Sr. Principal Electronics Engineer – Data Center Architect at Northrop Grumman – United States-California-San Diego | Jobyssey

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% 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 Aeronautics Systems is looking toa Sr Principal Electronics Engineer – Data Center Architect to join our team in Rancho Bernardo, CA. The candidate should be a self-starter with familiarity working in an Integrated Product Team construct.

Roles and Responsibilities will include:

Understand and decompose customer requirements to support Infrastructure as a Service development and delivery across multiple business areas and baselines
Monitor external technology development and maturation both in industry and within the company, applying new technologies and principles across programs to build a consistent technical vision for data center systems
Participating in development and peer reviews
Work with Thread Leads as well as system Responsible Engineers to develop acceptance criteria for engineering design and implementation, ensuring consistency of implementation across multiple business areas and baselines
Lead new design and capture efforts across the enterprise to build the foundation for future systems and incorporate opportunities into existing programs
Decompose complex issues into high-level executive briefs for program leadership
Provide technical leadership to a team of cloud and infrastructure engineers to include technical support to cloud systems
Provide technical leadership, direction, and knowledge transfer to other team members during the implementation of technical solutions

The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility. There is NO remote / hybrid / telework available for this position. Travel up to 25% may be required.

Basic Qualifications;

Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 8 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and 4 years of related engineering experience.
Experience developing and deploying highly scalable datacenter systems to support IaaS models
Experience designing and developing on-premises and hybrid datacenter systems utilizing technologies such as VMware ESXi/VCF and Red Hat OpenShift
Experience in scripting/programming languages such as Python, PowerShell, Visual Basic, .Net, Java, C, and C#
Experience designing and developing multi-tier storage solutions
Infrastructure automation experience with tools such as Ansible, Puppet, Terraform, etc.
Experience with or ability to author and maintain technical installation, configuration, and update documentation
Experience with or ability to create end-to-end infrastructure blueprints/roadmaps that meet scalability, reliability, security, and program SOW
A U.S. Citizen with Active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance OR active DoD Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility (with a background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs

Preferred Qualifications

Current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
Experience leading a technical team including estimating, assigning, and tracking work
Experience with matrixed organizations and remote/distributed teams
Proven track record of building and mentoring high performing engineering teams.
Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management and translate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Primary Level Salary Range: $142,200.00 - $213,400.00

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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