Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Remote

Sterling, VA

Full time

JR102085

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.

We are looking for an experienced Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to help develop and deliver on a cloud platform to support new and existing workloads. In this role, you will need to be technically capable and able to execute implementation on a high-level cloud architecture. You will also need to have a passion for problem solving and be adept at interacting, communicating and partnering with other departments within our organization to be successful.

Nightwing is seeking talented Cloud engineers to assist our team with operating, developing, and improving a cloud-based Server/Application infrastructure environment, primarily within AWS Gov Cloud. We are seeking Cloud engineers with experience working in a rapidly-changing and fast-paced environment. We also support remote work from home (WFH).

• Provision and manage AWS accounts, including account creation, organizational structure, and governance using Service Control Policies (SCPs)

• Design, deploy, and maintain multi-account environments using the AWS Landing Zone Accelerator (LZA)

• Create and manage VPCs, including subnets, routing, security groups, and network connectivity

• Use and develop scripts using Terraform and Git Lab CI/CD pipelines to provision, configure, and secure cloud resources, services, and applications

• Design, deploy, and maintain applications and services in AWS Gov Cloud, utilizing Dev/Production environments and leveraging native cloud services

• Implement and manage identity and access management (IAM), including roles, policies, and least-privilege access controls

• Configure and maintain cloud monitoring, logging, and alerting using services such as Cloud Watch, Cloud Trail, and AWS Config

• Implement cloud security and compliance best practices, supporting frameworks and controls relevant to a government cloud environment (e.g., FedRAMP, NIST 800-53)

• Optimize cloud infrastructure for cost, performance, and scalability

• Lead technical projects, working with team members and inter-departmental groups to plan, execute, and deliver new features or capabilities

• Follow best practices for cloud disaster recovery/business continuity in server, network, and security design

• Manage cloud-hosted Linux and Windows servers, following best practices for logging, monitoring, and system maintenance

• Provide expertise and support for IT Operational management of security monitoring, compliance, and auditing tools

• 5 Years of Experience in IT (Operations, Security, or Development), or Cloud Engineering

• 3+ Years of experience running, architecting, and managing services within AWS or another major cloud provider

• Architecting new services using AWS resources (EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS, Lambda, etc.)

• Creating and managing AWS accounts and VPCs

• Troubleshooting cloud resources (Load balancers, Autoscaling groups, security groups)

• Proficiency with AWS multi-account governance, including Service Control Policies (SCPs) and the AWS Landing Zone Accelerator (LZA)

• Experience with cloud identity and access management (IAM) and applying least-privilege principles

• 3+…