Cloud Platform Engineer

Overview

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.

• Use and develop automation (Ansible roles, Terraform modules, Packer, Git Lab CI/CD pipelines, AWS CLI) to provision and configure servers, services, applications, and security controls.
• Setup and maintain applications in AWS Gov Cloud and commercial environments, utilizing Dev/Production stages.
• Manage AWS specific resources such as VPCs, EC2, ECS, EKS, S3, Control Tower, and LZA.
• Lead technical projects, working with team members and inter‑departmental groups to plan, execute, and deliver new features or capabilities.
• Follow best practices for disaster recovery and business continuity in server, network, and security design.
• Manage 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.

• 6 Years of experience in IT (Operations, Security, or Development), or Dev Ops.
• 4+ Years of experience with 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 within AWS or another cloud provider (Azure, etc).
• Experience architecting new services using AWS resources.
• Experience troubleshooting resources such as load balancers, autoscaling groups, and security groups.
• Familiarity with IAC automation and configuration management tools to manage and deploy servers and applications (Ansible, Terraform, Cloud Formation, Packer, Python, Bash, Power Shell, etc).
• Familiarity with source code management of automation scripts and documentation (git, Git Lab, Bit Bucket).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong sense of accountability to meet work deadlines and support sprint goals.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.

• Experience developing automated solutions utilizing docker‑compose and Helm.
• Familiarity with multi‑account AWS architecture (Organizations, Control Tower).
• Familiarity with multi‑account Microsoft Azure (Sovereign Cloud Architecture).
• Experience working with containerized applications using Docker and/or Kubernetes.
• Experience developing CI/CD pipelines for delivery and testing of services/applications.
• Experience with in AWS Gov Cloud.
• Professional certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, AWS Developer, Linux+, Security+, CCNA.

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 a degree.

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.