, and VPNs.
• Recent roles in technical or team leadership positions.
• Knowledge of cloud database management (e.g., MySQL RDS, PostgreSQL).
• Knowledge of cybersecurity in the context of the cloud.
• Comfortable working in an Agile development environment.
• Experience managing and manipulating containers (e.g., Podman, Docker, Kubernetes).

Pay

Primary level salary range: $194,700.00 – $292,100.00. Northrop Grumman considers factors such as scope of responsibility, candidate experience, education, skills, and market conditions when determining base salary. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses reward individual contributions and share company results. Vice President or Director‑level employees 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 personal business