Senior Systems & Network Engineer: Kubernetes & Cloud

Nightwing; United States; On-site; USD 122,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Vision and Dental Insurance

401k Plan

PTO & Holidays

Job summary

Nightwing seeks a Senior System/Network Engineer to lead infrastructure design, deployment, and optimization of a unified solution. You will drive cloud-native architectures, scalable systems, and secure operations in a demanding environment.

Responsibilities include building Kubernetes-based infrastructure, leading multi-cloud networks, and mentoring junior engineers while collaborating with development teams to ensure resilience and peak performance.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of system/network engineering experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (or equivalent).
• Expert Kubernetes knowledge and container technologies.
• Clear understanding of DoD RMF and security requirements.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph; US citizenship.

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.

Skills

Kubernetes

Container technologies

Network protocols & security

Multi-cloud infrastructure

Linux administration

Service mesh (Istio/Linkerd)

DoD RMF knowledge

TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph

U.S. citizenship

Education

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Istio

Linkerd

Job description

Nightwing seeks a Senior System/Network Engineer to lead infrastructure design, deployment, and optimization of a unified solution. You will drive cloud-native architectures, scalable systems, and secure operations in a demanding environment.

Responsibilities include building Kubernetes-based infrastructure, leading multi-cloud networks, and mentoring junior engineers while collaborating with development teams to ensure resilience and peak performance.