Nightwing

Prin. Software Engineer (Elastic)

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2 Locations

In-Office

Senior level

Information Technology • Software

The Role

The role involves engineering the ELK stack, building data pipelines, and integrating ELK with enterprise tools, requiring extensive experience in software development and system administration.

Summary Generated by Built In

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.

The Elastic Engineer will be a part of a team of Data Analytic Engineers enhancing, maintaining, and sustaining an Elastic, Logstash, and Kibana (ELK) instance with a heavy emphasis on data on-boarding, content development, configuration, troubleshooting, reporting, and visualizations. The candidate must possess prior Elastic engineering and administration experience, meet the necessary certification prerequisites, and work well in a distributed team environment.

The Duties and Responsibilities of this role include:

Building data pipelines to ingest external datasets into Elastic products.
Designing, building, deploying, maintaining, and enhancing the Elastic Logstash Kibana (ELK) platform.
Installing and configuring ELK.
Using Elastic search Indices, Elastic search APIs, Kibana Dashboards, Log Stash and Beats.
Using or creating plug-ins for ELK like authentication and authorization plug-ins.
Integrating ELK with enterprise tools and APIs, such as for authentication and authorization.
Designing and implementing complex development use cases and scenarios using programming language, such as Python, Groovy, and Bash.
Using Elastic Search Cluster Monitoring Tools.

Required skills:

U.S. Citizenship
Active Secret (S) clearance. Must be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance
Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability
6+ years of directly relevant software development experience required.
At least 2 years of experience as an Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) admin or equivalent role.
At least 2 years of experience with Elasticsearch Domain Specific Language (DSL).
At least 5 years of experience with Kubernetes architecture.
Strong knowledge of ELK stack.
Knowledge of scripting languages, such as JavaScript, Python, Bash, etc.

Desired Skills:

Experience working in an agile environment.
Experience supporting federal customers.

Required Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline is required.

Desired Certifications:

DoD 8570.1-M Compliance at IAT Level I (e.g., Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)) certification highly desired
Agile software development methodology certification (e.g. SCRUM Master) highly desired.
Has achieved an Elastic certification, such as: Elastic Certified Engineer, Elastic Certified Analyst, or Elastic Certified Observable Engineer
Has achieved a Kubernetes certification, such as: Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA), Kubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associate (KCSA), Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD), Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)

Syndeo: 3464

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.

Nightwing 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.

Skills Required

6+ years of directly relevant software development experience
2 years as an Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) admin or equivalent role
2 years with Elasticsearch Domain Specific Language (DSL)
5 years with Kubernetes architecture
Strong knowledge of ELK stack
U.S. Citizenship
Active Secret clearance; ability to obtain TS/SCI
Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline

Nightwing Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Nightwing and has not been reviewed or approved by Nightwing.

Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive for cleared cyber/software roles, with examples of offers notably above prior jobs and senior-level expectations around $180,000–$200,000. Some candidates also report attractive packages that include signing bonuses in certain cases.
Healthcare Strength — Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans are offered, with a planned 2025 package citing better healthcare options than those previously under RTX. This indicates active enhancement of core health benefits.
Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO and paid holidays are provided, alongside paid parental leave for major family moments. These policies aim to support rest and family needs.