SolarWinds Engineer
Overview
UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED
REQUIRES TOP SECRET CLEARANCE; WILL CONSIDER A PERSON WITH A SECRET CLEARANCE BUT WILL NEED TO UPGRADED TO TOP SECRET.
ONSITE - Franconia/Springfield, VA Area
Salary is dependent upon the candidates skills, experience, certifications and education as it pertains to this specific position
Salary Range: 120-148k/yr.High end of the salary range is considered for those who exceed Required Qualifications
Soft Tech offers competitive BENEFITS in the areas of: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance, PTO, AND Paid Holidays
Soft Tech Consulting is seeking a highly skilled SolarWinds Engineer to support the installation, configuration, and operational monitoring of SolarWinds across a large-scale enterprise environment. The ideal candidate will work closely with system administrators and network teams to ensure optimal performance, security, and reliability of network and server infrastructure
Responsibilities
Work directly with the System Admin and Network Team to support the following tasks:
Installation & Configuration
- Support SolarWinds installation and testing phases (Alpha, Beta, OCONUS Post Testing).
- Determine devices to monitor including IP addresses, ports, and protocols.
- Troubleshoot installation issues and perform necessary configurations.
- Document processes and provide lessons learned.
Operations & Monitoring
- Monitor SolarWinds web console panels: Windows, Virtualization, Network, Agents, SNMP, ICMP, and polling.
- Address and resolve support tickets; provide initial troubleshooting steps.
- Perform daily checks and network performance monitoring.
- Detect, report, diagnose, and resolve performance issues.
Virtual Infrastructure Support
- Monitor virtual devices including:
- VMware ESXi/ESX (v4.1+)
- VMware vSphere (v4.1+)
- Microsoft Hyper-V (2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2 – N/A for SMSe)
Server & Application Monitoring
- Monitor servers, applications, and login credentials (Windows & VMware).
- Review logs and generate weekly/monthly metrics and dashboards.
- Escalate emergency concerns and provide risk mitigation strategies.
Qualifications
- Experience: Minimum 7 years in a large complex IT environment (>4K infrastructure components).
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience).
- Solid SolarWinds experience
- Technical Proficiency:
- Routers, switches, Cisco WLC, VPNs, firewalls
- Cisco CUCM, NetFlow configuration
- Storage systems: Brocade, NetApp, Commvault, DXI
- Servers: Windows, Unix/Linux
- Applications: AD, DHCP, DNS, SaaS, PaaS
- Databases: SQL, DB2, Oracle
- Web: IIS, WebSphere
- Email: Exchange, OWA
- Virtualization: VMware, Hyper-V
- Web Monitoring: Pingdom, CSS, HTML, synthetic transactions
Skills & Attributes:
- Strong troubleshooting and documentation skills
- Ability to mentor and lead technical teams
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Capable of conveying technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Highly organized and able to manage large datasets
- Willingness to work off-hours for outages or critical projects
- Self-motivated and able to work independently
About Us
Soft Tech Consulting, Inc. is a woman and minority-owned business headquartered in Chantilly, VA. With contracts in both the public and private sectors in the DC metro area and across the country, Soft Tech is an organization made up of highly successful and talented Information Technology professionals offering enterprise class solutions for any size organization at great value. Soft Tech’s mission is to help government organizations design, implement, and maintain mission critical Information Technology solutions. By focusing jointly on our employees and our customers, we are able to achieve our mission by providing each and every one of our customers with continuous quality customer support. Soft Tech Consulting, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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