AWS Cloud Systems Engineer - TS/SCI Cleared

Nightwing Intelligence Solutions, LLC; Sterling (VA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401k plan

PTO

Job summary

Nightwing Intelligence Solutions, LLC seeks experienced cloud-enabled engineers to deploy and manage secure engagement kits for cyber incident response. You will administer AWS-based environments, implement patches, monitor health, and support rapid recovery under mission-critical timelines.

Candidates must hold an active TS/SCI clearance, with strong Linux/Windows administration, networking, and security best practices.

Qualifications

• Must have an active TS/SCI clearance.
• 3+ years of cloud-based systems administration experience (AWS preferred).
• Strong Linux/Unix and Windows server administration knowledge.
• Experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, CloudWatch).
• Understanding of networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, VPN, firewalls).
• Familiarity with security best practices and compliance requirements.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools.
• Ability to work in fast-paced, mission-critical environments.
• Excellent documentation abilities.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and configure engagement kits within timelines.
• Apply updates, patches, and security configurations to cloud infrastructure.
• Monitor system health, performance metrics, and resource utilization.
• Perform real-time troubleshooting and remediation during active operations.
• Manage cloud resources including compute, storage, networking, and security services.
• Ensure verified functionality of all tools, services, and environments per engagement parameters.
• Maintain system documentation and configuration records.
• Coordinate secure decommissioning and termination of engagement kits.
• Support data archival processes and engagement closeout procedures.
• Implement and maintain continuous monitoring solutions.
• Respond to service outages and coordinate recovery efforts.
• Manage user access, permissions, and identity management

Skills

Active TS/SCI clearance

Cloud admin (AWS)

Linux/Windows admin

AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, VPC)

Networking (TCP/IP, DNS, VPN)

Security/compliance

Monitoring/logging tools

Incident response / cybersecurity ops

Scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS or related

Tools

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Job description

Nightwing Intelligence Solutions, LLC seeks experienced cloud-enabled engineers to deploy and manage secure engagement kits for cyber incident response. You will administer AWS-based environments, implement patches, monitor health, and support rapid recovery under mission-critical timelines.

Candidates must hold an active TS/SCI clearance, with strong Linux/Windows administration, networking, and security best practices.