Hiring: Application Engineer 3 Company: GRVTY Location: Fort Meade, MD Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 14:45:48 Employment Type: Contract Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, CloudWatch, EC2, Grafana, Kibana, Linux, Splunk About the job Experience: •10 years of minimum experience and a High School Diploma/GED. •8 years of minimum experience and Associate's degree. •6 years of minimum experience and a Bachelor's Degree. •4 years of minimum experience and a Master's degree. •2 years of minimum experience and a Doctorate's degree. Required Skills: •All experience and education will be in a technical field directly related to the labor category being proposed and all diplomas, GED certificates, and degrees will be from accredited institutions. •Active TS/SCI with polygraph clearance. Qualifications: •GRVTY is seeking experienced Application Engineers to 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. •This is a blended position across all teams in ANDS. The successful candidate will have skills crossing from 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 watch floor operations by identifying service degradation, failed dataflow, systems 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 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, 6 am to 6 pm/ 6 pm to 6 am, to provide 24/7 application support on our watch floor. •Monitoring/Watchfloor Operations: Monitoring tools, such as Grafana, Kibana, Splunk, or CloudWatch Compensation: •$129,000 - $159,000 / year •Competitive benefits and rewards package Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!