Principal Linux Engineer

Requisition ID: R10174381

• Category: Engineering
• Location: Middletown, Rhode Island, United States of America
• Clearance Type: Secret
• 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 seeking a Linux Engineer to join our Submarine Trainer Development Team supporting the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) in Newport, RI. You will work with latest generation Intel based servers, Linux cluster configurations and virtualization architectures including Red Hat KVM. You will be responsible for designing, installing, monitoring, optimizing, and troubleshooting our large-scale System of Systems architecture building high-fidelity simulation, training, and analysis products for the US Navy. This position requires US Citizenship, a DoD Secret Security clearance, and is full-time onsite.

The responsibilities for this position are to design, develop, install, and integrate submarine training systems. Qualified applicants will perform the following tasks:

• Install, configure, test, and maintain operating systems, system services, application software and system management tools for Linux systems, both natively and within virtual machines
• Work with team to monitor and test applications, virtual machines, and containers to identify issues with installation and performance.
• Troubleshoot Information Technology (IT) Systems to diagnose and suggest/implement potential solutions.
• Support physical hardware installation of IT computing equipment and cabling at both local and remote sites.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or other related field and 5 years experience OR Master’s Degree with 3 years of experience bachelor's OR 9 years in lieu of degree
• Experience with bash scripting.
• Experience with virtualization technologies, preferably Red Hat KVM (e.g., Red Hat KVM, VMware, libvirt/virsh)
• Networking knowledge (OSI Network Layers, TCP/IP, DHCP)
• US Citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance
• Ability to work on site at Middletown RI.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active Security Clearance
• Current IAT Level I Certifications
  • Network+
  • Security+
  • Linux+
• Experience with Cisco switch/router configuration development and deployment
• Experience with System Build Automation Tools (Linux kickstart, Puppet, Windows Deployment Server (WDS)
• Computer/Electronics Hardware knowledge
• Intel server configurations
• Configuration management experience with both centralized and distributed version control systems (e.g., SVN and Git)
• Experience with submarine tactical systems.
• Navy junior officer experience.

Salary Range: $102,400 - $153,600
The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.
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.
The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

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. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

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