Application Engineer 3 (24x7)

Power3 Solutions • Fort Meade, MD

4d • Onsite

About The Position

As part of the Secure the Enterprise initiative, develop capabilities to shift from the current manual system security evaluation and authorization process to a new model that emphasizes automation, streamlined processes and approvals, continuous monitoring and assessment, and network data gathering across the entire life cycle of a project. This is a blended position across all teams in ANDS. As such, the successful candidate will have skills crossing from Software Development, Systems Engineering, Systems Administration, and Operations Support. Ensure data reliability and accuracy by monitoring and maintaining application systems. Contribute to operational success through continuous performance monitoring and proactive troubleshooting, to potentially include changes to system configuration, changes to the code base, etc. Maintain system health by tracking metrics, logs, dashboards, alerts, and application status to prevent downtime and ensure optimal application performance. Support watchfloor operations by identifying service degradation, failed dataflows, system errors, and application issues, and escalating as needed. Perform basic Linux system administration tasks, including checking service status, starting, stopping, and restarting services, reviewing logs, validating disk, memory, and CPU usage, and supporting server reboots. Support cloud-based operations by using the AWS Console or AWS CLI to check instance health, review system status, restart or reboot servers, and assist with basic operational troubleshooting. Work in a rotating shift schedule, 6AM-6PM / 6PM-6AM, to provide 24/7 application support on our watch floor.

Requirements

• TS/SCI with a Polygraph
• Ten (10) years minimum experience and a High School Diploma/GED.
• Eight (8) years minimum experience and an Associate's Degree.
• Six (6) years minimum experience and a Bachelor's Degree.
• Four (4) years minimum experience and a Master's Degree.
• Two (2) years minimum experience and a Doctorate's Degree.
• Proficiency in one or more of the following skillsets / technologies: Monitoring / Watchfloor Operations: Grafana, Kibana, Splunk, CloudWatch, or similar monitoring tools; dashboard monitoring, alert triage, log review, incident escalation, and shift turnover support.
• Proficiency in one or more of the following skillsets / technologies: Linux / Systems Administration: Comfortable working in a Linux environment; ability to check system health, start, stop, and restart services, review logs, and reboot servers safely.
• Proficiency in one or more of the following skillsets / technologies: Cloud / AWS Operations: C2E, HCI, AWS, Lambda, AWS Console, or AWS CLI experience supporting EC2 instances, service health checks, and basic operational troubleshooting.
• Proficiency in one or more of the following skillsets / technologies: Dataflow / Application Support: Apache NiFi, Cribl, Kafka, Logstash, or similar data pipeline / dataflow tools; experience monitoring application health, failed jobs, queues, data movement, and ingestion issues.
• Proficiency in one or more of the following skillsets / technologies: DevOps: Terraform, Ansible, GitLab Pipelines, Docker.

Responsibilities

• Ensure data reliability and accuracy by monitoring and maintaining application systems.
• Contribute to operational success through continuous performance monitoring and proactive troubleshooting, to potentially include changes to system configuration, changes to the code base, etc.
• Maintain system health by tracking metrics, logs, dashboards, alerts, and application status to prevent downtime and ensure optimal application performance.
• Support watchfloor operations by identifying service degradation, failed dataflows, system errors, and application issues, and escalating as needed.
• Perform basic Linux system administration tasks, including checking service status, starting, stopping, and restarting services, reviewing logs, validating disk, memory, and CPU usage, and supporting server reboots.
• Support cloud-based operations by using the AWS Console or AWS CLI to check instance health, review system status, restart or reboot servers, and assist with basic operational troubleshooting.
• Work in a rotating shift schedule, 6AM-6PM / 6PM-6AM, to provide 24/7 application support on our watch floor.

Benefits

• Flexible ways to balance work and home life
• Full health benefit premium coverage
• Generous contributions toward retirement
• Competitive health, dental, and vision plans with 100% paid premiums
• 401k: We contribute 6% even if you don't!
• Time Off: 11 standard holidays, and 25 days of PTO
• Career Development: Get career counseling and individualized career development plans, including education and training.
• Employee referral bonuses for successful hires

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED