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Lead system Engineer

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Arlington, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/29/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/27/2026
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Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Lead Systems Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and operational support of enterprise-scale monitoring and observability solutions for cloud-hosted applications and infrastructure. This role will provide technical leadership to a team of engineers while partnering closely with government customers and internal stakeholders to deliver highly reliable, secure, and scalable monitoring solutions.

The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Splunk, AWS CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, APM tools, synthetic monitoring, performance engineering, and incident response. This role is critical in ensuring the availability, performance, and reliability of mission-critical systems operating in cloud environments.

Experience

8 years of IT experience with at least 5 years in:

Application Performance Management (APM)

Cloud Monitoring & Observability

Performance Engineering

Production Support / Reliability Engineering

Technical Skills

Strong hands-on expertise with:

Splunk Enterprise / Splunk Observability

AWS CloudWatch

Azure Monitor

Dynatrace / AppDynamics / New Relic / similar APM tools

Experience with synthetic transaction monitoring and alerting.

Strong knowledge of Java/JVM performance tuning.

Scripting experience using Shell, PowerShell, Python, Regex.

Strong understanding of AWS infrastructure, networking, and cloud operations.

Certifications (Preferred)

Splunk Certifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect / SysOps / DevOps

Azure Monitoring / Administrator Certifications

Preferred Qualifications

Experience supporting government or federal environments (USPTO preferred).

Strong customer-facing communication and presentation skills.

Proven leadership managing engineering teams.

Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.

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