Senior Systems & Network Engineer - TS/SCI w/ CI Poly

Nightwing; Capitol Heights (MD); On-site; USD 122,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401k plan

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

Nightwing seeks a Senior System/Network Engineer to design, deploy, and optimize Kubernetes-based infrastructure. You will lead network architecture, security implementations, and IaaC adoption across multi-cloud environments, ensuring scalable, resilient systems. A TS/SCI with CI Poly is required, and U.S.

citizenship is mandatory. The role involves mentoring junior engineers, supporting RMF assessments, and guiding cloud-native architectures with DevSecOps practices.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of system/network engineering experience.
• Bachelor's degree in relevant technical field or equivalent substitution.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph.
• Must be U.S. citizen.

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 technologies

Linux administration

Terraform

Ansible

DoD RMF

Istio/Linkerd

Multi-cloud

Security engineering

TS/SCI clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Nightwing seeks a Senior System/Network Engineer to design, deploy, and optimize Kubernetes-based infrastructure. You will lead network architecture, security implementations, and IaaC adoption across multi-cloud environments, ensuring scalable, resilient systems. A TS/SCI with CI Poly is required, and U.S.

citizenship is mandatory. The role involves mentoring junior engineers, supporting RMF assessments, and guiding cloud-native architectures with DevSecOps practices.