SAIC is seeking a Senior Riverbed Engineer to join their team at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, FL. The Senior Riverbed Engineer serves as the senior technical authority for Riverbed performance monitoring, digital experience management, and network visibility technologies across J6 mission systems. This role is responsible for end-to-end engineering, administration, optimization, cybersecurity compliance, and lifecycle management of Riverbed platforms, excluding SteelHead WAN optimization appliances. The engineer operates across multiple classified and unclassified environments, including NIPR, SIPR, and SOCRATES, ensuring that enterprise-wide performance monitoring capabilities are secure, compliant, highly available, and tightly integrated with broader network, cybersecurity, and IT operations. Core Riverbed technologies in scope include AppResponse, NetProfiler, Portal, Aternity, and NPM+, deployed across hybrid, virtual, and physical infrastructures to provide deep visibility into application, network, and user experience performance.
The Senior Riverbed Engineer will be responsible for but not limited to the following duties:
Architecture & Engineering
- Design and implement secure Riverbed monitoring architectures across NIPR, SIPR, and SOCRATES enclaves.
- Develop enclave-specific system design documentation and data flow diagrams.
- Engineer scalable deployments supporting hybrid, virtual, and physical infrastructures.
- Integrate Riverbed tools with SIEM, ITSM, cybersecurity, and enterprise monitoring platforms.
- Ensure cross-domain and enclave segmentation compliance.
Operations & Administration
- Provide Tier II/III engineering support and root cause analysis.
- Administer platform configuration, system health monitoring, and performance tuning.
- Perform software upgrades, patching, backups, and disaster recovery validation.
- Maintain role-based access controls (RBAC) and auditing policies.
- Support configuration management and change control boards (CCB).
- Proficiency in Windows and Linux operating systems.
- Combine subsystems, resolve compatibility issues, and ensure interoperability
Performance Monitoring & Optimization
- Analyze application, network, and endpoint performance trends.
- Generate executive dashboards and mission-impact assessments.
- Develop actionable insights to reduce latency, packet loss, and user-impacting incidents.
- Tune alert thresholds and monitoring policies to reduce noise.
Cybersecurity & Compliance
- Maintain compliance with DoD cybersecurity standards and STIG requirements.
- Support ATO lifecycle documentation and security control validation.
- Coordinate vulnerability scanning, remediation, and patch cycles.
- Ensure enclave-specific hardening baselines are maintained.
Documentation & Reporting
- Develop and maintain SOPs, engineering diagrams, and operational runbooks.
- Provide weekly/monthly operational reports to leadership.
- Brief senior leadership on system health, trends, and risk posture.
Collaboration & Leadership
- Coordinate with Network, Cybersecurity, Systems, and Application teams.
- Support incident response and war-room troubleshooting efforts.
- Provide mentorship to junior administrators and engineers.
- Serve as the technical liaison between contractor teams and government leadership.
Troubleshooting and Support
- Monitor the health and performance of the monitoring servers themselves, proactively addressing any issues.
- Investigate and resolve issues related to data collection, ensuring all monitored devices are reporting correctly.
- Basic to intermediate scripting skills (PowerShell, Bash, Python) for automation of routine tasks.
Qualifications
Required Education:
- Bachelor's degree and Fourteen (14) years’ experience; additional four (4) years’ experience can be considered in lieu of degree.
Required Clearance:
- Must possess an active Top Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI; US Citizenship required.
Required Skills:
- Riverbed experience and familiarity
- Exceptional collaboration and communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Demonstrated ability in performance optimization and system engineering processes.
- Work effectively in cross-functional teams, leveraging diverse perspectives to solve problems faster
Required Certifications:
- DoDD 8570 01-M IAT II, specifically CompTIA Security +
- Must be DoW 8140 compliant under the Work Role Code 451 – System Administrator - Advanced level.
Highly Desired Skills:
TCP/IP, SNMP, NetFlow, sFlow
Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
Network Performance Monitoring (NPM)
Windows & Linux server administration
VMware or other virtualization platforms
Scripting (PowerShell, Python, Bash)
REST API integrations
Splunk, ServiceNow, or similar enterprise tools
SQL databases
Multi-enclave architecture support (NIPR/SIPR)
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Skills Required
- DoDD 8570.01-M IAT II certification, specifically CompTIA Security+
- DoD 8140 compliance under Work Role Code 451, System Administrator Advanced level
- Exceptional written and verbal collaboration and communication skills
- Experience with performance optimization and system engineering processes
- Bachelor’s degree plus 10 years of experience, or Master’s degree plus 8 years, or PhD plus 5 years
- DoD security clearance at the TS/SCI level
- SolarWinds Certified Systems Administrator certification
- Riverbed Certified Solutions Associate certification
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