SolarWinds Engineer

$90,000 - $150,000/Yr

The Squires Group - Annapolis Junction, MD

Full-time - Mid Level

Hybrid - Annapolis Junction, MD

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Squires Group is seeking an experienced SolarWinds Engineer to support a US Homeland Security program. This role involves engineering, optimizing, configuring, and monitoring the performance of systems using SolarWinds. The position is based in Annapolis Junction, MD, with some remote work options, and plays a crucial role in ensuring the safety of flights in the United States through effective passenger screening.

Responsibilities

• Configure Solarwinds to meet the specific needs of the system to successfully monitor the performance and availability.
• Create Solarwinds console roles and reviews, and create and install custom modules as needed.
• Monitor existing applications/systems and infrastructure, including creating custom reports on Solarwinds monitoring reports.
• Research and monitor current end-user response times as well as application and system performance and availability.
• Work directly with the application and infrastructure teams to setup performance monitoring for the applications, databases, network and Cloud.
• Determine problems within Solarwinds systems, provide solutions for issue resolution.
• Work to improve monitoring capabilities through seeking customer feedback; Collaborate with other IT professionals to develop and implement strategies for improving network and system performance using Solarwinds.
• Train and support other users on how to use Solarwinds and provide application support broadly across multiple teams.

Requirements

• 10+ years of relevant experience
• 6+ years hands-on experience with Solarwinds
• 5+ years of experience in Solarwinds monitoring
• 5+ years of experience on multiple OS platforms
• Experience with monitoring multiple environments and VMware virtualization technologies
• Familiarity with Microsoft, UNIX, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux server OS
• Excellent communication skills to explain technical information and requirements effectively to leadership and team members.
• US Citizenship eligible for a Secret Clearance.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience developing standard operating procedures and project documentation
• Knowledge of LAN/WAN network infrastructure technologies
• Knowledge of automation using tools such as Chef, Ansible, Puppet, etc
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Knowledge of server virtualization technologies, such as VMware
• Experience in Agile delivery

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• 401K plan
• Paid time off for salaried personnel