Senior AIOps Engineer

SMS Data Products Group, Inc.•Fort Belvoir, VA

About The Position

SMS is seeking a Senior AIOps Engineer to support critical mission operations within a secure environment and lead the transformation of our IT Service Management (ITSM) capabilities. This role is responsible for the design, deployment, and management of AIOps solutions that enhance the reliability and security of Department of War (DoW) networks and systems. Acting as the technical lead for this initiative, you will orchestrate integrations across existing Network Engineering, ServiceNow, and SolarWinds teams. You will utilize Splunk and the Machine Learning Toolkit (MLTK) to provide descriptive and predictive analytics and establish closed-loop automated incident response, ensuring the high availability of mission-essential infrastructure. As a dynamic systems integrator, SMS offers proven solutions in engineering, operations, cybersecurity, and digital transformation. With expertise in modernizing and optimizing legacy infrastructure and systems, ensuring operational efficiency, and designing, implementing, and managing secure environments, SMS supports business and mission goals with proficiency, quality, and integrity. SMS has been serving the advanced information technology needs of the federal government since 1976, delivering talented teams and innovative, cost-effective solutions and services to support our customers’ missions for more than 45 years. SMS is headquartered in McLean, Virginia, with offices and on-site operations at customer locations throughout the United States. For additional information on SMS, visit www.sms.com. Submit your resume today!

Requirements

Active Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) required at time of hire.
Active IAT Level II certification (e.g., Security+ CE, CySA+, GSEC, or SSCP) required.
7+ years of experience with Splunk Enterprise, including architectural design, cluster management, and advanced Search Processing Language (SPL).
3+ years of experience implementing AIOps workflows, including integration with enterprise ITSM solutions (ServiceNow) for automated root cause analysis and remediation.
Proven track record of building, testing, and tuning supervised and unsupervised models within the Splunk MLTK.
Advanced scripting skills for developing custom search commands, API integrations, and automating remediation tasks (e.g., Python).
Experience leading technical working groups and directing the efforts of adjacent infrastructure and development teams.
Prior experience working within a DoW/DoD Operations Center (NOC/SOC) or supporting mission-critical systems and networks.
Must be able to present designs, plans, and analyses of alternatives to technical leadership boards for approvals.

Responsibilities

Lead the AIOps platform initiative by acting as the primary technical liaison to existing Network Engineering, ServiceNow, and SolarWinds administration teams to establish unified telemetry pipelines.
Architect closed-loop remediation workflows by deeply integrating Splunk ITSI alerts with ServiceNow Event Management and Incident Management modules.
Architect and maintain Splunk AIOps solutions across unclassified and classified enclaves to provide real-time situational awareness.
Normalize and correlate network performance and fault data from SolarWinds with server and application logs to provide a holistic view of enterprise health.
Deploy custom machine learning models via Splunk MLTK to identify anomalous behavior, potential cyber threats, and infrastructure degradations.
Engineer secure data ingestion pipelines for telemetry data from cross-domain solutions and tactical edge devices.
Utilize IT Service Intelligence (ITSI) to correlate multi-source events, reducing noise and prioritizing high-impact mission alerts.
Collaborate with the Cyber Security Service Provider (CSSP) to integrate AIOps insights into defensive cyber operations (DCO).
Ensure all observability tools comply with DoW STIGs and IL5/IL6 protocols; develop and maintain architectural documentation and compliance traceability.
Stay current on AIOps and related capabilities relevant to DoD, federal, and intelligence mission systems.