Senior Staff Computer Systems Architect

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Polygraph

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

**Description**

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 organization within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences.

Our team is chartered with providing the skills, 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!

**We have an opening for an experienced Senior Staff Computer Systems Architect in Redondo Beach, CA.** **This position is 100% on site and has a mixture of classified and unclassified work.** **In this role, you** **will join a research and development team to provide Subject Matter Expert level technical insight and experience for NG’s Proliferated Space Mesh Networking IR&D activities.

The position requires deep knowledge of OSI layers 2 – 6, SD-WAN, Software Defined Networking, use of abstraction and virtualization within networking to include Hypervisor, VM, and Container layers, Linux OS, cloud infrastructures (AWS, Azure, and GCP), and awareness of various CPU/GPU architectures (x86, ARM, AMD, etc.).**

**Core responsibilities:**

+ Ongoing research in the emerging proliferated space mesh networking sector
+ Application of various open-source / commercial networking standards to specific space-ground networks
+ Building emulated network architectures in tools like GNS3, EVE-NG, and Containerlabs
+ Work with all major network vendor equipment (Cisco, Juniper, Nokia, etc.)
+ Tailor network design to unique system requirements and constraints
+ Software Defined Networking paradigm
+ MPLS, IPv4/6, SR-MPLS, Traffic Engineering, Network Emulation, and Time Variant Routing
+ Deploying virtual router and switch images on various hardware platforms
+ Awareness of cybersecurity controls and guidelines as they are applied to network architecture design

**Basic Qualifications:**

+ 14 years of relevant experience with Bachelor’s degree; 12 years of relevant experience with Master's degree; 10 years of relevant experience with PhD; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree
+ Ability to obtain SCI/CI Poly
+ Extensive experience with IPv4/IPv6, subnetting
+ Extensive experience with L2 thru L6 networking
+ Extensive experience with static and dynamic routing
+ DISA STIGs as they apply to network devices
+ Security+ or similar certification

**Preferred Qualifications:**

+ Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in a STEM discipline
+ Active SCI/CI Poly
+ Experience with Cisco, Juniper, and Nokia applications
+ Experience with Software Defined Networking
+ Experience with various hypervisors (VMware, OpenShift, etc.)
+ Experience in virtual environments (required to help host virtual images of routers, etc.

including containers, hypervisors, VMs
+ Experience with Crypto units such as HAIPE
+ Experience with AWS
+ Experience with MPLS, SR-MPLS, PCEP, TVR, IS-IS, OSPF, gNMI/RPC
+ Experience with Network Emulation (Containerlabs, EVE-NG, GNS3, etc.)
+ CISSP, Cisco, and/or Juniper certifications
+ Knowledge of bridging hardware to software and virtual environments, including bridging virtual network ports to physical hardware
+ Knowledge of multiple hardware bases (x86, AMD, ARM)

Primary Level Salary Range: $188,200.00 - $282,200.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.

Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.

In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date.

However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.

For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO.

U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

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