Staff Infrastructure Architect

Successful candidates will demonstrate the ability to complete tasks with little direction and oversight. They will be an excellent communicator and problem solver who is able to develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders and customers. The candidate will demonstrate a commitment to ethics, integrity.
Responsibilities for the Infrastructure Architect includes providing and maintaining HW engineering documentation (i.e., Rack Els, Floor Plans, etc...), Provisioning Specification (P-Spec) management, and the overall build and delivery roadmap. Additional responsibilities include working with network engineers for firewall, DNS and IP management, submittal, and tracking. The architect will also participate with a multi-disciple team to mitigate and solve and program concerns. While supporting program and software management teams to manage software lifecycle issues and deployments with deliveries.
Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline and 12 years of relevant experience; 10 years of relevant experience with a Master's; 8 years of relevant experience with a PhD
Active Top Secret/SCI clearance required at time of application and willingness to submit to a polygraph
Ability to communicate across teams and mentor junior engineers
Ability to drive the design of infrastructure for new products and capabilities
Understanding of multiple Vendors and ability to recommend COTS and HW solutions
Ability to perform trades on infrastructure components and system build up
Ability to create and support Bill of Materials (BOMs)
Able to get quotes and work with vendors and support the build team in procurement of IT equipment
Provide support to systems engineering designs including managing requirements for infrastructure
Preferred Qualifications:

Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with CI poly
Primary Level Salary Range: $171,000.00 - $256,400.00The 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.Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

Client-provided location(s): Aurora, CO

Job ID: NorthropGrumman-R10208786

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-09-26T20:15:34