Security-Cleared Application Engineer III – Automation & Watchfloor

FLASH Technology Group

Corridor North (MD)

On-site

USD 150,000 - 176,000

Full time

20 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life and Disability Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Time Off

Referral bonuses

Job summary

Flash Technology Group is seeking an Application Engineer III with TS/SCI clearance to join our secure enterprise program. You will help automate security evaluations, monitor systems, and support 24/7 watchfloor operations across Linux, cloud, and dataflow environments.

The role blends hands-on administration with DevOps practices, requiring experience with Grafana/Kibana/Splunk, AWS, and data pipelines. A proactive mindset and clearances are essential, with a strong focus on reliability and

Qualifications

Candidate must have TS/SCI polygraph clearance.
Proficiency in Linux administration and cloud/AWS operations.
Experience with data pipelines and dataflow tools.
Experience with monitoring and watchfloor operations.
DevOps tooling experience (Terraform, Ansible, GitLab).

Responsibilities

Monitor and maintain application systems to ensure data reliability and accuracy.
Support continuous performance monitoring and proactive troubleshooting, including changes to configurations or codebase.
Track metrics, logs, dashboards, alerts, and application status to prevent downtime.
Identify service degradation, failed dataflows, system errors and escalate as needed.
Perform basic Linux admin tasks: check services, logs, reboot servers as needed.
Support AWS-based operations: EC2 health checks, status reviews, basic troubleshooting.
Work rotating shifts 6AM-6PM / 6PM-6AM for 24/7 coverage.