Senior Systems Engineer - Kubernetes, AWS & Observability

Captivation; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k contribution

HSA contribution

Paid time off 6 weeks

Company paid insurance

Disability & AD&D

Job summary

Captivation Software is seeking a senior level systems engineer to work on the watch floor, monitor system health, and manage data pipelines, incidents, and recovery actions. You will escalate issues, maintain logs and SOPs, and provide clear status updates with efficient handoffs.

The ideal candidate holds a Top Secret/SCI clearance (U.S. citizen) and has extensive SE experience, strong communication, and the ability to lead small WD shift teams while following SOPs in a 24x7 environment.

Qualifications

• Top Secret/SCI U.S. Government clearance with favorable polygraph required.
• Twenty years of Systems Engineering experience in programs of similar scope and complexity.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field; 5 years of additional SE experience may substitute for degree.

Responsibilities

• Monitor system health, availability, performance, and data pipelines.
• Investigate alerts and incidents; perform authorized recovery actions.
• Escalate unresolved issues; maintain tickets, shift logs, SOPs, metrics, and reports.
• Provide concise status updates and effective shift handoffs.
• Generate metrics and reports for customers using disparate data sources.

Skills

Systems engineering leadership

Monitoring and troubleshooting

Incident management

Strong communication

Team leadership

SOPs and metrics

24x7 operations

Security awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering / CS or related field

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Rancher

Elasticsearch

Redis

NiFi

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Nagios

Grafana

Prometheus

Job description

Captivation Software is seeking a senior level systems engineer to work on the watch floor, monitor system health, and manage data pipelines, incidents, and recovery actions. You will escalate issues, maintain logs and SOPs, and provide clear status updates with efficient handoffs.

The ideal candidate holds a Top Secret/SCI clearance (U.S. citizen) and has extensive SE experience, strong communication, and the ability to lead small WD shift teams while following SOPs in a 24x7 environment.