{"id":1775068,"url":"https://alion.io/job/nightwing-systemsimplementation-engineer","title":"Systems/Implementation Engineer","company":{"id":3852631,"name":"Nightwing","domain":"nightwing.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/nightwing-2","size_band":"501-1000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":96,"open_postings":243,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.16,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":50,"computed_at":"2026-11-09T06:03:00Z"}},"role":"Solutions","role_family":"Solutions","seniority":null,"employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Sterling, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":99000,"max":206000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":206000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Agile","optional":false},{"name":"Scrum","optional":false},{"name":"Waterfall","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-08-31T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-08-31","last_verified_at":"2026-11-09T23:36:00Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":71,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":0,"flags":[],"days_open":70},"description":"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.\nNightwing is seeking an Engineering / Implementation Manager to provide technical and operational leadership for the successful design, implementation, integration, deployment, and transition of complex technology solutions. This role leads multidisciplinary engineering and implementation teams while serving as the primary bridge between technical personnel, program leadership, customers, and executive stakeholders. The Engineering / Implementation Manager translates business and mission requirements into executable technical plans, ensuring solutions are delivered on schedule, within scope, and in accordance with established architecture, security, performance, and quality standards. The position combinesengineering leadership, implementation management, project execution, stakeholder engagement, risk management, and process improvement.\nKey Responsibilities\nDesign & Planning: Write technical rules, create system maps, and plan how a project or network will work.\nIntegration: Connect different hardware, software, or physical parts so they function as a single unit. Define Configuration management plan.\nTesting & Troubleshooting: Run checks, find bugs or design flaws, and fix system failures.\nCommunication: Act as a bridge between different teams, managers, and clients to explain technical needs.\nEngineering & Technical Leadership\nLead multidisciplinary engineering, implementation, integration, deployment, and technical support teams.\nProvide technical direction throughout the solution lifecycle, from planning and engineering through implementation, testing, deployment, transition, and operational support.\nTranslate business, mission, and customer requirements into actionable engineering and implementation plans.\nCoordinate technical activities across infrastructure, cloud, network, systems, cybersecurity, software, data, and integration teams.\nEnsure engineering solutions align with established enterprise architecture, technical standards, security requirements, and operational objectives.\nFacilitate technical reviews and resolve cross-functional engineering issues that could impact implementation or operational readiness.\nProvide escalation support for complex technical issues and coordinate appropriate engineering resources to drive resolution.\nMentor engineers and technical leads while promoting accountability, collaboration, knowledge sharing, and engineering excellence.\nImplementation & Project Delivery\nDevelop and manage comprehensive implementation strategies, schedules, milestones, dependencies, and deployment plans.\nCoordinate engineering activities across multiple concurrent projects, deployments, or workstreams.\nEstablish clear implementation objectives, deliverables, acceptance criteria, and measures of success.\nManage the transition of solutions from engineering and development environments into production operations.\nCoordinate testing, validation, configuration, integration, migration, deployment, and operational readiness activities.\nEnsure technical documentation, implementation procedures, configuration information, and support materials are completed prior to deployment.\nMonitor implementation progress and proactively identify schedule, resource, technical, or dependency issues.\nPartner with project and program managers to ensure technical execution remains aligned with cost, schedule, scope, and contractual requirements.\nRequired Skills:\nBachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline; equivalent professional experience may be considered.\nSignificant experience in engineering, systems integration, implementation, infrastructure, software deployment, cloud technologies, or enterprise IT environments.\nDemonstrated experience leading technical or engineering teams responsible for complex implementations.\nStrong understanding of the systems/software development lifecycle and technology implementation lifecycle.\nExperience developing and managing implementation schedules, milestones, dependencies, risks, and technical deliverables.\nWorking knowledge of project management methodologies includingAgile, Scrum, SAFe, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery models.\nExperience coordinating activities across multiple technical disciplines and organizational teams.\nStrong analytical, troubleshooting, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.\nDemonstrated ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.\nExperience working directly with customers, senior leadership, vendors, and cross-functional stakeholders.\nStrong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects and priorities.\n Salary & Benefits\n\nThe salary associated with this position ($99,000-$206,000) is commensurate with the selected candidate’s qualifications, years of relevant experience, and demonstrated level of expertise. Compensation will be determined based on these factors to ensure alignment with skills, responsibilities, and market standards.Nightwing offers medical, vision and dental insurance coverage in addition to a 401k plan, PTO, Holidays, and additional insurances.\nNightwing 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.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6070,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["401k plan","Dental insurance","Insurance coverage"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Cybersecurity","Military","National Security"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-03T16:20:26Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":30,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.686,"p_room":0.44,"age_days":70,"expected_fill_days":50,"reasons":["conf:2","urgency","velocity","win:tail","crowd:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-09T06:03:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":206000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/nightwing-systemsimplementation-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/nightwing-systemsimplementation-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-10T01:46:03Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":4075,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-11T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":3852631},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=3852631"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fnightwing-systemsimplementation-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fnightwing-systemsimplementation-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fnightwing-systemsimplementation-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/nightwing-systemsimplementation-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fnightwing-systemsimplementation-engineer"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":1775068}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"nightwing.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":1775068},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}