# Linux Systems Engineer

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. Roka Security is seeking a highly skilled Linux Systems Engineer to design, deploy, optimize, automate, and support large-scale Linux infrastructure supporting secure networking and remote-access services. This role is ideal for an engineer with deep expertise in Linux networking, policy-based routing, infrastructure automation, and modern VPN technologies including WireGuard, OpenVPN, and IPSec. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with engineering, systems administration, and platform engineering teams to deliver highly available, secure, and scalable infrastructure solutions in mission-critical environments. KE

- **Id**: 4341639
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/nightwing-linux-systems-engineer-3>
- **Role**: DevOps
- **Role family**: DevOps
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Sterling, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-15T18:47:29Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 6
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4907
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan, Dental insurance, Insurance coverage, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: National Security, Security Operations

## Company

- **Id**: 3852631
- **Name**: Nightwing
- **Domain**: nightwing.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/nightwing-2>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 91
- **Open postings**: 255
- **Ghost share**: 0.149
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 55
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 122000
- **Max**: 253000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 253000

## Technologies

- **Bash** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Debian** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **OSPF** — Optional: no
- **PKI** — Optional: no
- **SaltStack** — Optional: no
- **Tcpdump** — Optional: no
- **Ubuntu** — Optional: no
- **VPN** — Optional: no
- **Wireshark** — Optional: no
- **AWS** — Optional: yes
- **Azure** — Optional: yes
- **Docker** — Optional: yes
- **GCP** — Optional: yes
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 6

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-15T18:47:29Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 6
- **Expected fill days**: 55
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T20:07:50Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 253000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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