Principal/ Sr. Principal Cloud Engineer

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems (NGDS) is seeking a Principal/ Sr. Principal Engineer to maintain and enhance capabilities in support of DAF CLOUDworks at the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) in Beavercreek, OH. DAF CLOUDworks is a rapidly growing secure cloud program that encompasses 10+ teams. These teams span all different areas of cloud engineering including information security, infrastructure development, and cloud migration. You will be an active part of one of these teams providing technical support of customers leveraging DAF CLOUDworks. Along with operations and sustainment, DAF CLOUDworks focuses on modifying and enhancing offerings to implement new requirements, enhance functionality, increase efficiency, or lower operating/deployment. Successful candidates should:

• Have a track record as an effective communicator and problem solver who is able to develop and maintain good working relationships with internal stakeholders.

• Be able to follow Agile Development process and full life cycle development

• Interface with multiple, geographically disbursed teams and effectively communicate project statuses and blockers

• Ability to support 24X7 on-call

This position description does not represent a current opening but may be used to identify candidates with skills and experience for positions within Northrop Grumman that frequently become available. Candidates who express an interest may be considered for future positions at Northrop Grumman.

Basic Qualifications:

• Principal Engineer (level 3): A high school diploma with 9 years of relevant experience OR a bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of relevant experience OR a master’s degree with 3+ years of relevant experience

• Sr. Principal Engineer (level 4): A high school diploma with 12 years of relevant experience OR a bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of relevant experience OR a master’s degree with 6+ years of relevant experience

• An active Top Secret clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI)

• Able to obtain IAT Level II certification per DoD 8570.01 such as CASP+ or Security+ within 60 days of start date.

• Expertise with infrastructure components, including network, storage, Linux/Windows, and IT security concepts

• Strong technical knowledge of Cloud-based technologies (AWS Platform, Azure Platform, Google Cloud)

• Expertise with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and microservices

• Experience with networking

• 3+ years of experience scripting in Bash or PowerShell

• Experience with Agile methodologies and tools (Atlassian suite: Jira, Confluence)

• Strong interpersonal, problem-solving, organizational, and multi-tasking skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• CompTIA Security+ certification or IAT Level II equivalent per DoD 8570.01

• Certified (associate level or above) in cloud platform

  • AWS Platform (>= Solutions Architect Associate)

  • Azure Platform (>= Azure Administrator Associate)

  • Google (>= Google Cloud Engineer)

• Expertise leveraging git for code management (ArgoCD, Flux, Gitlab)

• Experience with administering cloud-based networking (ACL, Security Groups, WAF)

• Demonstrated experience in cloud adoption, environment prototyping, and data migration

• Knowledge of account management solutions (RBAC, AWS IAM, Azure AD)