Job Description:
Quevera is seeking a highly skilled Application Engineer III with an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph to support mission-critical programs in Fort Meade, Maryland. As part of the Secure the Enterprise initiative, you will help modernize the system security evaluation and authorization process through automation, continuous monitoring, and data-driven operational support.
This is a blended engineering role supporting software development, systems engineering, systems administration, and operations. Working alongside a collaborative engineering team, you will monitor application health, support cloud and Linux environments, troubleshoot operational issues, and maintain critical enterprise services that enable 24x7 mission operations.
As an Application Engineer III, you'll have the opportunity to support modern cloud-based infrastructure, improve operational reliability, and contribute to innovative enterprise solutions supporting national security missions.
Work Schedule:
- Shift Schedule: Rotating 12-hour shifts (6:00 AM – 6:00 PM / 6:00 PM – 6:00 AM).
- Availability: Position supports 24x7 watch floor operations and requires participation in a rotating shift schedule.
Job Responsibilities:
- Monitor application systems to ensure data reliability, availability, and operational accuracy.
- Perform continuous monitoring and proactive troubleshooting to maintain application performance and system health.
- Identify and resolve operational issues through system configuration changes, application updates, or escalation as appropriate.
- Monitor dashboards, logs, alerts, metrics, and application status to prevent downtime and maintain service availability.
- Support watch floor operations by identifying service degradation, failed dataflows, system errors, and application issues.
- Perform Linux system administration tasks, including reviewing logs, checking service status, restarting services, validating resource utilization, and supporting server reboots.
- Support cloud-based operations using the AWS Console or AWS CLI to monitor instance health, review system status, restart services, and perform basic operational troubleshooting.
- Collaborate with engineering teams across software development, systems engineering, systems administration, and operations to maintain reliable enterprise services.
- Contribute to Secure the Enterprise initiatives by supporting automation, continuous monitoring, and operational excellence.
Minimum Requirements:
- Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph required.
- Proficiency in one or more of the following technical areas:
- Monitoring / Watch Floor Operations: Experience with Grafana, Kibana, Splunk, CloudWatch, or similar monitoring platforms, including dashboard monitoring, alert triage, log analysis, incident escalation, and shift turnover.
- Linux / Systems Administration: Experience administering Linux systems, including monitoring system health, managing services, reviewing logs, rebooting servers, and validating CPU, memory, and disk utilization.
- Cloud / AWS Operations: Experience supporting AWS environments using the AWS Console or AWS CLI, including EC2 instance monitoring, service health checks, Lambda, C2E, HCI, and basic operational troubleshooting.
- Dataflow / Application Support: Experience with Apache NiFi, Cribl, Kafka, Logstash, or similar data pipeline technologies supporting data movement, ingestion, queue monitoring, and application health.
- DevOps: Experience with Terraform, Ansible, GitLab Pipelines, and Docker.
Why Join Quevera?
Award-Winning Culture
Quevera was recognized as a Top Workplace in the Washington, DC/Baltimore region for 2025, marking our fifth consecutive year receiving this distinction based on employee feedback.
Outstanding Benefits
We invest in our employees and their families through a highly competitive benefits package, including:
- 100% employer-paid medical coverage (optional plan)
- Competitive options for Medical, Dental and Vision insurance
- Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability coverage
- Employer-paid life insurance
- $5,000 annually for education, training, certifications, and professional development
- Career advancement through our structured iQTouch Program
- Up to 6% 401(k) match
- Additional 4% profit-sharing contribution, at company discretion
At Quevera, we believe exceptional people deserve exceptional opportunities. We're more than just a workplace—we're a team of innovators, problem-solvers, and industry experts committed to delivering mission-critical solutions while fostering professional growth, collaboration, and technical excellence.
Quevera is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age or any other characteristic protected by law. #LI-AA1
Skills Required
- Active TS/SCI security clearance with Polygraph
- Experience with monitoring/watch floor tools (Grafana, Kibana, Splunk, CloudWatch) including dashboard monitoring and alert triage
- Linux systems administration experience (logs, service management, reboots, resource validation)
- AWS operations experience using AWS Console or AWS CLI (EC2 monitoring, service health checks, Lambda)
- Experience with dataflow/data pipeline technologies (Apache NiFi, Cribl, Kafka, Logstash)
- DevOps tooling experience (Terraform, Ansible, GitLab Pipelines, Docker)
- Willingness/availability to work rotating 12-hour shifts supporting 24x7 watch floor operations
What We Do
Quevera provides custom software engineering services across the entire spectrum of the software development lifecycle. We have extensive experience in partnering with our customers to gain a comprehensive understanding of the business problems presented to federal agencies, local governments, financial institutions, health care organizations and educators. Quevera is a company founded by a core group of technologists and business professionals who shared a revolutionary vision for how a software company could succeed while adhering to set of core values that governed its partnerships with its customers, employees and corporate partners. With over a century of combined experience in the government, intelligence and corporate sectors, we have the experience and technical know-how knowledge to first listen, understand and deliver innovative products and services designed to reach the core problem for unique business problems.
