Application Engineer Senior Level

Integrity Technology Consultants; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 180,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company contributions

Paid time off & holidays

Medical, dental, & vision

Life, LTD and STD insurance

Health Savings Accounts/FSAs

Referral bonuses

Performance bonuses

Tuition assistance

Career development

Job summary

Integrity Technology Consultants seeks a Senior-Level Application Engineer to join the Secure the Enterprise initiative at Fort Meade, MD. You will develop automation for security evaluation and authorization, spanning software development, systems engineering, and operations support.

Candidates will monitor systems, manage Linux and AWS-based operations, and provide 24/7 watchfloor coverage on rotating shifts.

Qualifications

• TS/SCI with FS Polygraph.
• 10+ years experience with High School Diploma or GED.
• 8+ years experience with an Associate's Degree.
• 6+ years experience with a Bachelor's Degree.
• 4+ years experience with a Master's Degree.
• 2+ years experience with a Doctorate Degree.

Responsibilities

• Cross-team responsibilities across Software Development, Systems Engineering, and Operations Support.
• Monitor data reliability and maintain application systems.
• Track metrics, logs, dashboards, alerts, and application status to prevent downtime.
• Support watchfloor operations by identifying service degradation and escalating issues.
• Perform basic Linux admin tasks: start/stop/restart services, review logs, reboot servers.
• Support AWS-based operations via AWS Console or AWS CLI for health checks and troubleshooting.
• Work in rotating 24/7 shifts (6AM–6PM / 6PM–6AM) for continuous coverage.

Skills

Watchfloor Monitoring

Linux Admin

AWS Operations

Dataflow Tools

DevOps

Education

Doctorate

Master's

Bachelor's

Associate's

High School Diploma/GED

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

GitLab Pipelines

Docker

Job description

Overview

ITC is a Woman Owned Small Business delivering exceptional consultation to the U.S. Government in Systems/Software Engineering, Cybersecurity Solutions, Mission Operations/INTEL Analysis, and Management Services to enable our customers to solve the most challenging problems.

Position Title

Senior-Level Application Engineer

Responsibilities

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. 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, including changes to system configuration and the code base.
• Maintain system health by tracking metrics, logs, dashboards, alerts, and application status to prevent downtime and ensure optimal performance.
• Support watchfloor operations by identifying service degradation, failed data flows, system errors, and application issues, and escalating as needed.
• Perform basic Linux system administration tasks such as 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 FS Polygraph
• 10 years minimum experience and a High School Diploma/GED.
• 8 years minimum experience and an Associate's Degree.
• 6 years minimum experience and a Bachelor's Degree.
• 4 years minimum experience and a Master's Degree.
• 2 years minimum experience and a Doctorate's Degree.

Prospective Candidate Skillsets

• 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.

Benefits

• 401K plan with company contributions (safe harbor and profit sharing)
• 11 Federal holidays, 21 Days PTO
• Medical, Dental, & Vision with substantial company contributions
• Company provided Life, LTD and STD Insurance
• Health Savings Accounts / Flexible Spending Accounts
• Referral Bonuses
• Performance Bonuses
• Tuition Assistance for Education, Training, and Professional certifications
• Career Development

Salary

$180,000-$215,000

Equal Opportunity Employer

ITC is an Equal Opportunity employer. Qualified applicants or employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy (including childbirth or related condition) citizenship, familial status, mental or physical disability status, veteran status, genetic information, other non‑disqualifying disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.