Senior Systems Engineer: Kubernetes & Cloud

Nightwing; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 122,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401k plan

PTO and Holidays

Additional insurances

Job summary

Nightwing seeks a Senior System/Network Engineer to lead infrastructure design, deployment, and optimization for a unified solution. You will architect cloud-native designs, collaborate with development teams, and ensure scalable, secure systems across multi-cloud environments.

Requirements include 10+ years in system/network engineering, TS/SCI with CI Poly, DoD RMF, Kubernetes, Terraform/Ansible, Linux, Istio/Linkerd, and U.S. citizenship.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of system/network engineering experience.
• Bachelor's degree in relevant field (or equivalent).
• Kubernetes and container technologies expertise.
• Deep understanding of network protocols, routing, and security.
• Experience designing multi-cloud infrastructure solutions.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible).
• Strong Linux system administration knowledge.
• Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd).
• DoD RMF experience and TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement Kubernetes-based infrastructure.
• Lead network architecture and security implementations.
• Optimize system performance and resource utilization.
• Implement advanced monitoring and observability solutions.
• Design disaster recovery and high availability solutions.
• Lead Infrastructure as Code implementations.
• Troubleshoot complex system and network issues.
• Mentor junior engineers.
• Support security assessments and RMF activities.
• Lead infrastructure-related technical discussions.

Skills

Kubernetes

Container tech

Terraform

Ansible

Linux admin

RMF DoD

TS/SCI clearance

CI Poly

Multi-cloud

U.S. citizenship

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Istio

Linkerd

Job description

Nightwing seeks a Senior System/Network Engineer to lead infrastructure design, deployment, and optimization for a unified solution. You will architect cloud-native designs, collaborate with development teams, and ensure scalable, secure systems across multi-cloud environments.

Requirements include 10+ years in system/network engineering, TS/SCI with CI Poly, DoD RMF, Kubernetes, Terraform/Ansible, Linux, Istio/Linkerd, and U.S. citizenship.