Principal ScienceLogic Skylar​/SLEngineer

Leidos is seeking a Principal Science Logic Skylar 1/SL1 Engineer to design, deploy, configure, and transition to operations an enterprise Science Logic SL1 monitoring solution supporting a distributed, classified Department of Defense (DoD) environment.

The successful candidate will serve as a primary technical engineer for implementation of the Skylar 1 (formerly SL1) platform, including deployment of the core Skylar 1/database infrastructure within a Microsoft Azure cloud environment and distributed Skylar 1 Data Collectors across multiple geographically separated sites.

This position requires strong Science Logic engineering experience combined with knowledge of Azure infrastructure, enterprise networking, Windows and Linux systems, cybersecurity, and monitoring architecture. The engineer will work closely with cloud, network, cybersecurity, systems engineering, and site operations teams to establish secure connectivity between the centralized SL1 platform and distributed monitored environments.

The engineer will support the solution through design, implementation, testing, accreditation, deployment, documentation, and transition to steady-state operations.

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Active Secret clearance required , with eligibility to obtain the level of access required for the classified environment.
• Must meet applicable DoD cybersecurity workforce qualification requirements for the position.

• Design, engineer, deploy, configure, and document an enterprise Science Logic Skylar 1 architecture supporting a classified, geographically distributed environment.
• Implement and configure Skylar 1 core platform components within Microsoft Azure, including database, administration, monitoring, and supporting platform services.
• Design and deploy distributed Skylar 1 Data Collectors across multiple remote sites and network enclaves.
• Develop collector placement and sizing strategies based on device population, network topology, bandwidth, latency, security boundaries, and availability requirements.
• Configure secure communications between distributed collectors and centralized Skylar 1 platform components.
• Configure Skylar 1 discovery processes and onboard network devices, servers, virtual infrastructure, applications, and other enterprise technology components.
• Configure and maintain Science Logic Power Packs, Dynamic Applications, device classes, credentials, monitoring policies, thresholds, events, dashboards, and reports.
• Develop customized monitoring, alerting, dashboards, and reporting to meet operational and cybersecurity requirements.
• Establish appropriate monitoring thresholds and key performance indicators (KPIs) for enterprise infrastructure.
• Support Skylar 1 software installation, upgrades, patches, migrations, backup, recovery, and lifecycle management.
• Perform capacity planning and performance tuning of SL1 platform components.

• Work with Azure engineering teams to design and deploy Skylar 1 infrastructure within the approved classified Azure environment.
• Evaluate availability, resiliency, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery requirements for the SL1 platform.
• Support integration of Skylar 1 with Azure-hosted and on-premises infrastructure.

• Configure monitoring using appropriate protocols and technologies, including SNMPv3, ICMP, HTTPS/API, SSH, WMI/WinRM, and other approved mechanisms.
• Coordinate with network and cybersecurity teams to establish required firewall rules, routing, ACLs, service accounts, certificates, and communications paths.
• Integrate Skylar 1 with enterprise IT service management, SIEM, automation,…