Senior Systems Engineer – Cyber, Agile & Architecture

Nightwing; Corridor North (MD); On-site; USD 122,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401k plan

PTO

Holidays

Job summary

Nightwing seeks a System Engineer to directly support mission critical needs in cyber, data operations, and systems integration. You will serve as a Scrum Master in an Agile environment and contribute to SE documentation aligned with defined architectures.

This role requires extensive SE experience and U.S. citizenship with TS/SCI clearance with polygraph prior to start date, plus collaboration across cross‑disciplinary teams to deliver production systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline.
• 14 years’ SE experience in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity.
• U.S. citizenship with TS/SCI clearance with polygraph prior to start date.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to System Engineering Plans, Initial Capabilities Documents, Requirements Specifications, and Interface Control Documents.
• Coordinate resolution of items from CCB, design reviews, program reviews, and test reviews.
• Support development of system requirements and allocation to hardware, software, facility, and personnel.
• Participate in IPTs to design new capabilities based on evaluation of development and operational factors.

Skills

Agile processes

Java

Confluence

Jira

System engineering models

AWS

Requirements

Architecture designs

Clear communication

Collaborative working style

TS/SCI with polygraph clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline

Job description

Nightwing seeks a System Engineer to directly support mission critical needs in cyber, data operations, and systems integration. You will serve as a Scrum Master in an Agile environment and contribute to SE documentation aligned with defined architectures.

This role requires extensive SE experience and U.S. citizenship with TS/SCI clearance with polygraph prior to start date, plus collaboration across cross‑disciplinary teams to deliver production systems.