Application Engineer 3
Fort Meade, MD
TS/SCI + FS Poly
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What Impact You'll Have
GRVTY is seeking experienced Application Engineers to develop capabilities to shift from the current manual system security evaluation and authorization process to a new model that emphasizes automation, streamlined processes and approvals, continuous monitoring and assessment, and network data gathering across the entire life cycle of a project.
What You'll be Owning
- This is a blended position across all teams in ANDS. The successful candidate will have skills crossing from Systems Administration, and Operations Support.
- Ensure data reliability and accuracy by monitoring and maintaining application systems.
- Contribute to operational success through continuous performance monitoring and proactive troubleshooting, to potentially include changes to system configuration, changes to the code base, etc.
- Maintain system health by tracking metrics, logs, dashboards, alerts, and application status to prevent downtime and ensure optimal application performance.
- Support watch floor operations by identifying service degradation, failed dataflow, systems errors, and application issues, and escalating as needed.
- Perform basic Linux system administration tasks, including checking service status, starting, stopping, and restarting services, reviewing logs, validating disk, memory, and CPU usage, and supporting server reboots.
- Support cloud-based operations by using AWS Console or AWS CLI to check instance health, review system status, restart or reboot servers, and assist with basic operational troubleshooting.
- Work in a rotating shift schedule, 6 am to 6 pm/ 6 pm to 6 am, to provide 24/7 application support on our watch floor.
- Prospective candidates must have proficiency in One or more of the following skillsets/technologies:
- Monitoring/Watchfloor Operations: Monitoring tools, such as Grafana, Kibana, Splunk, or CloudWatch
- Systems Administration: Working in a linux environment, ability to check system health, start, stop, and restart services, review logs, and reboot servers safely.
- Cloud/AWS Operations: Experience supporting EC2 instances, service health checks, and basis operational troubleshooting. `
What You Must Have
- All experience and education will be in a technical field directly related to the labor category being proposed and all diplomas, GED certificates, and degrees will be from accredited institutions.
- 10 years of minimum experience and a High School Diploma/GED.
- 8 years of minimum experience and Associate's degree.
- 6 years of minimum experience and a Bachelor's Degree.
- 4 years of minimum experience and a Master's degree.
- 2 years of minimum experience and a Doctorate's degree.
- Active TS/SCI with polygraph clearance.
Pay Range: At GRVTY, we understand that compensation is influenced by many factors-such as geographic location, federal contract labor categories, wage rates, prior experience, skillsets, education, and certifications.We're proud to offer a work environment that empowers our team to achieve a strong work-life balance. GRVTY provides competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and meaningful opportunities for professional growth.Our benefits package is designed to support the well-being of our employees and their families, and includes coverage in areas such as healthcare, financial wellness, retirement planning, family assistance, continued education, and paid time off.
- The pay range for this position is: $129000.00 - $159000.00