Date: Aug 15, 2025
Location: Virginia Beach, VA, Virginia, United States
Company: HII’s Mission Technologies division
Requisition Number: 25018
Required Travel: 0 - 10%
Employment Type: Full Time/Salaried/Exempt
Anticipated Salary Range: $68,050.00 - $90,000.00
Security Clearance: Secret
Level of Experience: Mid
This opportunity resides with Global Security (GS). Mission Technologies’ Global Security (GS) group comprises live, virtual, constructive (LVC) solutions; fleet sustainment; nuclear and environmental; and Australia business.
As a trusted partner to our military customers, HII designs, develops and operates the largest LVC enterprise that prepares warfighters for cross-domain battle. With advanced technologies to enable mission readiness, HII understands that preparation requires full coordination—not readiness in piece-parts.
For more than 40 years, the U.S. Navy has entrusted HII to maintain and modernize the vast majority of its fleet. With a holistic approach to life-cycle maritime defense systems—from small watercraft to submarines, surface combatants and aircraft carriers—HII ensures a high state of readiness.
HII supports the Department of Energy’s national security mission through the management and operation of its sites, as well as the safe cleanup of legacy waste across the country. HII meets clients’ toughest nuclear and environmental challenges.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Navy Continuous Training Environment (NCTE) Engineering Sustainment Team (NEST) Engineer is a member of the NCTE Mission Engineering Division (MED). As a member of the NEST/MED team, you will provide engineering support to critical Navy training events using a mixture of Live, Virtual, and Constructive (i.e. computer generated) (LVC) systems and capabilities. You will also deploy and configure software components – like the Navy Training Baseline (NTB) (e.g. JSAF, JBUS, etc) across the NCTE enterprise and perform other engineering and project activities in order to sustain LVC products and integrate capability within the NCTE.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Must have a thorough understanding of Linux operating systems and be able to use advanced capabilities
• Thorough understanding of networking concepts, architectures, and transport technologies like TCP/IP
• CompTIA Security+ certification is required for the position.
• Must currently hold and be able to maintain a US Secret clearance

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS

• Modeling and Simulation Experience (HLA/DIS)
• Ability to utilize network and distributed modeling & simulation tools such as Wireshark and PLEXSYS
• Knowledge of Navy C4I tactical systems such as Link 16 and GCCS is preferred
• Experience working with Navy systems and/or commands desirable but not mandatory.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Office, industrial, or shipboard environment. Capable of climbing ladders and tolerating confined spaces and extreme temperature variances. Lifting and moving materials may be required.
HII is more than a job - it’s an opportunity to build a new future. We offer competitive benefits such as best-in-class medical, dental and vision plan choices; wellness resources; employee assistance programs; Savings Plan Options (401(k)); financial planning tools, life insurance; employee discounts; paid holidays and paid time off; tuition reimbursement; as well as early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships. Bonus/other non-recurrent compensation is occasionally offered for qualified positions, and if applicable to this role will be addressed by the recruiter at the screening phase of application.
The listed salary range for this role is intended as a good faith estimate based on the role’s location, expectations, and responsibilities. When extending an offer, HII’s Mission Technologies division takes a variety of factors into consideration which include, but are not limited to, the role’s function and a candidate’s education or training, work experience, and key skills.

• Installs and configures new NTB software releases, upgrades, and patches.
• Provides engineering related support for NTB setup and configuration during the planning and execution of training events.
• Evaluates and resolves moderately complex software related problems.
• Uses systems management software to monitor servers and applications, troubleshoots problems and coordinates with other teams when problems occur.
• Coordinates with software engineers in order to enhance effectiveness of existing NTB toolset as well as to identify candidate controlling and monitoring processes that can be streamlined and automated by NTB software efforts.
• Develops and maintains technical architecture, configuration, and status documentation.
• Develops and monitors policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources.