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Mid Level Career (5+ yrs experience)
$125,000 - $150,000
IT - Networking
Alexandria, VA (On-Site/Office)
SolarWinds Engineer
ONSITE - Alexandria, Virginia
6 month temp-to-perm
Compensation [hourly while on contract] - $67/h (without PTO) OR $60/h (with PTO)
Conversion salary - $130k-$140k
Contractor Work Model: ON SITE
Security Clearance: Secret Clearance (Top Secret Eligible)
ALTA IT Services is seeking a highly skilled SolarWinds Engineer to support the installation, configuration, and operational monitoring of SolarWinds across a large-scale enterprise environment. The ideal candidate will work closely with system administrators and network teams to ensure optimal performance, security, and reliability of network and server infrastructure.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Installation/Upgrade/Testing
Support SolarWinds installations, upgrades, and testing of multiple tier, multiple server SolarWinds platform including:
At least twice-yearly platform upgrades
Apply critical security vulnerability patches as needed
Provide SolarWinds expertise at all levels of installations, upgrades, and testing
Support Installation and testing at all remote sites to include:
Troubleshoot any installation or upgrade problems
Configuration as needed
Document and provide Lessons Learned if applicable
Application Growth and Development
Create custom dashboards for remote and domestic users and groups including:
Groupings based on custom properties
Dynamic custom property-based dashboards that can display based on AD group membership
Adding components as needed including the following:
Additional web front end servers
Additional polling engines
Operations Support:
Track and monitor all SolarWinds installations using web console including the following panels, Windows, Virtualization, Network, Agents, SNMP, ICMP, and polling
Address and resolve submitted support tickets for SolarWinds
Provide the help desk with initial troubleshooting steps to determine type of ticket needed
Handle day-to-day checks and monitoring
Support Ticket Management
Address and resolve submitted support tickets for SolarWinds.
Provide help desk with initial troubleshooting steps to determine the appropriate ticket type.
Daily System Checks and Monitoring
Perform routine checks and monitoring of systems and infrastructure.
Network Performance Monitoring
Detect, report, diagnose, and resolve network performance issues.
Virtual Infrastructure Monitoring
Support monitoring of virtual devices including:
ESXi and ESX Server (version 6.7 or later)
VMware vSphere (version 6.7 or later)
Server and Application Monitoring
Monitor server and application health and performance.
Conduct login credential monitoring for Windows and VMware servers.
Review system and application logs regularly.
SQL Server Monitoring
Monitor SQL Server databases.
Perform database tuning and optimization.
Provide cross-training of basic SolarWinds administrative tasks to junior team members as needed
Provide weekly and monthly report metrics and dashboards
Highlight any emergency concerns as soon as they are identified, provide Risk information and mitigation if identified.
Areas of support include the following locations:
VA-1
ESOC-W
WHA - Western Hemisphere Affairs
EUR - European and Eurasian Affairs
AF - African Affairs
NEA - European and Eurasian Affairs
EAP - East Asian and Pacific Affairs
SCA - South and Central Asian Affairs
QUALIFICATIONS:
At least seven (7) years’ experience working in a large complex environment (> 4K infrastructure components and applications).
Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science or related field required, equivalent years of experience will be considered in lieu of degree
Must have an understanding in the administration, support, configuration, and operation of the following:
Routers, switches
Wireless (Cisco WLC)
Firewalls (VPN, remote access)
Cisco Call manager (CUCM)
Cisco Netflow configuration
Storage (Brocade, Netapp, Commvault ,DXI)
Server (Windows, Nix)
Applications (AD, DHCP, DNS, SaaS, PaaS)
Databases (SQL, DB2, Oracle)
Web (IIS, WebSphere)
Email (Exchange, OWA)
VMware, Hyper-V
Pingdom Web monitoring (CSS, HTML, synthetic transactions)
Competent understanding of mixed-technology solutions
Act as part of a structured operations team in support of resolving technical issues
Availability to troubleshoot and resolve issues during off-work hours and/or extended hours when outages or projects required
Mentoring Skills: Proven ability to provide technical leadership and mentoring
Organizational Skills (ability to organize large amounts of data in a logical manner)
Excellent Troubleshooting Skills.
Strong communication skills are required
Excellent documentation skills are required
Ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical executives and managers
Work is performed in a fast-paced Information Technology environment
ONSITE - Alexandria, Virginia
6 month temp-to-perm
Compensation [hourly while on contract] - $67/h (without PTO) OR $60/h (with PTO)
Conversion salary - $130k-$140k
Contractor Work Model: ON SITE
Security Clearance: Secret Clearance (Top Secret Eligible)
ALTA IT Services is seeking a highly skilled SolarWinds Engineer to support the installation, configuration, and operational monitoring of SolarWinds across a large-scale enterprise environment. The ideal candidate will work closely with system administrators and network teams to ensure optimal performance, security, and reliability of network and server infrastructure.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Installation/Upgrade/Testing
Support SolarWinds installations, upgrades, and testing of multiple tier, multiple server SolarWinds platform including:
At least twice-yearly platform upgrades
Apply critical security vulnerability patches as needed
Provide SolarWinds expertise at all levels of installations, upgrades, and testing
Support Installation and testing at all remote sites to include:
Troubleshoot any installation or upgrade problems
Configuration as needed
Document and provide Lessons Learned if applicable
Application Growth and Development
Create custom dashboards for remote and domestic users and groups including:
Groupings based on custom properties
Dynamic custom property-based dashboards that can display based on AD group membership
Adding components as needed including the following:
Additional web front end servers
Additional polling engines
Operations Support:
Track and monitor all SolarWinds installations using web console including the following panels, Windows, Virtualization, Network, Agents, SNMP, ICMP, and polling
Address and resolve submitted support tickets for SolarWinds
Provide the help desk with initial troubleshooting steps to determine type of ticket needed
Handle day-to-day checks and monitoring
Support Ticket Management
Address and resolve submitted support tickets for SolarWinds.
Provide help desk with initial troubleshooting steps to determine the appropriate ticket type.
Daily System Checks and Monitoring
Perform routine checks and monitoring of systems and infrastructure.
Network Performance Monitoring
Detect, report, diagnose, and resolve network performance issues.
Virtual Infrastructure Monitoring
Support monitoring of virtual devices including:
ESXi and ESX Server (version 6.7 or later)
VMware vSphere (version 6.7 or later)
Server and Application Monitoring
Monitor server and application health and performance.
Conduct login credential monitoring for Windows and VMware servers.
Review system and application logs regularly.
SQL Server Monitoring
Monitor SQL Server databases.
Perform database tuning and optimization.
Provide cross-training of basic SolarWinds administrative tasks to junior team members as needed
Provide weekly and monthly report metrics and dashboards
Highlight any emergency concerns as soon as they are identified, provide Risk information and mitigation if identified.
Areas of support include the following locations:
VA-1
ESOC-W
WHA - Western Hemisphere Affairs
EUR - European and Eurasian Affairs
AF - African Affairs
NEA - European and Eurasian Affairs
EAP - East Asian and Pacific Affairs
SCA - South and Central Asian Affairs
QUALIFICATIONS:
At least seven (7) years’ experience working in a large complex environment (> 4K infrastructure components and applications).
Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science or related field required, equivalent years of experience will be considered in lieu of degree
Must have an understanding in the administration, support, configuration, and operation of the following:
Routers, switches
Wireless (Cisco WLC)
Firewalls (VPN, remote access)
Cisco Call manager (CUCM)
Cisco Netflow configuration
Storage (Brocade, Netapp, Commvault ,DXI)
Server (Windows, Nix)
Applications (AD, DHCP, DNS, SaaS, PaaS)
Databases (SQL, DB2, Oracle)
Web (IIS, WebSphere)
Email (Exchange, OWA)
VMware, Hyper-V
Pingdom Web monitoring (CSS, HTML, synthetic transactions)
Competent understanding of mixed-technology solutions
Act as part of a structured operations team in support of resolving technical issues
Availability to troubleshoot and resolve issues during off-work hours and/or extended hours when outages or projects required
Mentoring Skills: Proven ability to provide technical leadership and mentoring
Organizational Skills (ability to organize large amounts of data in a logical manner)
Excellent Troubleshooting Skills.
Strong communication skills are required
Excellent documentation skills are required
Ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical executives and managers
Work is performed in a fast-paced Information Technology environment
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