Application Engineer- WatchFloor Security Clearance

Position: Application Engineer- 24/7 Watch Floor with Security Clearance
Job Title:

Application Engineer- 24/7 Watch Floor Job Category:
Information Technology Time Type:
Full time Minimum Clearance Required to Start: TS/SCI with Polygraph Employee Type:
Regular Percentage of

Travel Required:

None Type of Travel:
None *
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* The Opportunity:

Application Engineer III - 24/7 Watch Floor As part of the Secure the Enterprise initiative, 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. Responsibilities:
This is a blended position across all teams in ANDS. As such, the successful candidate will have skills crossing from Software Development, Systems Engineering, 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 dataflows, system 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 the 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, 6AM-6PM / 6PM-6AM, to provide 24/7 application support on our watch floor.

Qualifications:

Required
* Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph

* Proficient with Linux. Minimum of 3 years Linux server administration experience (within the last 3 years). Ability to troubleshoot server and application issues, check system health, manage services, review logs, and reboot servers safely.

* Proficient with AWS. Minimum of 1 year of AWS experience (within the last year). C2E, HCI, AWS, Lambda, AWS Console, or AWS CLI experience creating and supporting EC2 instances, service health checks, and basic operational troubleshooting.

* Proficient with Ansible. Minimum of 1 year of Ansible experience (within the last year). Will consider similar experience using Salt (instead of Ansible). Prospective candidates must have proficiency in one or more of the following skillsets / technologies:
* Monitoring / Watchfloor Operations :
Grafana, Kibana, Splunk, Cloud Watch, or similar monitoring tools; dashboard monitoring, alert triage, log review, incident escalation, and shift turnover support.

* 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.

* Dev Ops:
Terraform, Ansible, Git Lab Pipelines, Docker.

Preferred Qualifications:

Minimum

Education and Experience:

* 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 minimum experience and a High School Diploma/GED.

* 8 years minimum experience and an Associate's Degree.

* 6 years minimum experience and a Bachelor's Degree.

* 4 years minimum experience and a Master's Degree.

* 2 years minimum experience and a Doctorate's Degree.

- What You Can Expect: A culture of integrity. At CACI, we place character and innovation at the center of everything we do. As a valued team member, you'll be part of a high-performing group dedicated to our customer's missions and driven by a higher purpose - to ensure the safety of our nation. An environment of trust. CACI values the unique contributions that every…