SME Shift Supervisor

asmexternalcareersite; Maryland; On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ASM Research seeks an SME Shift Supervisor to act as a key member of the incident management team in a cloud-based environment. You will diagnose, mitigate, and escalate complex issues to maintain high system availability and meet SLA targets, coordinating with operations, development, and external partners.

The role requires 3+ years in operations, strong communication, and hands-on experience with Windows/Linux and cloud tools like Azure/AWS.

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 3 years of operations experience in application infrastructure support.
• Experience with Windows/Linux system administration.
• Experience supporting cloud environments (Azure/AWS).
• Strong interpersonal and technical communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose, mitigate, and escalate system issues in a cloud environment.
• Respond to incident tickets to meet SLA objectives.
• Troubleshoot using diagnostic tools and review logs.
• Document fixes and coordinate with engineering for improvements.
• Support on-call weekend rotation and collaboration across teams.

Skills

Incident diagnosis

Escalation handling

Cloud environment

Communication

Troubleshooting

Education

BS in Computer Science

Tools

Netmon

WinDbg

Custom tools

Job description

Position Overview

The SME Shift Supervisor serves as part of the incident management team in a cloud-based environment, diagnosing, mitigating, and/or escalating system issues to maintain a high level of system/platform availability. This role requires an understanding of core cloud system components and tools to diagnose issues, and acts as an escalation point for more complex incidents. The SME Shift Supervisor responds to incident tickets to meet SLA objectives, typically handling the more complex incidents, and supports collaboration across operations, development teams, and external partners to drive timely resolution and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as part of the incident management team in a cloud-based environment, diagnosing, mitigating, and/or escalating system issues to maintain high system/platform availability.
• Act as an escalation point for more complex incidents.
• Respond to incident tickets in an operational environment to meet SLA objectives, typically handling the more complex incidents.
• Troubleshoot system issues using diagnostic tools such as Netmon, WinDbg, and custom application tools.
• Review system logs to identify and mitigate system issues.
• Leverage the knowledge base to help troubleshoot, identify, and resolve systems issues.
• Update knowledge base troubleshooting guides and lessons learned as required.
• Document incident fixes and make recommendations to the engineering team for system improvements for consideration in future releases.
• Document system issues resulting in system outages and coordinate change through the change management process.
• Support collaboration across operations, development teams, and external partners.
• Support "tiger team" calls to streamline knowledge sharing and timely resolution of system issues.
• Monitor solution performance according to client specifications and SLAs.
• Serve as an escalation point on more complex issues.

Required Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or other technical discipline preferred.
• 3 years of operations experience providing application infrastructure support; 2 years performing system administrator support.
• Experience with system administration support tools such as Windows/Linux.
• Experience supporting a cloud-based environment, including tools such as Azure/AWS.
• Experience analyzing, troubleshooting, and providing solutions for technical issues.
• Strong interpersonal skills; strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong technical communication with both technical and non-technical peers.
• Ability to problem-solve and collaborate with team members.
• Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills.
• Able to maintain professionalism under pressure; strong customer focus.
• Ability to work onsite and support the on-call weekend supervisor rotation.
• Top-Secret Clearance with SCI and Full Scope Polygraph.
• Active Passport/Passbook.
• No dual citizenships.

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant cloud/systems certifications (e.g., Azure/AWS certifications, Security+, Network+, ITIL/Problem Management).
• Prior experience in a customer-facing government operational environment.
• Prior experience supporting incident management within a formal SLA-driven operations environment.

Job-Specific Skills

• Incident diagnosis, mitigation, and escalation in a cloud environment.
• Diagnostic tooling: Netmon, WinDbg, custom application tools.
• System log analysis and root-cause troubleshooting.
• Knowledge base management (troubleshooting guides, lessons learned).
• Change management documentation and coordination.
• Cross-team collaboration (operations, development, external partners).
• SLA/solution performance monitoring.
• "Tiger team" knowledge-sharing facilitation.

Work Schedule

• Day shift, Monday-Friday, 8-hour shifts; supports the on-call weekend supervisor rotation.

Compensation Ranges

Compensation ranges for ASM Research positions vary depending on multiple factors; including but not limited to, location, skill set, level of education, certifications, client requirements, contract-specific affordability, government clearance and investigation level, and years of experience. The compensation displayed for this role is a general guideline based on these factors and is unique to each role. Monetary compensation is one component of ASM's overall compensation and benefits package for employees.

EEO Requirements

It is the policy of ASM that an individual's race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation or national origin are not and will not be considered in any personnel or management decisions. We affirm our commitment to these fundamental policies.

All recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications is done without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, or age. All decisions on employment are made to abide by the principle of equal employment.

Physical Requirements

The physical requirements described in "Knowledge, Skills and Abilities" above are representative of those which must be met by an employee to successfully perform the primary functions of this job. (For example, "light office duties' or "lifting up to 50 pounds" or "some travel" required.) Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with qualifying disabilities, who are otherwise qualified, to perform the primary functions.

Disclaimer

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.