Job Description

Description

At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We rsquo;re looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we rsquo;ll support yours of expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field or an industry thought-leader. At Northrop Grumman, you rsquo;ll have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Cyber Systems Administrator to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals located at Tampa, FL.

Roles and Responsibilities:

The candidate will be filling a role that requires a broad array of knowledge and skills heavily focused on Systems Administration and system engineering working with team members to support a Cyber Security program at a customer site. We 39;re looking for a highly motivated individual with an impeccable work ethic and a strong ability to work in a collaborative fast-moving dynamic team environment. The primary team is located in Tampa, Florida with distributed team members embedded directly with the customer.

Responsibilities include:

* Maintains smooth operation of multi-user computer systems, including coordination with Cyber Systems Engineers.
* Interacts with users and evaluates vendor products.
* Makes recommendations to purchase hardware and software, coordinates installation, and provides backup recovery.
* Develops and monitors policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources.
* Ancillary duties may include setting up administrator and service accounts, maintaining system documentation, tuning system performance, installing system wide software and allocating mass storage space.
* Periodically conduct a complete review of each system 39;s audits and monitor corrective actions until all actions are closed.

Qualification

Basic Qualifications for Cyber Systems Admin:

* Bachelor rsquo;s degree in a related field, plus 3 years (or a Master 39;s degree in a related field plus 1 years) of experience in Systems Administration; or 7 years of Systems Administration experience without a degree
* US Citizenship is required with an active DoD Top Secret/SCI security clearance which was active in the last 24 months
* Must possess or be able to obtain DoD 8570 Certification for IAT Level II or higher within two (2) months of starting
* Prior administration of virtualization environments using technologies such as ESX, storage provisioning and networking of virtual systems
* Experience configuring, administering and maintaining computer systems (Such as: Windows 10, Server 2012R2, Server 2016, Active Directory, RedHat Enterprise Linux)

Basic Qualifications for Principal Systems Admin:

* Six (6) Years of experience in Systems Engineering and/or Systems Administration with Bachelors in Science; Four (4) Years with Masters; 0 Years with PhD; or 10 years of Systems Administration experience without a degree
* US Citizenship is required with an active DoD Top Secret/SCI security clearance which was active in the last 24 months
* Must possess or be able to obtain DoD 8570 Certification for IAT Level II or higher within two (2) months of starting
* Prior administration of virtualization environments using technologies such as ESX, storage provisioning and networking of virtual systems
* Experience configuring, administering and maintaining computer systems (Such as: Windows 10, Server 2012R2, Server 2016, Active Directory, RedHat Enterprise Linux)

Preferred Qualifications:

* Experience making recommendations for solutions to technical problems (e.g. product selection recommendations)
* Experience writing standard operating procedure documentation and developing system cold-start documentation
* Previous experience in administration of secure configuration managed systems
* Experience maintaining and operating virtual environments for servers and workstations
* Experience configuring system infrastructure software products
* Experience supporting engineering end-user desktop environment
* Ability to work in a team environment with minimal direct supervision
* Experience performing updates and patching of computer systems
* Experience configuring, administering, and maintaining patch deployment and management systems and providing patch management status reporting to management
* Experience configuring, monitoring, maintaining, and administering computer backup and recovery solutions and providing recovery status reporting to management
* Experience writing scripts (e.g. Batch, Bash, PowerShell, Python) to automate routine tasks
* Vulnerability assessment experience
* Previous experience utilizing Secure Configuration Guidance such as DISA STIG rsquo;s
* Previous experience with patch management solutions (e.g. MS Windows Server Update Services, MS System Center Configuration Manager, RedHat Satellite)
* Recent military experience or familiarity with DOD