Senior Network Engineer

Nightwing•Annapolis Junction, MD

20h

About The Position

Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence mission support services to meet customers’ most demanding challenges. Their 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. The Senior Network Engineer performs network services from network design through implementation, maintenance, and upgrading of existing networks, analyzes design, specifications, and related documents, and performs general LAN/CAN/WAN administration, scheduling conversions and cutovers. Nightwing values collaboration and teamwork, offering opportunities to work alongside talented individuals passionate about driving innovation, solving complex problems, and delivering exceptional results for clients. Nightwing became independent in 2024, previously part of a leading Fortune 100 company, and continues to support the nation’s most mission impactful initiatives, with a team that has over four decades of experience providing advanced cyber, data operations, systems integration, and intelligence support services to the U.S. government.

Requirements

Twelve (12) years of relevant professional experience providing Network Engineering support.
A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline.
TS/SCI with FSP Clearance.
A Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Assurance, Information Security Systems Engineering, or a related discipline from an accredited college or university may be substituted for two (2) years of experience, thereby reducing the total years of experience to six (6).
Five (5) additional years of relevant experience providing Network Engineering support may be substituted for a Bachelor's degree.

Responsibilities

Perform network services from network design through implementation, maintenance, and upgrading of existing networks.
Analyze design, specifications, and related documents.
Perform general LAN/CAN/WAN administration.
Schedule conversions and cutovers.
Provide input to the design of the organization's network and mission architecture.
Report any known or suspected COMSEC incidents immediately.
Perform configuration, test, deployment, and maintenance to all network equipment.
Configure and optimize the network to connect various front-end and back-end components.
Minimize network latency and maximize data throughput through design analysis and network performance monitoring tools.
Develop algorithms used in modules or incorporated into models associated with the research and development of technologies and systems.
Ensure that all material received is inspected for evidence of tampering and, if any is found, submit a report of suspected physical incident immediately.
Configure and maintain organization's network diagrams and accreditations.
Integrate hardware and software to satisfy ISO 9000 requirements and other DoD/IC regulations.
Design, integrate, test, and deploy solutions to established network issues.
Optimize end-to-end system performance and dataflow management.
Coordinate with appropriate dataflow organizations and end-customer recipients, follow-on data repositories and tasking organizations and mitigate potential adverse impacts on system-wide dataflow.
Implement specific network solutions to support server requirements to include loadbalancing, VPN's, firewall contexts, Traffic Shaping Voice over IP (VoIP), IP Encryption, Media over IP (MoIP), and network address translation.
Coordinate with the system engineering and dataflow efforts to ensure proper mission operations to minimize down time.
Design solutions, integrate, configure, deploy, test and provide ongoing maintenance for numerous types of network devices, interfaces and methodologies.
Gather needed data to specify system/component performance and interface requirements.
Manage, develop work schedules and direct the work of junior level engineers.