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Principal/Sr. Principal Systems Administrator

Northrop Grumman · Fairfax, VA, US

Northrop Grumman is hiring a principal Principal/Sr. Principal Systems Administrator in Fairfax, VA, US.

Hiring signals for Network and Computer Systems Administrators

SOC 15-1244 — measured across all currently-active postings classified to this occupation.

55
/ 100
Cooling

Network and Computer Systems Administrators Job Market Score

Driven by
  • Pay is above the national median ($151k vs $136k national)
  • Slow inflow of new postings (only 12% from the last 14 days)
  • Few reposted listings (27% appear duplicated)

Network and Computer Systems Administrators job market

Aggregated from currently-active postings tracked in Network and Computer Systems Administrators.

  • 1,452Active postings
  • 57Posted this week
  • 431Open 30+ days30% of active
  • 215Remote / hybrid15% of active
  • 7%List salary108 of 1,452
  • 0%Hourly0 of disclosed
  • $151kMedian annual (max)
  • —Median hourly (max)
  • 18dMedian agep90 62d (long tail)

Wages by category

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
DevOps / SRE899$155k n=67—
Engineering248$144k n=23—
VP18——
Backend10——
Server / Host10$116k n=4—

Wages by employment type

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Full-time59$165k n=27—
Contract37$129k n=10—
Intern13——
Part-time3——
Temporary3——

Wages by sector

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Technology752$151k n=85—
Manufacturing345$120k n=17—
Financial Services333$189k n=13—
Professional Services263$169k n=9—
Government / Public Sector156$101k n=10—

Top categories

  • DevOps / SRE899
  • Engineering248
  • VP18
  • Backend10
  • Server / Host10
  • Director10

In-demand skills

  • AWS311
  • Azure281
  • Kubernetes228
  • Google Cloud214
  • Python182
  • Linux167
  • Terraform154
  • Docker136

Top sectors

  • Technology752
  • Manufacturing345
  • Financial Services333
  • Professional Services263
  • Government / Public Sector156
  • Healthcare55

Employment mix

  • Unspecified1,337 · 92%
  • Full-time59 · 4%
  • Contract37 · 3%
  • Intern13 · 1%
  • Part-time3 · 0%
  • Temporary3 · 0%

Top hiring companies

Source
jobs.northropgrumman.com
Original link
https://jobs.northropgrumman.com/careers/job/1340071302306
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Posted
1 week ago (2026-04-26)
Status
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