Linux Systems Engineer
Sterling, VA · On-site
Nightwing is seeking a highly skilled Linux Systems Engineer to design, deploy, optimize, automate, and support large-scale Linux infrastructure supporting secure networking and remote-access ...
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Linux Systems Engineer
Sterling, VA · On-site
Nightwing is seeking a highly skilled Linux Systems Engineer to design, deploy, optimize, automate, and support large-scale Linux infrastructure supporting secure networking and remote-access ...
Cloud Engineer
Arlington, VA · On-site
$64.25 - $85.75/hr
Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration ... Responsibilities: - Design, deploy, and test scalable, secure cloud infrastructure using Red Hat ...
Cloud Engineer
Arlington, VA · On-site
$64.25 - $85.75/hr
Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration ... Responsibilities: - Design, deploy, and test scalable, secure cloud infrastructure using Red Hat ...
Network Engineer
Arlington, VA · On-site
Nightwing is seeking a motivated network engineer to implement, maintain and support the lab network infrastructure. Responsibilities: - Leverage advanced analytical and technical skills to design ...
Network Engineer
Arlington, VA · On-site
Nightwing is seeking a motivated network engineer to implement, maintain and support the lab network infrastructure. Responsibilities: - Leverage advanced analytical and technical skills to design ...
Cloud Engineer with Security Clearance
Sterling, VA · On-site
$55.25 - $73.75/hr
Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration ... Responsibilities: - Design, deploy, and test scalable, secure cloud infrastructure using Red Hat ...
Cloud Engineer with Security Clearance
Sterling, VA · On-site
$55.25 - $73.75/hr
Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration ... Responsibilities: - Design, deploy, and test scalable, secure cloud infrastructure using Red Hat ...
Cloud Engineer
Sterling, VA · On-site
$55.25 - $73.75/hr
Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration ... Responsibilities: - Design, deploy, and test scalable, secure cloud infrastructure using Red Hat ...
Cloud Engineer
Sterling, VA · On-site
$55.25 - $73.75/hr
Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration ... Responsibilities: - Design, deploy, and test scalable, secure cloud infrastructure using Red Hat ...
Nightwing is seeking a highly skilled Linux Systems Engineer to design, deploy, optimize, automate, and support large-scale Linux infrastructure supporting secure networking and remote-access ...
Nightwing is seeking a highly skilled Linux Systems Engineer to design, deploy, optimize, automate, and support large-scale Linux infrastructure supporting secure networking and remote-access ...
Network Engineer
Arlington, VA · On-site
Nightwing is seeking a motivated network engineer to implement, maintain and support the lab network infrastructure. Responsibilities: - Leverage advanced analytical and technical skills to design ...
Network Engineer
Arlington, VA · On-site
Nightwing is seeking a motivated network engineer to implement, maintain and support the lab network infrastructure. Responsibilities: - Leverage advanced analytical and technical skills to design ...
Nightwing is seeking a motivated network engineer to implement, maintain and support the lab network infrastructure. Responsibilities: - Leverage advanced analytical and technical skills to design ...
Nightwing is seeking a motivated network engineer to implement, maintain and support the lab network infrastructure. Responsibilities: - Leverage advanced analytical and technical skills to design ...
Junior DevOps Engineer with Security Clearance
Annapolis, MD · On-site
$64K - $128K/yr
Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration ... Developing Infrastructure As Code and scripting to automate tasks, provision managed services, and ...
Junior DevOps Engineer with Security Clearance
Annapolis, MD · On-site
$64K - $128K/yr
Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration ... Developing Infrastructure As Code and scripting to automate tasks, provision managed services, and ...
DevOps Engineer with Security Clearance
Arlington, VA · On-site
$60.75 - $83.25/hr
Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration ... Implement infrastructure-as-code using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar
DevOps Engineer with Security Clearance
Arlington, VA · On-site
$60.75 - $83.25/hr
Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration ... Implement infrastructure-as-code using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar
Cloud Engineer with Security Clearance
Arlington, VA · On-site
$64.25 - $85.75/hr
Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration ... Responsibilities: - Design, deploy, and test scalable, secure cloud infrastructure using Red Hat ...
Cloud Engineer with Security Clearance
Arlington, VA · On-site
$64.25 - $85.75/hr
Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration ... Responsibilities: - Design, deploy, and test scalable, secure cloud infrastructure using Red Hat ...
Cloud/DevOps Engineer.
Sterling, VA · On-site
$52.25 - $71.50/hr
Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration ... Identify, analyze, and resolve infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues
Cloud/DevOps Engineer.
Sterling, VA · On-site
$52.25 - $71.50/hr
Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration ... Identify, analyze, and resolve infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues
Nightwing is seeking a motivated network engineer to implement, maintain and support the lab network infrastructure. Responsibilities: - Leverage advanced analytical and technical skills to design ...
Nightwing is seeking a motivated network engineer to implement, maintain and support the lab network infrastructure. Responsibilities: - Leverage advanced analytical and technical skills to design ...
Hardware Engineer
Sterling, VA · On-site
$122K - $161K/yr
Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration ... The HWE supports system infrastructure build-outs (cage builds, overhead installations, rack and ...
Hardware Engineer
Sterling, VA · On-site
$122K - $161K/yr
Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration ... The HWE supports system infrastructure build-outs (cage builds, overhead installations, rack and ...
Senior Mission / Systems Engineer
Annapolis, MD · On-site
$103K - $141K/yr
Senior Systems Engineer Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data ... infrastructure Why Join Nightwing? * Advanced Infrastructure: Work with cutting-edge compute ...
Senior Mission / Systems Engineer
Annapolis, MD · On-site
$103K - $141K/yr
Senior Systems Engineer Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data ... infrastructure Why Join Nightwing? * Advanced Infrastructure: Work with cutting-edge compute ...
Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration ... The candidate will be part of a team that supports the cloud infrastructure for an enterprise ...
Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration ... The candidate will be part of a team that supports the cloud infrastructure for an enterprise ...
Cloud/DevOps Engineer. with Security Clearance
Sterling, VA · On-site
$55.25 - $73.75/hr
Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration ... Identify, analyze, and resolve infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues
Cloud/DevOps Engineer. with Security Clearance
Sterling, VA · On-site
$55.25 - $73.75/hr
Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration ... Identify, analyze, and resolve infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues
Senior Mission / Systems Engineer with Security Clearance
Annapolis, MD · On-site
$103K - $141K/yr
Senior Systems Engineer Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data ... infrastructure Why Join Nightwing? * Advanced Infrastructure: Work with cutting-edge compute ...
Senior Mission / Systems Engineer with Security Clearance
Annapolis, MD · On-site
$103K - $141K/yr
Senior Systems Engineer Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data ... infrastructure Why Join Nightwing? * Advanced Infrastructure: Work with cutting-edge compute ...
Senior Systems Engineer
Annapolis, MD · On-site
$122K - $253K/yr
Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration ... Architect and implement complex IT systems and infrastructure that meet mission-critical objectives
Senior Systems Engineer
Annapolis, MD · On-site
$122K - $253K/yr
Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration ... Architect and implement complex IT systems and infrastructure that meet mission-critical objectives
Senior Network Engineer
Sterling, VA · On-site
$103K - $141K/yr
Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration ... Deploy and maintain enterprise network infrastructure across secure, multi-site environments
Senior Network Engineer
Sterling, VA · On-site
$103K - $141K/yr
Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration ... Deploy and maintain enterprise network infrastructure across secure, multi-site environments
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Full-time
Posted 24 days ago
Job description
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 highly skilled Linux Systems Engineer to design, deploy, optimize, automate, and support large-scale Linux infrastructure supporting secure networking and remote-access services. This role is ideal for an engineer with deep expertise in Linux networking, policy-based routing, kernel performance tuning, infrastructure automation, and modern VPN technologies including WireGuard, OpenVPN, and IPSec.
The successful candidate will collaborate closely with network engineering, systems administration, and platform engineering teams to deliver highly available, secure, and scalable infrastructure solutions in mission-critical environments.
Primary Responsibilities
Linux Infrastructure Engineering
Design and implement advanced routing architectures utilizing:
Tune Linux kernel parameters for:
Design, deploy, and support secure VPN infrastructures using:
Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions using SaltStack.
Create and maintain:
Required Qualifications:
Current Top-Secret Clearance with SCI Eligibility
Technical Experience
Strong hands-on experience with:
Demonstrated expertise with:
Strong practical experience with:
Experience with:
Preferred Qualifications
Desired Skills
At 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.
Nightwing is seeking a highly skilled Linux Systems Engineer to design, deploy, optimize, automate, and support large-scale Linux infrastructure supporting secure networking and remote-access services. This role is ideal for an engineer with deep expertise in Linux networking, policy-based routing, kernel performance tuning, infrastructure automation, and modern VPN technologies including WireGuard, OpenVPN, and IPSec.
The successful candidate will collaborate closely with network engineering, systems administration, and platform engineering teams to deliver highly available, secure, and scalable infrastructure solutions in mission-critical environments.
Primary Responsibilities
Linux Infrastructure Engineering
- Design, deploy, administer, and maintain enterprise Linux environments.
- Develop standardized operating system configurations and hardened baseline builds.
- Perform operating system upgrades, patch management, lifecycle maintenance, and performance optimization.
- Troubleshoot complex operating system, networking, and application issues.
Design and implement advanced routing architectures utilizing:
- Policy-Based Routing (PBR)
- Multiple routing tables
- Route maps and traffic steering
- Source-based and destination-based routing
- Multi-homed network environments
- OSPF and static routing
- VLANs, LACP, and 802.1Q trunking
- Network namespaces
- VRFs
- NAT and firewall policies
- tcpdump
- Wireshark
- iproute2
- nftables
- iptables
Tune Linux kernel parameters for:
- High-throughput networking
- Low-latency applications
- VPN gateway performance
- Large-scale concurrent connections
- TCP/IP stack performance
- Network buffer sizing
- IRQ balancing
- CPU affinity
- NUMA awareness
- Memory management
- perf
- sar
- vmstat
- iostat
- eBPF observability tools
- systemd performance metrics
Design, deploy, and support secure VPN infrastructures using:
- OpenVPN 2.6+
- WireGuard
- IPSec
- Site-to-site VPNs
- Remote-access VPNs
- Hub-and-spoke architectures
- High-availability VPN clusters
- Dynamic routing across VPN overlays
- Troubleshooting encryption, routing, MTU, and performance issues
- Implementing modern cryptographic standards and VPN hardening best practices
Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions using SaltStack.
Create and maintain:
- Salt States
- Pillars
- Custom modules
- Orchestration workflows
- System provisioning
- Configuration deployment
- Compliance enforcement
- VPN deployments
- Security baseline management
Required Qualifications:
Current Top-Secret Clearance with SCI Eligibility
Technical Experience
- 5+ years of Linux Systems Engineering experience
- 3+ years of advanced Linux networking experience
- 3+ years of VPN engineering experience
- 3+ years of SaltStack administration and automation experience
Strong hands-on experience with:
- Debian Linux
- Ubuntu Linux
Demonstrated expertise with:
- Policy-Based Routing (PBR)
- iproute2
- Routing tables and policy rules
- Linux bridges
- Bonding and teaming
- VLANs
- VRFs
- Network namespaces
- Dynamic routing protocols
- High-availability networking architectures
Strong practical experience with:
- WireGuard
- OpenVPN 2.6+
- IPSec
- PKI and certificate management
- TLS authentication
- Multi-site VPN topologies
- VPN performance tuning
Experience with:
- SaltStack
- Python
- Bash
- Git
- CI/CD workflows
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting cloud platforms including:
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Microsoft Azure
- Experience with container technologies:
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Experience supporting confidential computing environments
- Knowledge of CNSA-compliant cryptographic implementations
- Familiarity with eBPF-based observability and network diagnostics
- Industry certifications such as:
- RHCE
- LFCE
- CCNP
- Equivalent advanced certifications
Desired Skills
- Exceptional troubleshooting and root-cause analysis capabilities
- Strong documentation and technical writing skills
- Ability to operate independently in mission-critical environments
- Experience designing highly available and fault-tolerant systems
- Security-first mindset with strong infrastructure design principles
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills
At 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.