Senior Engineering & Implementation Lead

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401k plan

Paid time off

Holidays

Additional insurances

Job summary

Nightwing seeks an Engineering / Implementation Manager to provide technical and operational leadership for designing, implementing, integration, deployment, and transition of complex technology solutions. This role leads multidisciplinary teams and serves as the bridge between technical personnel, program leadership, customers, and executives.

Responsibilities include translating requirements into executable plans, managing schedules, controlling scope and risk, and ensuring architecture,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent professional experience.
• Extensive experience in engineering, systems integration, and cloud environments.
• Proven track record leading multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Solid understanding of SDLC and implementation lifecycle.
• Experience creating and managing detailed implementation schedules.
• Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, SAFe, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery.
• Ability to coordinate across multiple technical disciplines and stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication of complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience working with customers, leadership, vendors, and cross-functional stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design & Planning: Write technical rules, create system maps, and plan how a project or network will work.
• Integration: Connect different hardware, software, or physical parts so they function as a single unit. Define Configuration management plan.
• Testing & Troubleshooting: Run checks, find bugs or design flaws, and fix system failures.
• Communication: Act as a bridge between different teams, managers, and clients to explain technical needs.
• Lead multidisciplinary engineering, implementation, integration, deployment, and technical support teams.
• Provide technical direction throughout the solution lifecycle, from planning and engineering through implementation, testing, deployment, transition, and operational support.
• Translate business, mission, and customer requirements into actionable engineering and implementation plans.
• Coordinate technical activities across infrastructure, cloud, network, systems, cybersecurity, software, data, and integration teams.
• Ensure engineering solutions align with established enterprise architecture, technical standards, security requirements, and operational objectives.
• Mentor engineers and technical leads while promoting accountability, collaboration, knowledge sharing, and engineering excellence.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Team leadership

SDLC knowledge

Implementation planning

PM methodologies

Cross-functional teams

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or related technical discipline

Job description

Nightwing seeks an Engineering / Implementation Manager to provide technical and operational leadership for designing, implementing, integration, deployment, and transition of complex technology solutions. This role leads multidisciplinary teams and serves as the bridge between technical personnel, program leadership, customers, and executives.

Responsibilities include translating requirements into executable plans, managing schedules, controlling scope and risk, and ensuring architecture,