Application Engineer 3 (24x7) with Security Clearance

Avid Technology Professionals, LLC; Maryland; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Avid Technology Professionals, LLC is seeking an Application Engineer 3 (24x7) in Annapolis Junction, MD. The role focuses on shifting to an automated, streamlined security evaluation and authorization model with continuous monitoring and data gathering across the project lifecycle.

Ideal candidates will have experience with monitoring dashboards, Linux administration, AWS operations, and dataflow tooling, plus DevOps practices using Terraform, Ansible, GitLab Pipelines, and Docker.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in one or more of the listed skillsets/technologies.
• Experience with dashboard monitoring, log review, incident escalation, and shift turnover support.
• Comfortable working in a Linux environment; ability to manage services and review logs.

Responsibilities

• Develop automation and streamlined processes for security evaluation and authorization.
• Support continuous monitoring and data gathering across project life cycles.
• Utilize monitoring tools to detect issues, triage alerts, and assist with incident escalation.

Skills

Monitoring operations

Linux administration

Cloud/AWS operations

Dataflow / data pipelines

DevOps tooling

Tools

Grafana

Kibana

Splunk

CloudWatch

AWS Lambda

AWS Console

AWS CLI

Apache NiFi

Cribl

Kafka

Logstash

Terraform

Ansible

GitLab Pipelines

Docker

Job description

Avid Technology Professionals Application Engineer 3 (24x7) * Annapolis Junction, MD 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. Required:Prospective candidates must have 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.
• 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.
• Cloud / AWS Operations: C2E, HCI, AWS, Lambda, AWS Console, or AWS CLI experience supporting EC2 instances, service health checks, and basic operational troubleshooting.
• 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.
• DevOps: Terraform, Ansible, GitLab Pipelines, Docker.