Monitoring Platform Engineer (Senior)

Makpar; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Training & career development

Flexible work schedules

Generous compensation

Job summary

Makpar seeks a Senior Monitoring Platform Engineer to join our security-conscious, government-focused team. You will configure, deploy, tune, and sustain enterprise monitoring solutions in a secured environment, delivering reliable performance.

You will develop dashboards and alerts with Splunk SOAR and Ansible, support testing and production rollout, and collaborate across teams to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years configuring enterprise monitoring tools in secured environments.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Working knowledge of ITSM tools such as ServiceNow and CMDB integration.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across monitoring, alerting, and telemetry pipelines.
• Ability to work independently in a secured, enterprise environment with minimal oversight.

Responsibilities

• Configure and sustain enterprise monitoring solutions.
• Develop dashboards and alerts using Splunk SOAR/Ansible.
• Support integration testing and production rollout.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Troubleshoot issues to minimize downtime and ensure reliability.
• Document configurations and SOPs for knowledge transfer.

Skills

Monitoring tools

Troubleshooting

ITSM Tools

CMDB integration

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Splunk SOAR

Ansible

Job description

Who we are:

Makpar is a comprehensive professional and technical solutions provider for the Federal government. We combine functional and technical expertise in cloud engineering, data management, cybersecurity and emerging technologies to deliver mission success. We build the right IT solution for government clients by partnering with them to understand their WHAT, WHY, and HOW. Using our signature consulting methodology that we call "The Makpar Way," we help agencies navigate the ongoing changes in the Federal technology landscape. We succeed where others fail because of our connected and engaged workforce are dedicated to delivering success for our clients and the American people.

Our Mission: We solve complex problems for the Federal government to accelerate access to citizen services.

When it comes to excellence, we deliver. Learn more about our employer brand at makpar.com/careers.

Makpar has an exciting opportunity for a Monitoring Platform Engineer (Senior) to join our growing team. In this role, you will perform hands-on configuration, deployment, tuning, and sustainment of enterprise monitoring solutions within a secured environment.

Role Specific Duties/ Role Responsibilities:

• Perform hands-on configuration, deployment, tuning, and sustainment of monitoring solutions.
• Develop dashboards, alerts, and automation using Splunk SOAR/Ansible, along with event management workflows.
• Support integration testing and production rollout activities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate monitoring requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve platform issues to minimize downtime and ensure system reliability.
• Document configurations, standard operating procedures, and lessons learned to support knowledge transfer.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 6 years of experience configuring and supporting enterprise monitoring tools in secured environments.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Working knowledge of ITSM tools such as ServiceNow and CMDB integration.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across monitoring, alerting, and telemetry pipelines.
• Ability to work independently in a secured, enterprise environment with minimal oversight.

Additional Qualifications as per contract/client (Optional or Preferred):

• Experience with Splunk SOAR and/or Ansible for automation and event management workflows.

Benefits:

At Makpar Corporation we understand that we all need to balance work and life - that is why we have a great benefits package, excellent training and career development opportunities, flexible work schedules along with a generous compensation package. At Makpar, we believe in keeping our employees happy, healthy and engaged. We pride ourselves in providing outstanding benefits, creating environments where employees are encouraged to be themselves, collaborate, and be inquisitive in order to achieve goals.

Start your career today and be a part of something meaningful!

Makpar is an Equal Opportunity Employer.