Jr. Applications Engineer IRES - SSFB/HSV

Amentum company; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

401(k) matching

Educational reimbursement

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Tax‑saving options

Disability and life insurance

Pet insurance

Job summary

Amentum is seeking a Jr. Applications Engineer to support enterprise convergence for MDA on the IRES contract. The role focuses on administering SolarWinds Observability and StruxureWare, ensuring health, STIG compliance, and rapid incident response.

Candidates should bring 2+ years of IT admin experience, strong troubleshooting, and DoD clearance. The position requires on‑site work at Schriever SFB, CO, or Redstone Arsenal, AL, with up to 10% travel and 24/7 on‑call support.

Qualifications

• Must have 2+ years of general (full‑time) work experience.
• Must have 1+ years of directly related IT administration experience.
• Proficient with Windows Server 2022+ and applying security patches.
• Strong troubleshooting and root‑cause analysis skills.
• Knowledge of SNMPv3, Syslog, ICMP, HTTPS, TCP/IP, DNS, SSH, TFTP and WMI.
• Basic knowledge of SQL Server 2022+ and SWQL for backend troubleshooting.
• Proficient with PowerShell, Python, or Bash for automation.
• Understand IP subnetting, routing/switching, VLANs, and basic packet analysis.
• Experience with Remedy/Helix ticketing systems.
• Experience or familiarity with Linux operating systems.
• Willing to provide on‑call support and support 24/7 MDA operations.
• DoW 8570 IAT Level II certification and active DoW Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support SolarWinds Observability and StruxureWare environments, ensuring config, upgrades, patches, and DISA STIG compliance.
• Maintain overall health of environments, optimize and document infrastructure, and design dashboards and alerts.
• Provide on‑call support and respond to outages within 1 hour; support 24/7 MDA operations.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Windows Server

Networking concepts

Scripting (PowerShell/Python/Bash)

IP subnetting & routing

DoD/cleared environment knowledge

Tools

SolarWinds Observability

StruxureWare Data Center Expert

Remedy/Helix

Job description

Position Title: Jr. Applications Engineer

Location: Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado Springs, CO or Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, AL

Relocation Assistance: None available at this time

Remote/Telework: NO - Not available for this position

Clearance Type: DoW Secret

Shift: Day shift

Travel Required: Up to 10% of the time

Description of Duties

The Jr. Applications Engineer supports the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on the Integrated Research and Development for Enterprise Solutions (IRES) contract. The candidate will:

· Administer, maintain, and support the enterprise-wide SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted and StruxureWare Data Center Expert applications and platforms, ensuring they are properly configured, upgraded, patched, and DISA STIG compliant.

· Be responsible for the overall health of these environments, which includes optimizing and documenting infrastructure, designing custom dashboards, creating special event maps, assisting systems and network administrators with threshold and alert management, and delivering actionable performance data to infrastructure and engineering teams.

· Provide On‑call support on a rotating basis and respond to SolarWinds application degradation/outages within 1 hour.

The successful candidate will

· Be able to adapt and work in a fast‑paced environment

· Be able to interface with military and government customers in a professional manner.

Basic Requirements

· Must have 2, or more, years of general (full‑time) work experience

o May be reduced with completion of advanced education

· Must have 1, or more, years of directly related IT administration experience

· Must be proficient and experienced with windows server operating system 2022 or higher to include installing Microsoft Security patches, troubleshooting and evaluating server logs.

· Must have a technical mindset with strong troubleshooting and root‑cause analysis skills for diagnosing and resolving platform and application degradations and outages.

· Must be knowledgeable and understand standard protocols, specifically SNMPv3, Syslog, ICMP, HTTPS, TCP/IP, SMTP, DNS, SSH, TFTP and WMI.

· Must have basic knowledge of SQL server 2022 or higher and SQL queries preferably SolarWinds Query Language (SWQL) for backend platform troubleshooting.

· Must be proficient with PowerShell, Python, or Bash to build custom API integrations, automate node provisioning, or generate specialized application templates.

· Must understand networking concepts such as IP Subnetting, TCP/IP, routing/switching, VLANs, and basic packet analysis.

· Must have experience with ticketing systems such as Remedy/Helix.

· Must have experience, or demonstrate basic skills, with Linux operating systems.

· Must be willing, and able, to provide On‑call support on a rotating basis and respond to SolarWinds application degradation/outages within 1 hour.

· Must be able to support 24/7 MDA operations.

· Must have a current DoW 8570 IAT Level II certification (ex: CompTia Security+)

· Must have an active DoW Secret Security Clearance

Desired Requirements

· Have hands‑on experience configuring and managing in one, or more, of the following: SolarWinds Observability Self‑Hosted core modules to include NPM (Network Performance Monitor), SAM (Server & Application Monitor), NCM (Network Configuration Manager), NTA (NetFlow Traffic Analyzer), IPAM (IP Address Manager) and VoIP & Network Quality Manager (VNQM).

· Have 1, or more, Container & Kubernetes Certifications: Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS), Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD), or Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containers and Kubernetes.

· Have a deep understanding of Cloud Computing architectures (AWS GovCloud, Microsoft Azure Government) within DoD IL5/IL6 boundaries.

This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days. If a candidate has not been selected at that time, it will continue to be posted until a suitable candidate is selected or the position is closed.

Compensation Details

$70,000 – $100,000

The compensation range or hourly rate listed for this position is provided as a good‑faith estimate of what the company intends to offer for this role at the time this posting was issued. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as job responsibilities, education, experience, skills, internal equity, market data, applicable collective bargaining agreements, and relevant laws.

Benefits Overview

Our health and welfare benefits are designed to support you and your priorities. Offerings include:

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off and holidays
• Retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)
• Educational reimbursement
• Parental leave
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Tax‑saving options
• Disability and life insurance
• Pet insurance

Note: Benefits may vary based on employment type, location, and applicable agreements. Positions governed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), the McNamara‑O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA), or other employment contracts may include different provisions/benefits.

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