Principal Cyber Architect/Systems Administrator (*TS & Poly req)

Requisition ID : R10164137

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.

The Payload and Ground Systems, a division within Northrop Grumman’s Space Systems Sector is known for pushing the boundaries of innovation, redefining engineering capabilities, and driving advances in various sciences through cutting-edge technology.

Our team is chartered with providing the skills, and innovative technologies to develop, design, produce, and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter.

Come be a part of our mission!

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Principal Cyber Architect / Systems Administrator to join our team supporting our SWORDFISH / Starfleet program.

This position would be based in the Aurora, Colorado area.

About our organization : As a Principal Cyber Architect / Systems Administrator, you'll be joining our growing Aurora Software and Digital Engineering department which has 200+ Software Engineers, DevOps Engineers, Systems Administrators, Database Administrators, and Network Engineers from entry-level to the most senior chief engineers and architects.

We have plenty of opportunities for career advancement into higher-level technical roles or leadership positions. Our department is part of a larger organization that includes Systems Engineering, Integration, and Test staff as well as a Hardware Engineering unit.

This larger organization influences cross-program collaboration, professional development, and training, as well as engagement and inclusion activities such as lunch-n-learns, campus events, and leadership mixers.

About the program : As a Principal Cyber Architect / Systems Administrator, you’ll be joining an existing on-contract classified program supporting a critical national security mission that is both in Operations and major development.

The program team is based out of Aurora, CO yet has a distributed team located at several other NG sites across the US. Some of the program’s baseline and environments are unclassified allowing some work outside a secure facility.

The rest of the program’s baseline is in secure environments. The team located in Aurora is composed of roughly 25 staff primarily composed of software developers composed into small agile scrum teams with local technical and program leadership.

You’ll work with developers as well as two Systems Administrator peers to perform all job duties noted below and covered in the qualifications section.

The program’s culture is fast-paced, proactive, collaborative, and welcoming of new ideas, technology, and tools.

Job responsibilities will include, but not be limited to, the following :

Performing administration on VMware technologies (or related)

Communicating effectively at all levels of the organization, with internal or external customers, in written and oral formats.

Maintaining smooth operation of multi-user computer systems, including coordination with network, software, and system engineers, PC desktop technicians, project managers, end users, and customer and IT management.

Supporting multiple networks concurrently.

Ensuring necessary administration tasks are completed and coordinating with others as necessary.

Analyzing internal or external customer requirements and determining equipment and software requirements for solutions to problems through automated systems.

Recommending and implementing system enhancements that will improve the performance and reliability of the system including installing, upgrading / patching, monitoring, problem resolution, and configuration management.

Providing backup and recovery services; managing file systems and disk space; managing virus protection on a routine basis.

Creating and maintaining user and computer accounts and modifying file permissions and security access lists.

Testing new releases of products to ensure compatibility and minimize user impact.

Developing and documenting technical processes and procedures as needed.