Principal SL1 Engineer — DoD Azure Monitoring

JCS Solutions LLC; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 104,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

PTO

401k

Professional development reimburse.

Job summary

JCS Solutions is seeking a highly skilled Principal ScienceLogic Skylar 1 (SL1) Engineer to design, deploy, configure, and transition to operations an enterprise SL1 monitoring solution for a DoD environment. The role includes Azure platform deployment and distributed Data Collectors across locations.

Applicants must hold an active Secret clearance and DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level II certification, be able to work onsite at Fort Meade, MD, and lead technical efforts, create documentation, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, Cybersecurity, or related field; equivalent experience may be substituted.
• 12+ years of experience supporting enterprise IT infrastructure, systems engineering, cloud operations, monitoring platforms, or related environments.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience deploying, administering, and supporting ScienceLogic Skylar 1 (SL1).
• Experience implementing and supporting distributed Data Collector architectures in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise monitoring concepts, discovery methods, event management, alerting, dashboard development, and reporting.
• Experience supporting Microsoft Azure environments, including virtual infrastructure, networking, storage, identity, and security services.
• Working knowledge of networking concepts, monitoring protocols, and secure systems integration.
• Experience administering Windows and Linux server environments.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity best practices, vulnerability remediation, and DISA STIG compliance requirements.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and documentation skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within geographically distributed teams.
• Ability to work onsite at Fort Meade and travel as needed.
• Clearance: Active Secret Security Clearance and U.S. Citizenship required.
• Required Certification: Active DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level II certification required.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, deployment, configuration, and operational transition of the SL1 platform for a DoD environment.
• Architect and implement SL1 infrastructure in Microsoft Azure, including centralized components and distributed Data Collectors.
• Establish scalable monitoring strategies across cloud, network, server, application, storage, and virtualized environments.
• Configure and maintain SL1 monitoring capabilities including discovery, PowerPacks, Dynamic Applications, device classifications, event management, alerting, dashboards, and reporting.
• Integrate SL1 with ITSM, SIEM, automation, and notification platforms.
• Partner with cloud, network, cybersecurity, and systems engineering teams to ensure secure monitoring operations.
• Perform platform lifecycle management including upgrades, patching, performance tuning, capacity planning, backup, and recovery.
• Develop technical documentation, procedures, architecture artifacts, and accreditation-related documentation.
• Troubleshoot complex issues across infrastructure, networking, OS, applications, cloud services, and monitoring workflows.
• Provide technical leadership and SME for enterprise monitoring initiatives and mission-critical operations.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Analytical skills

Documentation

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

ScienceLogic Skylar 1

Microsoft Azure

Azure Government

PowerShell

Python

REST APIs

Ansible

Job description

JCS Solutions is seeking a highly skilled Principal ScienceLogic Skylar 1 (SL1) Engineer to design, deploy, configure, and transition to operations an enterprise SL1 monitoring solution for a DoD environment. The role includes Azure platform deployment and distributed Data Collectors across locations.

Applicants must hold an active Secret clearance and DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level II certification, be able to work onsite at Fort Meade, MD, and lead technical efforts, create documentation, and