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 Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Staff Cyber Architect to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This will be a hybrid position located in Palmdale, CA.

The Staff Cyber Architect will design and develop new systems, applications, and solutions for external customer's enterprise-wide cyber systems and networks. Ensures system security needs are established and maintained for operations development, security requirements definition, security risk assessment, systems analysis, systems design, security test and evaluation, certification and accreditation, systems hardening, vulnerability testing and scanning, incident response, disaster recover, and business continuity planning and provides analytical support for security policy development and analysis. Integrates new architectural analysis of cyber security features and relates existing system to future needs and trends, embeds advanced forensic tools and techniques for attack reconstruction, provides engineering recommendations, and resolves integrations and testing issues. May interface with external entities including law enforcement, intelligence and other government organizations and agencies.

Responsibilities

Apply advanced technical principles, theories, and concepts. Contributes to the development of new principles and concepts.
Work on unusually complex technical problems and provide solutions which are highly innovative and ingenious.
Works under consultative direction toward predetermined long-range goals and objectives. Assignments are often self-initiated. Determine and pursue courses of action necessary to obtain desired results. Work checked through consultation and agreement with others rather than by formal review of superior.
Develops advanced technological ideas and guides their development into a final product. Erroneous decisions or recommendations would typically result in failure to achieve critical organizational objectives and effect the image of the organization technological capability.
Serves as organization spokesperson on advanced projects and/or programs. Acts as advisor to management and customers on advanced technical research studies and applications.

We offer flexible work arrangements, varying work shifts, phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly team environment. We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree (STEM) AND 14 years of experience in systems and/or product development OR Master's Degree (STEM) AND 12 years of experience in systems and/or product development; OR PhD AND 9 years of experience in systems and/or product development.
Must have an active DoD Secret Clearance or higher and the ability to obtain Special Access Program within a reasonable period, as determined by the company to meet its business needs.
Experience with designing and developing new systems, applications, and solutions for enterprise-wide cyber systems and networks.
Experience with ensuring that system security needs are established and maintained for operational development.

Preferred Qualifications:

Top Secret Clearance Periodic Re-investigation within the last 5 years
Special Access Program (SAP) Current
Experience in hardware/software integration of manufacturing systems
Experience as Principal Investigator on government CRAD and/or Internal Research and Development programs.
Experience with production assembly/fabrication including Digital Transformation, Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality, Systems Integration, IIoT, RFID, and/or production manufacturing operations.
Working knowledge of classified information systems infrastructure
Experience working in a Research and Development environment.
Digital Manufacturing experience
Demonstrated technical leadership skills, decisiveness, and ability to make sound technical judgments with limited information.
Architecture, Design & Integration experience for engineering systems and software
Technical Writing capability
Ability to use Model-based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools and concepts to define functions and develop functional and performance requirements.
Project / Program Management skills (proposal creation, scheduling, budget tracking)
Strong Familiarity with Process Development & Controls
Ability to lead through, overcome and adapt to obstacles and challenges.
Ability to deal effectively with change and challenges and helps others to do the same.
Ability to travel 25-35% of the time.
Demonstrated technical leadership of programs and/or proposals in a collaborative environment to propose, plan, estimate, organize, and integrate Systems Engineering activities across multiple engineering disciplines.
Well-versed, skilled, and disciplined in system engineering processes
Must be a Factory of the Future Secure Comms Expert
Extensive background in Secure Networks
CISSP Certification
SEC+ Certification

Salary Range: $165,000 - $247,600

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.

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.

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 most positions.

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