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About the Role

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems (NGDS) is seeking a Principal/ Sr. Principal Engineer to maintain and enhance capabilities in support of DAF CLOUDworks at the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) in Rome, NY. DAF CLOUDworks is a rapidly growing secure cloud program that encompasses 10+ teams, spanning all areas of cloud engineering including information security, infrastructure development, and cloud migration. You will be an active part of one of these teams providing technical support to customers leveraging DAF CLOUDworks. The program focuses on modifying and enhancing offerings to implement new requirements, enhance functionality, increase efficiency, or lower operating/deployment costs.

Responsibilities

Provide technical support to customers leveraging DAF CLOUDworks.
Support operations and sustainment of DAF CLOUDworks.
Modify and enhance offerings to implement new requirements, enhance functionality, increase efficiency, or lower operating/deployment costs.
Develop and maintain good working relationships with internal stakeholders.
Follow Agile Development process and full life cycle development.
Interface with multiple, geographically disbursed teams and effectively communicate project statuses and blockers.
Support 24x7 on-call duties.

Requirements

Principal Engineer (level 3): A high school diploma with 9+ years of relevant experience OR a bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of relevant experience OR a master’s degree with 3+ years of relevant experience.
Sr. Principal Engineer (level 4): A high school diploma with 12+ years of relevant experience OR a bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of relevant experience OR a master’s degree with 6+ years of relevant experience.
An active Top Secret clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI), or an inactive TS/SCI clearance that was debriefed less than two years ago.
Able to obtain IAT Level II certification per DoD 8570.01 such as CASP+ or Security+ within 60 days of start date.
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.
U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

Skills

Cloud-based technologies (AWS Platform, Azure Platform, Google Cloud)
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
Microservices
Networking
Scripting in Bash or PowerShell
Agile methodologies and tools (Atlassian suite: Jira, Confluence)
Git for code management (ArgoCD, Flux, Gitlab)
Administering cloud-based networking (ACL, Security Groups, WAF)
Cloud adoption
Environment prototyping
Data migration
Account management solutions (RBAC, AWS IAM, Azure AD)

Location

Rome, NY

Work Type

Full-time
Hybrid

Experience Level

Principal Engineer (level 3)
Sr. Principal Engineer (level 4)

Education Level

High school diploma
Bachelor's degree
Master's degree

Salary/Compensations

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

Benefits

Relocation assistance may be available
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Overtime may be eligible
Shift differential may be eligible
Discretionary bonus may be eligible
Long Term Incentives may be eligible for Vice President or Director positions

About the Company

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.

Equal Opportunity

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.