Senior Riverbed Engineer

SAIC; Florida; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC is seeking a Senior Riverbed Engineer to join our team at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, FL. The senior technical authority will manage Riverbed monitoring, NPM, and performance optimization across DoD mission systems in secure enclaves.

You will lead design, deployment, and integration across NIPR/SIPR/SOCRATES, mentor staff, and coordinate with cyber, networks, and applications teams. Requires active Top Secret/TS-SCI clearance and DoD compliance capabilities.

Qualifications

• Riverbed experience required and familiarity with monitoring tools.
• Exceptional collaboration and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Demonstrated ability in performance optimization and system engineering processes.
• Work effectively in cross-functional teams, leveraging diverse perspectives to solve problems faster.

Responsibilities

• Architecture & Engineering: design secure Riverbed monitoring architectures across enclaves and develop system documentation.
• Operations & Administration: provide Tier II/III support, manage configuration, health monitoring, and DR validation.
• Performance Monitoring & Optimization: analyze performance trends and generate executive dashboards to drive improvements.
• Cybersecurity & Compliance: maintain DoD cybersecurity standards and coordinate vulnerability scans and patch cycles.
• Documentation & Reporting: create SOPs, diagrams, and runbooks and brief leadership on health and risk.

Skills

Riverbed experience

Communication skills

Performance optimization

Cross-functional teamwork

Scripting (PowerShell, Python)

Education

Bachelor's degree + 14 years experience

Tools

Windows

Linux

Job description

Description

SAIC is seeking a Senior Riverbed Engineer to join their team at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, FL. The Senior Riverbed Engineer serves as the senior technical authority for Riverbed performance monitoring, digital experience management, and network visibility technologies across J6 mission systems. This role is responsible for end-to-end engineering, administration, optimization, cybersecurity compliance, and lifecycle management of Riverbed platforms, excluding SteelHead WAN optimization appliances. The engineer operates across multiple classified and unclassified environments, including NIPR, SIPR, and SOCRATES, ensuring that enterprise-wide performance monitoring capabilities are secure, compliant, highly available, and tightly integrated with broader network, cybersecurity, and IT operations. Core Riverbed technologies in scope include AppResponse, NetProfiler, Portal, Aternity, and NPM+, deployed across hybrid, virtual, and physical infrastructures to provide deep visibility into application, network, and user experience performance.

The Senior Riverbed Engineerwill be responsible for but not limited to the following duties:

Architecture & Engineering

• Design and implement secure Riverbed monitoring architectures across NIPR, SIPR, and SOCRATES enclaves.
• Develop enclave-specific system design documentation and data flow diagrams.
• Engineer scalable deployments supporting hybrid, virtual, and physical infrastructures.
• Integrate Riverbed tools with SIEM, ITSM, cybersecurity, and enterprise monitoring platforms.
• Ensure cross-domain and enclave segmentation compliance.

Operations & Administration

• Provide Tier II/III engineering support and root cause analysis.
• Administer platform configuration, system health monitoring, and performance tuning.
• Perform software upgrades, patching, backups, and disaster recovery validation.
• Maintain role-based access controls (RBAC) and auditing policies.
• Support configuration management and change control boards (CCB).
• Proficiency in Windows and Linux operating systems.
• Combine subsystems, resolve compatibility issues, and ensure interoperability

Performance Monitoring & Optimization

• Analyze application, network, and endpoint performance trends.
• Generate executive dashboards and mission-impact assessments.
• Develop actionable insights to reduce latency, packet loss, and user-impacting incidents.
• Tune alert thresholds and monitoring policies to reduce noise.

Cybersecurity & Compliance

• Maintain compliance with DoD cybersecurity standards and STIG requirements.
• Support ATO lifecycle documentation and security control validation.
• Coordinate vulnerability scanning, remediation, and patch cycles.
• Ensure enclave-specific hardening baselines are maintained.

Documentation & Reporting

• Develop and maintain SOPs, engineering diagrams, and operational runbooks.
• Provide weekly/monthly operational reports to leadership.
• Brief senior leadership on system health, trends, and risk posture.

Collaboration & Leadership

• Coordinate with Network, Cybersecurity, Systems, and Application teams.
• Support incident response and war-room troubleshooting efforts.
• Provide mentorship to junior administrators and engineers.
• Serve as the technical liaison between contractor teams and government leadership.

Troubleshooting and Support

• Monitor the health and performance of the monitoring servers themselves, proactively addressing any issues.
• Investigate and resolve issues related to data collection, ensuring all monitored devices are reporting correctly.
• Basic to intermediate scripting skills (PowerShell, Bash, Python) for automation of routine tasks.

Qualifications

Required Education:

• Bachelor's degree and Fourteen (14) years’ experience; additional four (4) years’ experience can be considered in lieu of degree.

Required Clearance:

• Must possess an active Top Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI; US Citizenship required.

Required Skills:

• Riverbed experience and familiarity
• Exceptional collaboration and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Demonstrated ability in performance optimization and system engineering processes.
• Work effectively in cross-functional teams, leveraging diverse perspectives to solve problems faster

Required Certifications:

• DoDD 8570 01-M IAT II, specifically CompTIA Security +
• Must be DoW 8140 compliant under the Work Role Code 451 – System Administrator - Advanced level.

Highly Desired Skills:

• TCP/IP, SNMP, NetFlow, sFlow
• Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
• Network Performance Monitoring (NPM)
• Windows & Linux server administration
• VMware or other virtualization platforms
• Scripting (PowerShell, Python, Bash)
• REST API integrations
• Splunk, ServiceNow, or similar enterprise tools
• SQL databases
• Multi-enclave architecture support (NIPR/SIPR)