Application Engineer 3 (24x7)
On-siteFort Meade, Maryland, United States
Job Summary
Design software tools and subsystems to support software reuse, manage implementation using formal specifications and CASE tools, and estimate development costs and schedules. Monitor and maintain application systems for data reliability, track metrics and logs to prevent downtime, and support watchfloor operations by identifying service degradation and escalating issues as needed. Perform basic Linux system administration tasks, including checking service status, reviewing logs, and supporting server reboots, while using AWS Console or CLI for cloud-based operational troubleshooting. Contribute to operational success through continuous performance monitoring and proactive troubleshooting, potentially including changes to system configuration and the code base. Instruct and direct task personnel while conducting quality assurance reviews of existing and new software products.
Required Qualifications
- United States Citizenship
- position appropriate security clearance
- Active TS/SCI security clearance
- agency appropriate polygraph
- Ten (10) years minimum experience and a High School Diploma/GED
- Eight (8) years minimum experience and an Associate's Degree
- Six (6) years minimum experience and a Bachelor's Degree
- Four (4) years minimum experience and a Master's Degree
- Two (2) years minimum experience and a Doctorate's Degree
- proficiency in one or more of the following skillsets / technologies: Monitoring / Watchfloor Operations: Grafana, Kibana, Splunk, CloudWatch, or similar monitoring tools; dashboard monitoring, alert triage, log review, incident escalation, and shift turnover support
- proficiency in one or more of the following skillsets / technologies: Linux / Systems Administration: Comfortable working in a Linux environment; ability to check system health, start, stop, and restart services, review logs, and reboot servers safely
- proficiency in one or more of the following skillsets / technologies: Cloud / AWS Operations: C2E, HCI, AWS, Lambda, AWS Console, or AWS CLI experience supporting EC2 instances, service health checks, and basic operational troubleshooting
- proficiency in one or more of the following skillsets / technologies: Dataflow / Application Support: Apache NiFi, Cribl, Kafka, Logstash, or similar data pipeline / dataflow tools; experience monitoring application health, failed jobs, queues, data movement, and ingestion issues
- proficiency in one or more of the following skillsets / technologies: DevOps: Terraform, Ansible, GitLab Pipelines, Docker
- Work in a rotating shift schedule, 6AM-6PM / 6PM-6AM, to provide 24/7 application support on our watch floor
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