Principal Cyber Systems Engineer
Northrop Grumman
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This role pays less than 78% of similar roles. Most pay $149,875–$208,800 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $142k versus about $179k for comparable roles.
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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 367 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $114,900–$176,300 across 353 roles with salary data.
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The Principal Cyber Systems Engineer (ISSE) (26-207 & 26-344) joins the Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications team to support critical missile defense operations. This role focuses on tuning and optimizing cybersecurity tools like ESS, Elastic, ConfigOS, and Tanium to improve system performance and threat detection. The engineer will build custom dashboards for security data visualization, integrate various security products to ensure seamless communication across infrastructure, and manage upgrades and deployments of essential security patches. Technical requirements include Windows and RHEL system administration, scripting audit tools, and knowledge of Software Assurance static and dynamic code analysis using Fortify. This position addresses the technical challenge of networking and synchronizing autonomous sensor and weapon systems to provide a coordinated response to ballistic missile threats across various ranges and flight phases.
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