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Nightwing Group

Senior Cloud Engineer (AWS)

Nightwing Group, Short Pump, Virginia, United States,


Location:

VA543: 22270 Pacific Blvd, Dulles 22270 Pacific Boulevard Building CC5, Sterling, VA, 20166-6924 USATime Type:

Full timeDate Posted:

2024-08-21Country:

United States of AmericaPosition Role Type:

HybridYou have been redirected to RTX’s career page as we have recently transitioned from RTX to become a standalone company, which provides us with greater autonomy and opportunities for growth. As a prospective employee of Nightwing, you’ll have the chance to contribute to our continued success and shape the future of our cybersecurity, intelligence, and services offerings.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 supporting a U.S. Government customer on a large mission critical development and sustainment program to design, build, deliver, and operate a network operations environment including introducing new cyber capabilities to address emerging threats. Raytheon is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to assess, design, and develop automated cloud-based requirements and architectures and develop derived requirements and systems engineering artifacts into advanced cloud infrastructure, management, and operations.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 Engineer.Interfacing 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 specifications.Representing the voice of the user in development.Collaborating within Agile Release Trains and Agile Teams.Supporting risk assessments and developing risk mitigation countermeasures.Providing Systems Engineering expertise and leadership in support of a large cybersecurity system.Creating and updating standardized procedures, detailed documentation, and adaptable checklists.Required Skills:

Must be a US Citizen.Must have an active Secret clearance and be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance.Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability.6+ years of directly relevant systems engineering experience such as allocation of hardware and software requirements, development of use cases and stories, Detailed design of system components, and direct automation/orchestration experience with larger systems.Proven leadership skills and meaningful experience successfully leading large teams.Able to effectively work as a leader, in a group, or as an independent individual contributor.Experience working in an Agile development environment in a leadership role.Possesses or quickly develops a comprehensive understanding of Government Information Security policies, regulations, and guidelines.Advanced experience with AWS/Azure cloud deployment and management tools.Expertise in automation of infrastructure - deployment, configuration, and orchestration.Direct experience with scripting in JSON, YAML, HCL, Python, bash/PSH and/or CloudFormation/Terraform.Desired Skills:

Knowledge and experience with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) or similar lean Agile framework.Experience with Cloud Service Providers (AWS, Azure) and cloud architecture, design, and implementation - DevSecOps or DevOps experience.Experience and/or familiarity with software and system lifecycle methodologies, (e.g ISO, CMMI, ITIL, etc.)Experience 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, Software Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline is required. [Four (4) years of experience may be substituted for a degree.]Desired Certifications:

Agile software development methodology certification (e.g. SCRUM Master).AWS Cloud Practitioner.AWS Solutions Architect – Associate / Pro.DoD 8570.1 IAT Level I or II.The salary range for this role is 85,000 USD - 179,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills. Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.RTX 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.

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