Senior Mission / Systems Engineer

About the role

Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence mission support services to meet our customers' most demanding challenges. Our capabilities include cyber space operations, cyber defense and resiliency, vulnerability research, ubiquitous technical surveillance, data intelligence, lifecycle mission enablement, and software modernization. Nightwing brings disruptive technologies, agility, and competitive offerings to customers in the intelligence community, defense, civil, and commercial markets.

Responsibilities

• Work with experienced team members on system development, integration, and deployments for mission-critical intelligence operations that protect our country.
• Design, architect, and integrate complex systems infrastructure across the full lifecycle—from requirements analysis and architecture design through integration, testing, and operational deployment.
• Lead systems integration efforts, test execution, and test results documentation for custom hardware and software systems of high complexity.
• Architect high-availability, fault-tolerant systems that seamlessly integrate compute, storage, networking, and security components in on-premises and cloud environments.
• Interact with development teams, customers, end users, hardware design teams, and software design teams to resolve discrepancies, issues, and technical challenges.
• Identify, analyze, and resolve problems in all phases of the system lifecycle using strong troubleshooting and debugging skills.
• Generate briefings and present technical material to team members, customers, and Nightwing management as necessary.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive system documentation including architecture diagrams, interface control documents (ICDs), requirements, plans, procedures, and technical specifications.
• Recognize areas of improvement or customer needs and relay them to senior staff as business development possibilities.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership across multi-disciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• A STEM degree (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of practical experience in Systems Engineering including experience with design, development, integration, and testing of custom hardware and software systems of high complexity
• Proven expertise in enterprise systems architecture, including compute infrastructure, storage systems, networking, and virtualization technologies
• Experience with Systems Integration, test execution, and test results documentation
• Strong knowledge of Linux and/or Linux variants, including system administration, tuning, and optimization
• Experience identifying, analyzing, and resolving problems in all phases of the system lifecycle
• Experience interacting with development teams, customers, and stakeholders to resolve discrepancies and technical issues
• Experience designing and deploying containerized and orchestrated environments (e.g., Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker) at scale
• Strong problem solving and debugging skills with ability to diagnose complex system issues across multiple technology layers
• Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, Chef) and GitOps workflows
• Excellent communication skills with ability to generate briefings and present material to technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to work weekends and nights periodically to support integration and testing efforts
• Active TS/SCI security clearance with Polygraph
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Benefits

Nightwing offers medical, vision and dental insurance coverage in addition to a 401k plan, PTO, Holidays, and additional insurances. Nightwing is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.