Northrop Grumman · 15 hours ago
Sr. Principal Classified Cybersecurity Application Administrator - Secret - R10221724
Melbourne, FL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$123K/yr - $184K/yr
6+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leader in technological advancements and is seeking a lead Cybersecurity Application Administrator to assist the Information System Security Team with classified cybersecurity. The role involves designing and developing systems for enterprise-wide cyber systems, ensuring system security, and providing technical solutions to cybersecurity problems.
AerospaceBig DataManufacturingData IntegrationRemote SensingSecurity
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Design and develop new systems, applications, and solutions for external customer's enterprise-wide cyber systems and networks
Ensure system security needs are established and maintained for operations development, security requirements definition, security risk assessment, systems analysis, systems design, security test and evaluation, certification and accreditation, systems hardening, vulnerability testing and scanning, incident response, disaster recover, and business continuity planning and provides analytical support for security policy development and analysis
Integrate new architectural analysis of cyber security features and relates existing system to future needs and trends, embeds advanced forensic tools and techniques for attack reconstruction, provides engineering recommendations, and resolves integrations and testing issues
May interface with external entities including law enforcement, intelligence and other government organizations and agencies
Qualification
Required
Master's Degree with 6 years of relevant experience; OR a Bachelor's Degree with 8 years of relevant experience
Candidates must have a current DOD Secret level security clearance (at a minimum) in order to be considered
Candidates must have the ability to obtain, and maintain, access to DOD Top Secret level security clearance as a condition of continued employment
Candidates must have the ability to obtain, and maintain, access to Special Programs as a condition of employment
Must have a DOD 8140 security certification (examples: Security+ CE or greater)
Experience with Splunk to include managing/maintaining indexers, search heads, heavy forwarders, forwarders, data inputs, and deployment servers, creating and maintaining dashboards for users, creating custom extracts/regular expressions, familiarity with Splunk Query Language
Experience with cybersecurity practices, network technologies, system development lifecycles, and understanding of information technology infrastructure management/monitoring and applications
Experience with Linux, network architectures, Active Directory, and Group Policy management
Preferred
Bachelor's degree in Cyber Security
Active Top Secret, TS/SCI, SAP/SAR access, or Polygraph is preferred
10 years of experience with Certification and Accreditation of classified systems and Risk Management Framework
Splunk Certified Enterprise Administrator and/or Architect certification
Advanced technical knowledge of Splunk or Trellix in regard to configuration, deployment, and sustainment
Work under minimal direction and independently determine and develop approach to solutions
Adhere to strict Information Systems security guidelines in all cases
Maintain security audit and logging information on all classified networked and standalone computers as directed by the Information Systems Security Manager (ISSM)
Experience developing guidelines, monitoring policies, and enforcing standards for cybersecurity frameworks and industry best practices supporting National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication (SP) 800-53, CNSSI 1253, and DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF)
Trellix experience to include administration of Anti-Virus, Exploit Protection, Data Loss Protection (DLP), and policy configuration & agent deployment
Nessus/ACAS experience on large enterprise networks
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
401k matching program
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
Recent News
2026-02-06
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