SolarWinds Systems Engineer, Senior

G2IT; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

SolarWinds is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to lead the engineering, deployment, and improvement of our SolarWinds monitoring infrastructure across national defense missions. You will design scalable solutions, mentor teams, and drive cloud, automation, and data center modernization initiatives.

This role includes hands-on engineering, documentation, and knowledge transfer. You will collaborate with architects and engineers across technologies, and act as a SolarWinds SME for monitoring

Qualifications

• 5+ years designing and implementing monitoring and automation for enterprise datacenters.
• 5+ years managing a Windows Server–based IT infrastructure.
• 3+ years hands-on experience with SolarWinds Orion Platform products.
• 3+ years managing IT infrastructure solutions mid-to-enterprise-scale networks.
• 2+ years in an operations role supporting infrastructure or datacenter systems.

Responsibilities

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

Job description

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 evolveenterprise‑scalemonitoring solutions, collaborate with architects and engineers across adjacent technologies, and support modernization initiatives in cloud, automation, and datacenter operations. This role includeshands‑onengineering, documentation, training delivery, andsubject‑matterexpertiseacross 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 –level security 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 support on ‑ sitedelivery and collaborate with government stakeholders minimum2day 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.