SolarWinds Systems Engineer, Senior

Senior Solar Winds Systems Engineer

San Diego, California, United States

As a Systems Engineer on our team, you will directly support national defense missions by leading the engineering, deployment, and continuous improvement of our Solar Winds network monitoring infrastructure. You will design and evolve enterprise‑scale monitoring solutions, collaborate with architects and engineers across adjacent technologies, and support modernization initiatives in cloud, automation, and datacenter operations. This role includes hands‑on engineering, documentation, training delivery, and subject‑matter expertise across Solar Winds Orion systems.

• Architect, design, implement, configure, and maintain Solar Winds Orion Platform components, including: NPM, SAM, NCM, SRM, IPAM, WPM, NTA, and VMAN.
• Engineer scalable monitoring solutions for mid‑ to enterprise‑scale networks and hybrid datacenter environments.
• Integrate Solar Winds with Splunk, VMware, Windows Server, Linux, and other ecosystem technologies.
• Troubleshoot performance, configuration, and monitoring issues across the enterprise.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, solution guidelines, and SOPs.
• Provide training and hands‑on knowledge transfer to operations teams.
• Serve as the Solar Winds SME for monitoring strategy, capability development, and platform lifecycle optimization.
• Collaborate on‑site with government stakeholders at least two days per week (with potential for expanded on‑site support based on client requirements).

• 5+ years designing and implementing technologies supporting monitoring and automation of enterprise datacenters.
• 5+ years managing a Windows Server–based IT infrastructure.
• 3+ years hands‑on experience engineering, designing, implementing, and maintaining Solar Winds Orion Platform products.
• 3+ years managing IT infrastructure solutions mid‑ to enterprise‑scale networks.
• 2+ years experience in an operations role supporting infrastructure, monitoring, or datacenter systems.
• Experience architecting, designing, securing, installing, troubleshooting, and documenting integrated server or network solutions.
• Active Secret ‑ level security clearance (or higher).
• High school diploma or GED.
• IAT Level II certification: Requires both an IA Certification (e.g., Security+ CE, or higher) AND an Operating Environment (OE) Certification (e.g., Windows OS certification, CCNA, Solar Winds, etc.) for CSWF compliance.
• Ability to support on ‑ site delivery and collaborate with government stakeholders minimum 2 day per week, with potential expansion as directed by the client.
• Ability to perform OCONUS Travel (typically 1-3 weeks trip duration, up to approx. 3 times a year, planned 3+months in advance)

• Experience with enterprise server, storage, networking, and software platforms, or equivalent specialization on a major technology stack.
• Experience with virtualization technologies (VMware, Hyper‑V).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience with Python and Power Shell scripting for automation.
• Experience with network engineering or enterprise network operations.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or Engineering.
• CASP or CISSP certification.