Northrop Grumman · 2 days ago
Principal/Sr. Principal Computer Systems Architect - R10219736
Colorado Springs, CO
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$94K/yr - $141K/yr
5+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leader in technological advancements and is seeking a Computer System Architect to join their Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability Program. The role involves implementing and managing development environments, collaborating with various technical disciplines, and ensuring the smooth operation of multi-user computer systems.
AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Maintain smooth operation of multi-user computer systems, including coordination with network administrators and software developers
Interact 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
Set up administrator and service accounts, maintaining system documentation, tuning system performance, installing system wide software and allocating mass storage space
Support system administration functions
Provide technical assistance and support related to computer systems, hardware, and software
Implement and manage HPE HPC clusters
Respond to queries, run diagnostic programs, isolate problems, support development of corrective action and implement corrective actions
Recommend and implement system enhancements that will improve the performance and reliability of the system including installing, upgrading/patching, monitoring, problem resolution, and configuration management
Communicate effectively at all levels of the organization, with internal and external customers, in written and oral format
Qualification
Required
Principal/Level 3: Bachelor's degree and 5 years of experience OR Master's degree and 3 years of experience OR PhD and 1 year of experience
Sr. Principal/Level 4: Bachelor's degree and 8 years of experience OR Master's degree and 6 years of experience OR PhD and 4 years of experience
Active DoD Secret clearance at the time of application
Must be able to apply strategic vision and principles across all domains of the computer system architecture
Test new releases of products to ensure compatibility and minimize user impact
IAT Level II certification (ex. Security+ CE) or greater
Experience with RedHat Enterprise Linux 8/9 OS
Experience with Ansible
Experience with Red Hat Identity Manager (IDM)
Experience with Red hat Satellite Server configuration and usage
Experience with Virtualization
Ability to travel 25% (CONUS or OCONUS)
Preferred
Active DoD Top Secret Clearance with ability to gain SCI
Experience with Hewlett Package Enterprise High Performance Computing (HPC) cluster management solutions such as HPE CM
Experience with VMware Tanzu Kubernetes
Experience with various MPI implementations, IntelMPI, OpenMPI, MPICH
Experience with InfiniBand networks and the InfiniBand protocol
Experience with Nvidia CUDA libraries and GPUs
Experience with job schedulers, such as Slurm or PBS
Experience with global and parallel file systems, such as GPFS
Experience with Data Diode/CDS security solutions
Experience with Agile Methodologies and use of Atlassian tools (i.e. Jira, Confluence)
Experience with Cameo or similar MBSE tools
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Company
Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman is an aerospace, defense and security company that provides training and satellite ground network communications software.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.7BKey Investors
U.S. Department of DefenseNASA
2025-05-27Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2024-01-29Post Ipo Debt· $2.5B
2023-12-20Grant· $72M
Leadership Team
Tom Wilson
Corporate Vice President, Enterprise Business Development
Jeffrey Worsham
Chief Product Owner - Advanced Technology Development
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