APPLICATION ENGINEER LEVEL 3 (24x7)

Description

EOA Technologies is seeking an Application Engineer on one of our subcontracts. This is a full-time position offering the opportunity to support a U.S. Government customer. 

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.

Essential Duties and 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 watchfloor 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 the watch floor.

Requirements

To be considered for this position you must have the following:

• Possess an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance
• IAT Level 2 Certification
• Work in a rotating shift schedule, 6AM-6PM / 6PM-6AM, to provide 24/7 application support on the watch floor.
• Prospective candidates must have proficiency in one or more of the following skillsets / technologies:
• Monitoring / Watchfloor Operations: Grafana, Kibana, Splunk, CloudWatch, or similar monitoring tools; dashboard monitoring, alert triage, log review, incident escalation, and shift turnover support.
• Linux / Systems Administration: Comfortable working in a Linux environment; ability to check system health, start, stop, and restart services, review logs, and reboot servers safely.
• Cloud / AWS Operations: C2E, HCI, AWS, Lambda, AWS Console, or AWS CLI experience supporting EC2 instances, service health checks, and basic operational troubleshooting.
• 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.
• DevOps: Terraform, Ansible, GitLab Pipelines, Docker.
• Ten (10) years minimum experience and a High School Diploma/GED, OR
• Eight (8) years minimum experience and an Associate's Degree, OR
• Six (6) years minimum experience and a Bachelor's Degree, OR
• Four (4) years minimum experience and a Master's Degree, OR
• Two (2) years minimum experience and a Doctorate's Degree.

Employment decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs - not on any protected characteristic. EOA Technologies, LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, ancestry, marital status, religious affiliation, hairstyle, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. EOA is committed to providing reasonable accommodations when feasible to individuals with disabilities.