Northrop Grumman Hiring for Network Administrator 3/4 at Northridge, California Full Time

US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: Yes

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.

Northrop Grumman Enterprise Services is seeking a well-qualified Network Communication engineer to join its dynamic team of technical professionals in the Northridge, CA area. Roles and responsibilities will include:

• Maintains smooth operation of LAN/WAN/VPNs.

• Plans, designs, configures, and installs network hardware in support of customer requirements.

• Maintains technical expertise in all areas of networks and computer hardware and software interconnection and interfacing, such as routers, multiplexers, firewalls, switches, gateways, etc.

• Proposes solutions to management to ensure all communications requirements based on future needs and current usage, configuring such solutions to optimize cost savings.

• Creates and ensures that appropriate network documentation exists, including operational instructions.

• Provides regular monitoring and network analysis regarding short- and long-range planning for in-house systems.

• Perform troubleshooting analysis of network infrastructure and associated systems.

• Install and configure Cisco routers, switches and firewalls.

• Implement and troubleshoot LAN technologies such as VLANs, Trunking (port tagging), Spanning-Tree, and Port Security.

• Provide third-level support and troubleshooting of network problems. Periodically provide after-hours and weekend support.

• Implement and troubleshoot WAN technologies such as EIGRP, BGP, OSPF, and telco circuits (T1, T3, OC3)

• Interface regularly with customers and manage customer installation timelines and deliverables to help facilitate successful deployments.

• Able to design and implement an enterprise network. Recommends data, voice or video network investment decisions to management and customers based on results of independent assessment of current and future network performance, stability, and network management issues.

• Experience with Microsoft Office, Visio, Project, PowerPoint and Excel.

• Ability to lift equipment weighing up to 40 pounds

• Ability to work after hours and weekends as needed

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This position may filled at a higher level based on the qualifications listed below.

Basic Qualifications for a Level 3:

• Associate’s degree and 7 years of experience OR Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of experience OR Master’s degree and 3 years of experience; 9 years of related experience may be considered in lieu of degree.

• Active Secret clearance

• Ability to be cleared to special access programs

• Current Security + CE or ability to obtain within 6 months of hire

• Experience designing and maintaining LAN & WAN based networks

• Experience with managing routing protocols on large LAN environments

• Experience with Cisco hardware and setting up switched networks

Basic Qualifications for a Level 4:

• Associate’s degree and 11 years of experience OR Bachelor’s degree and 9 years of experience OR Master’s degree and 7 years of experience; 13 years of related experience may be considered in lieu of degree.

• Active Secret clearance

• Ability to be cleared to special access programs

• Current Security + CE or ability to obtain within 6 months of hire

• Experience designing and maintaining LAN & WAN based networks

• Experience with managing routing protocols on large LAN environments

• Experience with Cisco hardware and setting up switched networks

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in IS related field

• Active Top Secret clearance

• Cisco CCNA, CCNP, CCIE

• Previous experience troubleshooting network procedures and best practices; experience with network challenges associated with systems integration, including COTS integration, capacity analysis and system architecture design

• Demonstrated strong leadership skills and has effectively managed small teams

• Demonstrated experience in the use of network analysis tools (i.e. WireShark, Opnet, etc.

Salary Range: $92,000.00 – $138,000.00Salary Range 2: $114,100.00 – $171,100.00

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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