Senior Riverbed Engineer

Saic

Tampa (FL)

On-site

USD 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Job summary

SAIC is seeking a Senior Riverbed Engineer to join the team at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, FL. The role serves as the senior technical authority for Riverbed monitoring, digital experience management, and network visibility across J6 mission systems.

You will lead end-to-end engineering, administration, optimization, and cybersecurity compliance of Riverbed platforms, across hybrid, virtual, and physical infrastructures, ensuring secure, highly available performance insights.

Qualifications

Requires a bachelor's degree and 14 years of experience (additional 4 years may substitute for the degree).
Active Top Secret security clearance with ability to obtain TS/SCI; US citizenship required.
Riverbed experience and strong collaboration and communication skills.

Responsibilities

Design and implement secure Riverbed monitoring architectures across enclaves (NIPR/SIPR/SOCRATES).
Provide Tier II/III engineering support and perform optimization and tuning.
Develop and maintain runbooks, SOPs, and executive dashboards.
Coordinate with cross-functional teams and government leadership; mentor junior staff.
Ensure cybersecurity compliance, DoD STIGs, and patch cycles.

Skills

Riverbed experience

Collaboration & communication

Performance optimization

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree + 14 years experience

Tools

Riverbed Suite

Windows

Linux

VMware

Splunk

ServiceNow

SQL databases

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.

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