Sr Staff Cyber Architect (Ec)

Requisition ID: R10138352


Category: Information Technology


Location: Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States of America


Citizenship required: United States Citizenship


Clearance Type: Polygraph


Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this position


Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)


Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time


Positions Available: 1


At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come.
Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon.
We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way.
Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible.
Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.




Northrop Grumman is hiring!
Earn up to a $5000 sign on bonus if you are hired against specific TS/SCI Polygraph positions.




At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions.
In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning.
We're looking for innovators, who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions.
By joining in our shared mission, we will support yours of expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field, or an industry thought leader.
At Northrop Grumman, you will have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.




Northrop Grumman's Sensing & Secure Solutions Operating Unit is actively seeking a talented Solution Train Cyber Architect to join a Northrop Grumman primed program.
This position's work location is in Annapolis Junction Maryland and is part of the Mission Systems Sector within Northrop Grumman.




The new team member will be designing and developing new systems, applications, and solutions for external customer's enterprise-wide cyber systems and networks.
We are seeking a person who is capable of being responsible for leading technology decisions (such as analysis of alternatives and other research), mentoring junior engineers, and demonstrating knowledge/experience of the latest industry software techniques and practices to include Scaled Agile Framework development, Test Driven Development, Containerization, Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery, software patterns, and other concepts.




The System Architect is the authority for the system architecture and design, and has the responsibility to create, evolve, and maintain the architecture of the system to meet operational needs while accommodating known constraints such as cost, schedule, and risk, tailoring the systems requirements margins relative to the risk and compliance with the Key Performance Parameters (KPPs).
The System Architect also has responsibility for maintaining alignment between the appropriate solution and internal roadmaps or product lines,




The successful candidate should be comfortable with performing most of the following tasks:




Define/generate mission CONOPs to state the problem and transform the user and/or mission operational needs into a description of high-level system KPPs, capabilities, and constraints.


Oversee system architecture and design development and supporting architecture roles.


Create, evolve, and maintain the System Architecture that supports customer requirements, cost, and development schedule, including modularity, scalability, and extensibility.


Define, control, and verify interface requirements throughout the program lifecycle including evaluation of risk across interfaces and strategically driving design margin consistent with planned risk handling.


Serve as the primary customer interface for the architecture and system level requirements to ensure joint understanding that the architectural design meets customer requirements.


Serve as the primary technical point of contact to the customer to ensure precise and consistent messaging.


Co-chair for the Engineering Review Board (ERB) and responsible for Weekly customer Architecture Review meetings.


Ensure, to the extent possible, that the program is technically aligned to other related programs and the appropriate product line.


Maintain, review, and manage the design artifacts in the Model (Cameo).
Perform Peer Reviews.


Ensure system needs are established and maintained for operations development, requirements definition and analysis, risk assessment, systems analysis, system design, model based system engineering concepts, system and security test and evaluation, certification and accreditation, systems hardening, software development based on MBSE design, 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 relate existing system to future needs and trends, embed advanced forensic tools and techniques for attack reconstruction, provide engineering recommendations, and resolve integrations and testing issues.




Basic Qualifications:




A current and active TS/SCI Clearance and Polygraph through the MD customer less than 5 years old is required to start.


BS + 14 years of exp; MS + 12 years of exp: PhD + 9 years of exp is required.


Experience SysML, Cameo and authoring technical documentations is required.


Experience with Agile / SAFe methodologies is required.


Experience with designing and developing new systems, applications, and solutions for external customer's enterprise-wide cyber systems and networks.


Experience with ensuring that system security needs are established and maintained for operational development.


An ability to interface with external entities is required.




Preferred Qualifications:




Demonstrated technical leadership experience is highly preferred.


An ability to mentor, train and coach other teammates is preferred.


Salary Range: $178,700 - $268,100


Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.
Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.




Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.
For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO.
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