Monitoring Engineer

Unisys; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Unisys is seeking a Monitoring Engineer with over 3 years of experience, including 2+ years administering Nagios XI in a production environment. The role operates in a mixed Windows and Linux environment and requires independent work with minimal supervision.

You will build and maintain custom checks, tune alerts, onboard devices, and collaborate with IT and network teams to ensure comprehensive monitoring coverage and reliability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in CS/IT.
• 3+ years of systems/network administration, with 2+ years on Nagios XI in production.
• Strong Bash/Python on Linux and PowerShell on Windows for monitoring scripts.
• Solid SNMP/NRPE/NCPA and common monitoring protocols knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and administer Nagios XI including upgrades and backups.
• Onboard new devices and services to expand monitoring coverage.
• Design and maintain custom checks and scripts (NRPE, NCPA, SNMP).
• Tune alerts to balance false positives and issue detection.
• Monitor platform performance and health, document configurations.
• Collaborate with IT, network, and application teams on monitoring gaps.
• Evaluate new plugins and integrations to improve the platform.

Skills

Nagios XI

Bash scripting

Python scripting

PowerShell

NRPE/NCPA

Linux/Windows

Network basics

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Tools

Ansible

SCCM

ServiceNow

Job description

What success looks like in this role: We are seeking a motivated Monitoring Engineer with 3 years plus of experience, including 2 years plus administering Nagios XI, to join our team. The ideal candidate works independently with minimal guidance, takes initiative to expand and improve monitoring coverage, and is comfortable operating in a mixed Windows/Linux environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain and administer the Nagios XI platform, including upgrades, patches, plugin updates, backups, and general platform health.
• Onboard new devices, servers, and services into monitoring as infrastructure grows, ensuring no gaps in coverage.
• Design, build, and maintain custom checks and monitoring scripts (NRPE, NCPA, SNMP, custom plugins) across Windows and Linux systems.
• Tune alerting and thresholds to reduce false positives while ensuring real issues are reliably detected.
• Monitor and optimize platform performance, including capacity, check latency, and database health.
• Document configurations, runbooks, and processes to keep monitoring logic transparent and maintainable.
• Partner with IT, network, systems, and application teams to identify monitoring gaps and translate business-critical services into checks.
• Proactively evaluate new plugins, integrations, and automation opportunities to continuously improve the platform.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years plus of systems/network administration experience, including 2 years plus administering Nagios XI (or Nagios Core with strong XI familiarity) in a production environment.
• Solid scripting ability across platforms — Bash and/or Python for Linux checks, and PowerShell for Windows checks via NCPA.
• Working knowledge of SNMP, NRPE/NCPA, syslog, and common network/server monitoring protocols.
• Understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, ports, firewalls) as they relate to monitoring connectivity.
• Self-motivated and able to operate independently with minimal oversight.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate technical monitoring data for other teams and leadership.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, SCCM, etc.) for automating monitoring deployment.
• Experience integrating Nagios with ticketing system (ServiceNow)

This role may require access to export-controlled commodities and technology. Therefore, to conform to U.S. export control regulations, applicant should be eligible for any required authorizations from the U.S. Government.

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