Cloud Platform Engineer

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. NightwingInformation Technology is seeking Cloud Platform Engineers to help operate, develop, and improve our network and server/application infrastructure in AWS GovCloud and Azure. You’ll work in a rapidly changing, fastpaced environment supporting 20+ applications across three distinct networks, each with its own data protection, connectivity, and support model. In this role, you will build secure, scalable, and costoptimized cloud environments that empower our development and operations teams. Key Responsibilities Use and develop automation (Ansible roles,Terraformmodules, Packer, GitLab CI/CD pipelines, AWS CLI) to provision and configure servers, services, applications, and security controls. Setup and maintain applications in AWS GovCloudand commercial, utilizing Dev/Production environments Manage AWS specific resources much as VPCs, EC2, ECS, EKS, S3,Control Tower,and LZA Lead technical projects,workingwith team members and inter-departmental groups toplan,execute, and deliver new features or capabilities Follow best practices for disaster recovery/business continuity in server, network, and security design Manage Linux and Windowsservers, following best practicesfor logging, monitoring, and system maintenance Provide expertiseand supportfor IT Operational management of security monitoring,compliance, andauditingtools Required Skills and Experience 6 Years ofExperiencein IT(Operations,Security, or Development), or DevOps 4+ Years of experiencewith Linux System Administration Familiar with Windows System Administration 1+ Years of experience with networking (TCP/IP,switching,routers,firewalls,etc) 1+Years of experience running services withinAWSoranother cloud provider (Azure,etc) Architecting new servicesusingAWS resources Troubleshootingresources(Load balancers, Autoscaling groups, security groups) Familiarity withIACautomationand configuration managementtoolsto manage and deploy servers and applications(Ansible,Terraform,Cloudformation,Packer,Python,Bash,Powershell,etc) Familiarity with source code management ofany code/scripts/documentation used forautomation(git, GitLab,BitBucket) Strong verbal and written communication skills Strong sense of accountability tomeet work deadlines and support sprint goals Must be a U.S Citizen Desired Skills and Experiences Experience developing automated solutionsutilizingdocker-composeand Helm Familiarity with multi-account AWS architecture (Organizations, Control Tower) Familiarity withwithmulti-accountMicrosoft Azure(Sovereign Cloud Architecture) Experience working with containerized applications using Docker and/or Kubernetes ExperiencedevelopingCI/CD pipelinesfor deliveryand testingof services/applications Experience within AWS GovCloud Professional Certifications such as: AWS Solutions Architect, AWS Developer, Linux+, Security+, CCNA Required Education Bachelor of Science Degree in a related engineering field; OR 6 additional years of Engineering, Computer or Information Science applicable professional experience in lieu of degree. 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr