Jr. Applications Engineer IRES - SSFB/HSV

Amentum; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off and holidays

401(k) retirement plan with 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 administer and support SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted and StruxureWare, ensuring proper configuration, upgrades, and DISA STIG compliance.

You will maintain system health, design dashboards, and provide on-call support with a 1-hour response. This role requires DoW Secret clearance, 2+ years IT admin experience, Windows Server 2022+, Linux basics, and DoD cloud awareness.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of general (full-time) work experience
• 1+ years of directly related IT administration experience
• Proficient with Windows Server 2022+ and patching
• 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
• Proficient with PowerShell, Python, or Bash
• Networking concepts: IP subnetting, TCP/IP, routing/switching, VLANs
• Experience with Remedy/Helix ticketing
• Experience with Linux
• Willing to provide on-call support 24/7 and respond within 1 hour
• Active DoW Secret Clearance
• DoW 8570 IAT Level II certification

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and support the SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted and StruxureWare Data Center Expert applications, ensuring they are configured, upgraded, patched, and DISA STIG compliant
• Maintain health of environments, optimize infrastructure, design dashboards, create event maps, assist with threshold and alert management, and deliver actionable performance data to teams
• Provide On-call support on a rotating basis and respond to SolarWinds outages within 1 hour

Skills

Windows Server

PowerShell

Python

Troubleshooting

Networking concepts

Tools

SolarWinds

SolarWinds Observability

SQL Server

Remedy/Helix

Linux

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:

• 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
• 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.

Compensation Details:

$70,000 – $100,000

Benefits Overview:

• 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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