Monitoring & Observability SME

Acuity, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 150,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Acuity, Inc. in Washington, DC, seeks a Monitoring & Observability SME to lead enterprise-grade observability initiatives for federal missions, deploying Splunk, SolarWinds, and OpenTelemetry across critical systems.

You will mentor architects, drive AIOps implementations to predict and prevent outages, and ensure compliance with NIST 800-53 Rev 5 and the DHS CDM while supporting ATO processes.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in systems engineering and performance monitoring.
• 7+ years of deep expertise in log analytics, SIEM integration, or real-time telemetry.
• Recognized authority in observability with a record of solving complex mission-assurance problems.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert-level advisory on the deployment of large-scale Splunk or SolarWinds environments for federal missions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex performance monitoring gaps that impact agency-wide critical systems.
• Technical implementation of advanced AIOps models to predict and prevent system outages.
• Serve as the primary technical advisor for agency-level observability strategy and tool consolidation.
• Analyze existing monitoring architectures for coverage gaps and recommend remediation aligned with NIST standards.
• Mentor senior architects and engineers on advanced observability practices and telemetry standards.
• Support the federal Authority to Operate (ATO) process by providing technical evidence for continuous monitoring compliance.

Skills

Splunk

New Relic

SolarWinds

AppDynamics

SPL

KQL

SQL

OpenTelemetry

Cloud observability

Federated monitoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field

Tools

Azure

AWS

Job description

Overview

Acuity is an award-winning consulting firm that provides proven management and technological services to the Federal government.

Overview

Acuity is an award-winning consulting firm that provides proven management and technological services to the Federal government. Recognized as one of the Best Places to Work, by the Washington Business Journal for over five years in a row, we are hiring a Monitoring & Observability SME to further assist and join in our growth.

Why Acuity?

Looking to make a difference, to help keep people safe, or even to save lives through your work with technology? Join Acuity’s team of experts to have an impact on our government’s critical missions. Acuity, Inc. is a consulting firm that supports federal agencies in the areas of IT Modernization, Data Enablement, and Hyperautomation.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert-level advisory on the deployment of large-scale Splunk or SolarWinds environments for federal missions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex performance monitoring gaps that impact agency-wide critical systems.
• Technical implementation of advanced AIOps models to predict and prevent system outages.
• Serve as the primary technical advisor for agency-level observability strategy and tool consolidation.
• Analyze existing monitoring architectures for coverage gaps and recommend remediation aligned with NIST standards.
• Mentor senior architects and engineers on advanced observability practices and telemetry standards.
• Support the federal Authority to Operate (ATO) process by providing technical evidence for continuous monitoring compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field.
• 12+ years of experience in systems engineering and performance monitoring.
• 7+ years of deep expertise in specialized domains such as log analytics, SIEM integration, or real-time telemetry.
• Recognized authority in observability with a record of solving complex mission-assurance problems.

Technical Skills

• Expertise in Splunk, New Relic, SolarWinds, and AppDynamics.
• Advanced query languages: SPL (Splunk), KQL (Kusto), SQL.
• Deep expertise in OpenTelemetry (OTel) and cloud-native observability.
• Knowledge of custom API integrations for federated monitoring views.

Regulatory & Domain Expertise

• Demonstrated expertise in applying FedRAMP High and NIST 800-53 Rev 5 monitoring controls.
• Technical implementation of continuous monitoring under the DHS CDM (Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation) program.
• Experience with monitoring in classified (SIPR/JWICS) environments.

Preferred Certifications

• Federal & Security: CISSP and CCSP.
• Domain-Specific: Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect or SolarWinds Certified Professional.
• Architecture/Management: Azure or AWS Solutions Architect Expert.

Clearance Requirement

• Active security clearance (Secret or Top Secret).

Min

USD $150,000.00/Yr.

Max

USD $185,000.00/Yr.

Salary Range

The salary range for this position represents Acuity's good faith estimate of the compensation for this job title at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate's qualifications, experience, education, certifications, skills, geographic location, contract requirements, applicable labor categories, and, where applicable, contract award and funding.