Senior SolarWinds Systems Engineer | San Diego, CA

CaVU Consulting, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401K with match

Life insurance

Paid holidays

Vacation accrual

Employee discounts

Bonus opportunities

Job summary

CaVU Consulting, Inc. seeks a Senior SolarWinds Systems Engineer in San Diego, CA to lead design, deployment, and ongoing optimization of SolarWinds Orion Platform across government-scale environments.

The role includes hands-on engineering, documentation, and training, with regular on-site collaboration with government stakeholders and potential travel for CONUS engagements. Requires active security clearance and 5+ years in related roles.

Qualifications

• 5+ years designing and implementing technologies to monitor and automate large datacenters.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, implement, configure, and maintain SolarWinds Orion Platform components, including NPM, SAM, NCM, SRM, IPAM, WPM, NTA, VMAN.
• Engineer scalable monitoring solutions for mid-to-enterprise-scale networks and hybrid datacenter environments.
• Integrate SolarWinds with Splunk, VMware, Windows Server, Linux and other ecosystem technologies.
• Troubleshoot performance, configuration, and monitoring issues across the enterprise.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, solution guidelines, and SOPs.
• Provide training and hands-on knowledge transfer to operations teams.
• Serve as the SolarWinds SME for monitoring strategy, capability development, and platform lifecycle optimization.
• Collaborate on-site with government stakeholders at least two days per week (with potential for expanded on-site support).

Skills

SolarWinds Orion

Windows Server

IT infrastructure

Network monitoring

Automation

Education

High School Diploma

IAT Level II Certification

CASP or CISSP

Tools

SolarWinds Orion Suite

Splunk

VMware

Windows Server

Linux OS

Job description

Senior SolarWinds Systems Engineer | San Diego, CA

Team CaVU

Our name is derived from the aviation acronym “Ceiling and Visibility Unlimited”. Team CaVU embodies this positive vibe as we bring creative, powerful and innovative solutions to clients and partners. CaVU is the provider of choice for our clients, crafting best-value support across a wide spectrum of functional areas. We are defined by integrity, technical excellence and commitment to our clients, people and partners. We consistently make a lasting, positive impact on our community—we make things better!

SolarWinds Systems Engineer, Senior

As a Systems Engineer on our team, you will directly support national defense missions by leading the engineering, deployment, and continuous improvement of our SolarWinds network monitoring infrastructure. You will design and evolve enterprise‑scale monitoring solutions, collaborate with architects and engineers across adjacent technologies, and support modernization initiatives in cloud, automation, and datacenter operations. This role includes hands‑on engineering, documentation, training delivery, and subject‑matter expertise across SolarWinds Orion systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, design, implement, configure, and maintain SolarWinds Orion Platform components, including:NPM, SAM, NCM, SRM, IPAM, WPM, NTA, and VMAN.
• Engineer scalable monitoring solutions for mid‑toenterprise‑scalenetworks and hybrid datacenter environments.
• Integrate SolarWinds with Splunk, VMware, Windows Server, Linux, and other ecosystem technologies.
• Troubleshoot performance, configuration, and monitoring issues across the enterprise.
• Develop andmaintaintechnical documentation, architecture diagrams, solution guidelines, and SOPs.
• Provide training andhands‑onknowledge transfer to operations teams.
• Serve as the SolarWinds SME for monitoring strategy, capability development, and platform lifecycle optimization.
• Collaborateon‑sitewith government stakeholders at leasttwodaysper week (with potential for expandedon‑sitesupport based on client requirements).

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years designing and implementing technologies supporting monitoring and automation of enterprise datacenters.
• 5+ years managing a Windows Server‑based IT infrastructure.
• 3+ years hands‑onexperience engineering, designing, implementing, and maintaining SolarWinds Orion Platform products.
• 3+ years managing IT infrastructure solutions mid‑toenterprise‑scalenetworks.
• 2+years experiencein an operations role supporting infrastructure, monitoring, or datacenter systems.
• Experience architecting, designing, securing, installing, troubleshooting, and documenting integrated server or network solutions.
• ActiveSecret-levelsecurity clearance (or higher).
• High school diploma or GED.
• IAT Level II certification: Requires both an IA Certification (e.g., Security+ CE, or higher) *AND* an Operating Environment (OE) Certification (e.g., Windows OS certification, CCNA, SolarWinds, etc.) for CSWF compliance.
• Ability to supporton‑sitedeliveryand collaborate with government stakeholdersminimum2day per week, with potential expansion as directed by the client.
• Ability to perform OCONUS Travel (typically 1-3 weeks trip duration, up to approx. 3 times a year, planned 3+months in advance)

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with enterprise server, storage, networking, and software platforms, or equivalent specialization on a major technology stack.
• Experience with virtualization technologies (VMware,Hyper‑V).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience with Python and PowerShell scripting for automation.
• Experience with network engineering or enterprise network operations.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or Engineering.
• CASP or CISSP certification.

Comprehensive Compensation & Benefits Package:

Salary at CaVU is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, education, training, certificates, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract‑specific affordability and organizational requirements. The expected salary range for this position is $115,000.00 - $175,000.00. To drive fair pay practices for employees, CaVU conducts regular comparisons across our employee groups and the industry. The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, CaVU considers a number of factors when determining salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

At CaVU, our offerings include:

• 100% company-paid health, dental, and vision (to include individual, employee + significant other, or family)
• 401K match with immediate vesting the date of hire with CaVU
• Employer paid $100,000 life insurance policy
• 11 paid holidays
• 15 days of vacation with graduating accruals every two years
• Access to corporate discounts on retail/travel/entertainment
• Highly competitive compensation and opportunities for bonuses

EEO Commitment

CaVU is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, genetics, age, or veteran status or any other applicable legally protected status or characteristic.