Secure Cloud Systems Administrator — TS/SCI | AWS

Nightwing Technologies, LLC; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

401k plan

PTO and Holidays

Job summary

Nightwing Technologies, LLC supports a U.S. Government customer by delivering rapid deployment and management of secure cloud-based engagement kits for cyber incident response and threat hunting operations.

This role focuses on maintaining Bespin cloud engagement kits’ availability, security, and performance for federal agencies and critical infrastructure. As a Cloud Systems Administrator, you will deploy, monitor, and troubleshoot cloud environments, manage access control, and coordinate

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Active TS/SCI clearance required.
• Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability.
• 3+ years of experience administering cloud-based systems, preferably AWS.
• Strong knowledge of Linux/Unix and Windows server administration.
• Experience with AWS services including EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, and 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.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent documentation abilities.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and configure engagement kits within required timelines following government approval.
• 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

Linux/Unix administration

Windows server administration

AWS cloud administration

Networking concepts

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Security best practices

Incident response

Python scripting

PowerShell

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology/Computer Science or related field

7+ years of directly relevant experience (alternative to degree)

Tools

AWS: EC2

AWS: S3

AWS: RDS

AWS: VPC

AWS: CloudWatch

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Python

Job description

Nightwing Technologies, LLC supports a U.S. Government customer by delivering rapid deployment and management of secure cloud-based engagement kits for cyber incident response and threat hunting operations.

This role focuses on maintaining Bespin cloud engagement kits’ availability, security, and performance for federal agencies and critical infrastructure. As a Cloud Systems Administrator, you will deploy, monitor, and troubleshoot cloud environments, manage access control, and coordinate