Field Engineer – Cybersecurity Systems, Secret Clearance

Nightwing; Huntsville (AL); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Nightwing is seeking a Field Engineer (Hybrid) to support integration, fielding, and ongoing support of Cyber products for government and commercial customers. You will serve as the technical face in customer environments, deploying solutions and coordinating with product teams.

This role requires strong troubleshooting, ability to travel up to 50%, and excellent customer communication. A Secret clearance is required; U.S. Citizenship is necessary.

Qualifications

• Strong technical troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with software deployment and system integration.
• Customer-facing communication skills (verbal and written).
• Ability to work independently in customer environments.
• System and application debugging experience.
• System administration and security of Linux and/or Windows operating systems.
• Understanding of networking concepts and protocols.
• Technical documentation skills (user manuals, integration guides).
• Ability to train customers on product usage.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites (up to 50%).
• Experience supporting government (especially DoD) customers.
• Knowledge of OS internals (Linux and/or Windows).
• Understanding of C/C++ and ability to read code for troubleshooting purposes.
• Bash and/or Batch scripting for automation.
• Experience with build systems and software installation.
• TPM and Secure Boot technologies.
• DOD System Security Engineering and standards (RMF, Cyber Resiliency, Anti-Tamper, etc.).
• Virtualization technologies (QEMU, KVM, VMWare, VirtualBox, Hyper-V, etc.).
• Understanding of system security and hardening.
• Experience with ticketing and support systems (ServiceNow, Jira, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Support integration, fielding, and support of Cyber products with customers.
• Be the technical face of our products in customer environments.
• Handle deployment through ongoing support.
• Own user manual development and coordinate customer feedback to product teams.
• Travel to customer sites up to 50%.

Skills

Strong technical troubleshooting

Experience with software deployment

Customer-facing communication

Independent work in customer env

System debugging

Linux/Windows admin/security

Networking concepts

Technical documentation

Train customers on product usage

Travel to customer sites (up to 50%)

OS internals (Linux/Windows)

C/C++ understanding

Bash/Batch scripting

Build systems and installation

TPM and Secure Boot

DOD security standards (RMF, etc.)

Virtualization technologies (QEMU, KVM

System security and hardening

Ticketing/support systems (ServiceNow,

Tools

QEMU

KVM

VMware

VirtualBox

Hyper-V

ServiceNow

Jira

Linux

Windows

Job description

Nightwing is seeking a Field Engineer (Hybrid) to support integration, fielding, and ongoing support of Cyber products for government and commercial customers. You will serve as the technical face in customer environments, deploying solutions and coordinating with product teams.

This role requires strong troubleshooting, ability to travel up to 50%, and excellent customer communication. A Secret clearance is required; U.S. Citizenship is necessary.