Cloud Architect

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.Nightwing is seeking a Cloud Engineer with the ability to assess, design, and develop a cloud-centric, requirements driven, autonomously orchestrated architectures and environments to ensure the rigor, consistency, and continued reliability of mission critical environments. This position is for an individual who fundamentally disagrees with the continued use of repetitive manual operational tasks over automated workflows, while trusting mature, automated resources to deploy any given system over manual deployment more accurately.Responsibilities include: Providing Systems Engineering project leadership in support of a large, leading-edge cybersecurity system.Coordinating teams in the development, integration, and testing of advanced leading-edge cybersecurity, with the assistance of the Design & Development Lead and Chief EngineerInterfacing directly with the Customer, stakeholders, and end-users regarding priorities, capability architectures, requirements, use cases, and stories to derive, develop and decompose next-cycle updates and specificationsRepresenting the voice of the user in developmentCollaborating within various project and development TeamsSupporting risk assessments and developing risk mitigation countermeasuresProviding Systems Engineering expertise and leadership in support of a large cybersecurity systemRequired Skills: Must be a US CitizenMust have an active Secret clearance and be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearanceMust be able to obtain DHS Suitability8+ years of directly relevant systems engineering experience such as allocation of hardware and software requirements, development of use cases and stories, interface definition, and systems integration & testProven leadership skills and meaningful experience successfully leading large teamsAble to effectively work as a leader, in a group, or as an individual contributorExperience working in an Agile development environment in a leadership roleExperience with and technical understanding of cybersecurity attack-mitigation techniques and cybersecurity architecturePossesses or quickly develops a comprehensive understanding of Government Information Security policies, regulations, and guidelinesMust be able to work collaboratively across agencies and physical locations.Desired Skills: Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) products such as Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, CodeCommit, Chef, and Jenkins-Familiarity with the following technologies in a cloud environment: Elk Stack (ElasticSearch, Logstash, Kibana),Nessus, ClamAV, AIDE, Splunk, DNS, NAT, gitExperience and/or familiarity with software and system lifecycle methodologies, (e.g ISO, CMMI, ITIL, etc.)Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automationExperience with designing and developing security automation to include patching, compliance, upgrades to increase efficiencies within AWS and Azure cloud environmentsExperience and/or familiarity of the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and security and privacy controls (NIST 800-37 and NIST 800-53) - DHS experience.Required Education:Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems or related technical field. Two years of related work experience may be substituted for each year of degree level education.Desired Certifications: DoD 8570.1 IAT Level I or II (e.g. CISSP)AWS and Azure Cloud-related certificationsCertified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) certification desiredSyndeo: 3494At Nightwing, we value collaboration and teamwork. You’ll have the opportunity to work alongside talented individuals who are passionate about what they do. Together, we’ll leverage our collective expertise to drive innovation, solve complex problems, and deliver exceptional results for our clients.Thank you for considering joining us as we embark on this new journey and shape the future of cybersecurity and intelligence together as part of the Nightwing team.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.SummaryLocation: Sterling, VAType: Full time