System Engineering Skill level 3

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Job Description

You 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.

Job Summary

System Engineer at Nightwing CODEX  the candidate will provide work with a team of developers to provide system engineering support for an analytic application, to include the following:

System support

• Daily system monitoring, health and status reporting, troubleshooting
• Perform system maintenance and tech debt type system tasks
• Collect reliability metrics
• Collect user, application, system metrics

Automation

• Assist with automated testing, to include scripting 
• Help improve deployment automation

Candidate will also provide system engineering support for agile development cycles to include: assisting with estimation, sprint deliverables, release notes, and monthly status reports. Other system engineering duties include requirements analysis, test case documentation including acceptance criteria for compliance certifications, STE/STN requirements, customer requirements, and long-term transition and decommissioning activities. 

 Role Type

This position is an onsite role.

Basic Qualifications

Typically requires Twenty (20) years’ experience as a SE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity and a Bachelor’s degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Five (5) years of additional SE experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.

Technical skills: Jira and Confluence; GIT and Jenkins; JavaScript Java; Agile Methodology; Automated test tools; ELK Stack; Container technologies;

Active and transferable U.S. government issued TS/SCI with polygraph security clearance is required prior to start date. 

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Desired Skills: 3 or more of the following desired skills

Support teams with testing to ensure systems yield a product capable of meeting requirements

Confer with Team Leads to derive requirements and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Four (4) years’ of additional SWE experience on projects with similar software processes can substitute for a bachelor’s degree.

Experience with AWS

What We Offer:

Whether you’re just starting out on your career journey or are an experienced professional, we offer a robust total rewards package with compensation; healthcare, wellness, retirement and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs. Some of the benefits we offer include parental (including paternal) leave, flexible work schedules, achievement awards, educational assistance and child/adult backup care.

Engineering/Other Technical Positions:

Typically requires a degree in Science,Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws/regulations.

Previously part of a leading Fortune 100 company and headquartered in Dulles, VA; Nightwing became independent in 2024 but continues to support the nation’s most mission impactful initiatives.

When we formed Nightwing, we brought a deep set of credentials and an unfaltering commitment to the mission. For over four decades, our team has been providing some of the world’s most technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence support services to the U.S. government on its most important missions.

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.

The salary range for this role is 118,000 USD - 246,000 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.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

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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