Monitoring Engineer -Greenbelt, MD

Monitoring Engineer

Location:

Greenbelt, MD

Position Type:
Contract

Minimum Required Skills/

Experience:

• Must possess 3 years' experience with Solarwinds monitoring tool to include, implementation, configuration, administration, etc.
• Strong technical evaluation and implementation skills
• Solid technical understanding of how architecture components fit together, how to identify and mitigate potential risks and points-of-failure, and how to conduct an effective root cause analysis
• Ability to work independently in the installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of solutions
• Strong understanding of common monitoring events, metrics, and notification thresholds of objects to be monitored
• Ability to work with others and move an effort toward a common vision or goal
• Strong analytical skills with strong problem-solving capability
• Ability to plan, prioritize, organize, schedule and execute assignments
• 1-year experience implementing and navigate one of the following:
  Windows, Linux, Webservices, or Virtualization
• Ability to communicate effectively and work with internal stakeholders to work towards a common goal.

Preferred

Skills:

• Experience with virtualization technologies network
• Experience in integrating public cloud monitoring with on-prem enterprise solution
• At least 12 months of hands-on experience with a leading enterprise monitoring tool (Client Site Scope, Client Operations Manager, VRealize, Solar Winds, Zenoss, Net Scout, Riverbed, Nagios, New Relic, App Dynamics, Dynatrace)
• At least 2 years of virtualized compute experience (VMWare, Citrix, Hyper-V, or KVM)
• At least 12 months of scripting experience (JavaScript, Python, Perl, Bash, Power Shell)
• At least 3 years of infrastructure delivery experience
• At least 12 months of monitoring assessment, design, and planning experience
• At least 12 months of NOC/SOC experience