Network Engineer

Northrop Grumman

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Work type: On-site
Location: San Diego, CA
Salary: $101,000–$151,400 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 81 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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About Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman is a leading global aerospace and defense technology company providing systems in autonomous systems, cyber, C4ISR, space, strike, and logistics. Industry: Aerospace & Defense

Northrop Grumman currently has 629 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Network Engineer

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JOB TITLE: Network Engineer The Network Engineer joins the Northrop Grumman Mission Systems team to support an enterprise-wide digital transformation for national defense products. This role involves performing hardware and software installation, configuration, and maintenance while ensuring compliance with cyber requirements like antivirus and logging. The engineer will solve complex problems in an Agile environment, recommending system enhancements to improve reliability and performance. Key responsibilities include monitoring, patching, and configuration management. Required technical skills include configuring OSPF in multi-area deployments, IS-IS with NET addressing, and BGP with route policies. Candidates must operate fluently in Cisco IOS and Junos CLI, use GNS3 and EVE-NG for topology validation, and administer RHEL-family Linux systems. The role requires capturing and analyzing packets to validate L2 and L3 behavior across multi-vendor topologies.

What does a Network Engineer earn in California?

Median $171500 from 34 postings across 11 companies.

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Skills

OSPF BGP IS-IS Cisco IOS Junos CLI RHEL Linux GNS3 EVE-NG DevSecOps Agile Model-based Engineering L2 L3 Configuration Management

What you'll do

Perform hardware and software installation, configuration, and maintenance for network systems.
Comply with cyber requirements including routine system checks for antivirus, logging, and network services.
Recommend and implement system enhancements to improve performance, reliability, and configuration management.
Solve complex problems across disciplines in an Agile, Networking, and Software environment.
Capture and analyze packets on routers, switches, and hosts to validate L2 and L3 behavior.
Build and operate multi-vendor topologies in GNS3 and EVE-NG for change validation and training.
Travel for system installations, test support, and customer demonstrations.

What we're looking for

Must be a US Citizen.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret clearance.
Bachelor's degree in science, engineering, or related discipline with 2 years of experience, or a Master's degree with 0 years of experience.
An additional 4 years of relevant experience can be considered in lieu of a Bachelor's degree.
Experience configuring and operating OSPF in multi-area deployments and working knowledge of IS-IS.
Working BGP knowledge including iBGP and eBGP, route policy, and multi-site interconnect.
Ability to operate fluently in both Cisco IOS and Junos CLI under time-bound conditions.
Experience administering RHEL-family Linux systems and capturing/analyzing packets on routers, switches, and hosts.

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