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CLEARANCE TYPE: Top SecretTRAVEL: 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.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems—Launch and Missile Defense Systems has an exciting career opportunity for a Staff Computer Systems Architect—Infrastructure Architect to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Colorado Springs, CO.

Position Overview:

The Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) program integrates the Missile Defense System. It is a vital operational system that enables the U.S. president, secretary of defense, and combatant commanders at strategic, regional, and operational levels to systematically plan ballistic missile defense operations, to see the battle develop collectively, and to dynamically manage designated networked sensors and weapons systems to achieve global and regional mission objectives.

C2BMC supports a layered missile defense capability that enables an optimized response to threats of all ranges in all phases of flight. C2BMC is the force multiplier that globally and regionally networks integrate, synchronizing autonomous sensor and weapon systems and operations to optimize performance. C2BMC is integral to all system ground and flight tests, which verify and exercise all current and future missile defense system capabilities.

The selected candidate will be part of an integrated team tasked with developing and maintaining the physical, functional, and technical baselines necessary to describe the desired capabilities of an evolving BMDS Battle Management, Command & Control, and Communications (C2BMC) system. The candidate should be a self-starter with strong attention to detail, excellent writing and speaking skills, and the ability to lead projects / functional groups and interface well with internal and external customers.

Essential Functions:

• Work with national missile defense or early warning system capabilities, e.g., C2BMC or other missile defense systems, sensors, or effectors.
• Work with command and control systems.
• Will have experience working with Space Domain Awareness mission areas.
• Investigation and adaptation of emerging technologies.
• Designing production environments and lab modifications to support operations, test, and development needs across a geographically separated team using multiple security levels.
• Developing Bills of Material and performing Analysis of Alternatives for competing solutions to capability needs.
• Producing CAMEO and/or Visio diagrams and other engineering products to communicate designs to the rest of the engineering team and taking those products through internal and customer reviews.
• Work with other subject matter experts (SMEs) on the team to align solutions with different aspects of the program. Champion design patterns, trades, and implementation across the program.
• Provide designs for assured, efficient BMDS communications, facilitating reconfigurability, network management/monitoring, and information assurance.
• Reports to the Global Lead Architect and Deputy for tasking and guidance.

Basic Qualifications:

Please note your updated security clearance and IAT/relevant certifications on your resume, if applicable.

• Applicants must have an active Top Secret clearance at the time of application which is required to start with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance.
• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline preferred from an accredited university and 12 years of related experience or a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 10 years of experience, or a PhD and 8 years of experience, or 16 years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree may be considered.
• Ability and willingness to travel up-to 10% to support business needs.
• Ability to adapt new network technology and design patterns for application to the BMDS Command & Control, Battle Management, and Communications system to include software-defined networking concepts.
• Skills should include:
  • Network engineering expertise in logical link layering
  • Ethernet
  • WAN
  • Switches
  • Routers (including software routers)
  • Firewalls
• A strong understanding of:
  • DMZ
  • OSPF
  • BGP
  • LDAP
  • Spine Leaf configurations
  • Band Management
  • Cabling classification standards
  • SWAP-C
  • Virtual route forwarding
  • TEMPEST
• Experience and knowledge of virtualization methodologies and tools, as well as management and design of local private cloud instances, including tenant hosting.
• Experience integrating COTS elements into a large enterprise with an understanding of cyber patching strategies and risk-based product selection.
• Experience and knowledge of network encryption devices and methodologies.
• Experience with Cyber System Accreditation packages.
• Cross Domain transfer solutions and implementation patterns and design of multi-security level enterprise systems.
• DevSecOps development patterns and how infrastructure supports that development methodology.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Current and active TS/SCI at the start date is highly desired.

What We Can Offer You:

Northrop Grumman provides a comprehensive benefits package and a work environment that encourages your growth and supports the mutual success of our people and our company. Northrop Grumman benefits give you the flexibility and control to choose the benefits that make the most sense for you and your family. Your benefits will include the following:

• Health Plan
• Savings Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Education Assistance
• Training and Development
• Flexible Work Arrangements

https://benefits.northropgrumman.com/us/en2/BenefitsOverview/Pages/default.aspx

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Salary Range: $150,000.00 - $225,000.00The 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.Employees may be eligible for 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 committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA 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.