Cloud Architect: Automated, Secure Cloud for Cyber Missions

Nightwing; Sterling (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Nightwing is seeking a Cloud Engineer to design and implement cloud-centric, automated architectures for mission-critical environments. You will drive infrastructure as code, automated deployment workflows, and scalable, secure solutions to reduce manual tasks.

You will lead systems engineering efforts, coordinate cross-functional teams, and engage with customers and stakeholders to derive priorities and requirements.

Qualifications

• Must be a US citizen with active Secret clearance and ability to obtain TS/SCI.
• 8+ years of systems engineering experience, including requirements allocation, use cases, interfaces, and test.
• Proven leadership and ability to lead large teams in Agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide systems engineering leadership for a large cybersecurity system.
• Coordinate cross-team development, integration, and testing of cybersecurity capabilities.
• Interface with customers and stakeholders to derive priorities and requirements.
• Represent user needs and collaborate across agencies.
• Lead risk assessments and mitigation.
• Support risk management and architecture discussions.

Skills

US Citizenship

Secret clearance

TS/SCI eligibility

DHS Suitability

Systems engineering

Leadership

Agile leadership

Cybersecurity knowledge

Gov't policy awareness

Cross-agency collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, CS, or related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Jenkins

Splunk

RMF/NIST

Job description

Nightwing is seeking a Cloud Engineer to design and implement cloud-centric, automated architectures for mission-critical environments. You will drive infrastructure as code, automated deployment workflows, and scalable, secure solutions to reduce manual tasks.

You will lead systems engineering efforts, coordinate cross-functional teams, and engage with customers and stakeholders to derive priorities and requirements.