Lead Systems Engineering Value Stream and manage a team of systems engineers at Northrop Grumman. Drive value stream integration for major defense systems development milestones.
About the role
- Senior Systems Architect providing technical leadership in cybersecurity sensing solutions for DoD programs. Collaborating with teams to create and maintain system designs in compliance with DoD standards.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain system architectures that ensure conformance to standards, requirements, and associated systems, utilizing DoDAF and other frameworks as specified by the Government.
- Provide preliminary and final designs, including system diagrams, design descriptions, and interface control documents, in support of project and customer requirements.
- Lead the integration of sensing software/hardware solutions with associated networks, validating software packages and devices.
- Design and test capabilities to address operational issues or shortfalls, ensuring seamless integration with existing systems.
- Develop and maintain the program’s Systems Engineering Plan (SEP) that aligns with program plans.
- Architect and develop Cyber Sensing Solutions designed to monitor the DoD telecommunications infrastructure, encompassing requirement analysis, design, and implementation at customer sites.
- Lead end-to-end architecture for mission systems across storage, network, security, data, and identity domains.
- Produce and maintain DoDAF views (OV, SV, CV, DIV) and system/solution architecture artifacts (logical/physical diagrams, interface control documents, data flow diagrams, sequence diagrams).
- Define capability roadmaps, technology standards, and reference architectures aligned to DISA/DoD policy, Cloud SRG IL2–IL6, and mission needs.
- Engineer for HA/DR/COOP, performance, scalability, and cost optimization; establish capacity models and SLOs/SLIs.
- Lead the design and integration of Windows/RHEL, virtualization (VMware/Nutanix), containers/Kubernetes/OpenShift, and GovCloud (AWS/Azure) services.
- Architect and implement ICAM/PKI/CAC, network services (DNS/DHCP/IPAM), load balancing, and edge/security services (SWG, WAF, proxies).
- Build Infrastructure-as-Code and Configuration-as-Code pipelines (Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell/Bash, GitLab/Jenkins/Azure DevOps) for secure, repeatable deployments.
- Integrate observability (SolarWinds, Prometheus/Grafana, Splunk/ELK) and design telemetry for proactive operations.
- Lead the RMF lifecycle from categorization to ATO/cATO, creating and maintaining SSP, SCTM/RTM, POA&M, test plans/evidence, and continuous monitoring dashboards.
- Apply DISA STIGs/SRGs, SCAP, ACAS/Tenable, HBSS/ESS/EDR baselines; drive remediation and control inheritance.
- Architect to Zero Trust principles (identity, device, network, app/data, analytics, automation); design micro-segmentation, policy enforcement, and continuous assessment.
- Partner with ISSM/ISSO and cyber operators to align controls with operational reality and mission risk.
- Provide Tier III technical leadership, conduct root cause analysis, and publish RCAs with corrective/preventive actions.
- Establish SOPs/runbooks, as-built documentation, change management artifacts, and operational dashboards tied to KPIs/SLAs.
- Participate in CABs, IPTs, design reviews, and readiness assessments; brief senior government stakeholders on trade-offs, risk, and performance.
- Serve as a technical lead for a cross-functional team (systems, network, security, DevSecOps, data).
- Mentor junior engineers and review designs/PRs for architectural compliance and secure coding/infrastructure patterns.
- Coordinate with vendors and DISA partners to evaluate COTS/GOTS solutions and conduct POCs.
Requirements
- Active DoD Secret clearance.
- 8+ years of systems architecture experience.
- Extensive experience in systems architecture and engineering, particularly within cybersecurity or IT sectors, with a focus on network and cloud environments.
- Demonstrated expertise in utilizing the DoD Architecture Framework (DoDAF) and other relevant architectural frameworks.
- Proven ability to lead the development and maintenance of Systems Engineering Plans (SEPs).
- In-depth knowledge of requirements analysis, system design, integration, and testing methodologies.
- Ability to author clear architectures and brief complex topics to technical and executive audiences.
- Experience with cloud technologies and transitioning systems to cloud environments.
- Familiarity with COTS and GOTS solutions.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible work hours
- Paid time off
- Remote work options
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