Systems Engineer

Peraton is seeking a Systems Engineer for our Department of Labor contract. This position can be done remotely.

Responsibilities:

Provide a high level of technical understanding for problem solving and troubleshooting when working with multiple teams across multiple vendors of equipment (Windows, Linux, Cisco, Oracle, Amazon Web Services, Azure, VMware, NetApp and more)
• Work on requests for our SolarWinds environment that consists of the following modules - IPAM, NPM, SRM, SAM, NCM, WPM, VMAN, VNQM, UDT and DPA
• Work on requests for our Pingdom environment. Will be required to create Uptime and Synthetic transactions
• Develop custom properties and improve upon already established custom properties for proper categorization used in alerts, reports, and dashboards
• Ensure SNMP, WMI and Agent polling is working for all devices within our environment. If not working, be able to work with appropriate team to correct this
• Perform monthly patching work on SolarWinds VM servers
• Create Dashboards, Alerts and Reports as needed per projects and requests from customers and other internal teams

Basic Qualifications:

• • • 5 years with BS/BA; 3 years with MS/MA; 0 years with PhD, 9 years with a HS Diploma
• US Citizen with the ability to obtain a Public Trust Clearance
• Strong understanding of the following modules for SolarWinds - IPAM, NPM, SRM, SAM, NCM, WPM, VMAN, VNQM, UDT and DPA
• Understanding of custom property tagging and organizing within SolarWinds application
• Excellent Organizational Skills for documenting and categorizing the custom properties within SolarWinds and recording of credentials for SNMP, WMI and Agent
• Excellent Troubleshooting Skills and usage of tools such as ping, telnet and traceroute
• Ability to work independently and with others
• Strong knowledge in PowerShell and Command Prompt commands
• Understands API queries and able to poll SolarWinds and Pingdom application via APIs
• Strong attention to detail when resolving issues, documenting work and troubleshooting
• Strong communication skills are required
• Excellent documentation skills are required
• Ability to troubleshoot with Splunk
• Knowledge of SNMP walks and SNMP traps
• Ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical executives and managers
• Act as part of a structured operations team in support of resolving technical issues
• Availability to troubleshoot and resolve issues during off-work hours and/or extended hours when outages or projects require

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.