Performance Monitoring Solutions Engineer

Annapolis Junction, MD

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Freedom Technology Solutions Group is seeking a software engineer to develop performance monitoring solutions for one of our prime contracts that extends through 2026 and offers exciting opportunities to support essential services and mission critical activities across the enterprise. Our mission supports the Government Corporate Management Services (CMS) by providing full life cycle support services through the sustainment, modernization, and transformation of the enterprise corporate applications. As soon as an employee enters a customer facility, they touch one of these applications which are critical to the daily functions of thousands of users across acquisition, business, finance, HR, training, recruitment, program management, security, logistics and more. Come join our diverse and growing team with lots of opportunities!

• Collaborate with product teams to understand the performance-monitoring needs and requirements for approximately 20 applications within the organization.
• Work closely with the monitoring team and product teams to develop solutions in a phased approach, aligning with organizational goals, to achieve optimized enterprise monitoring.
• Serve as a liaison between the monitoring team and application teams, facilitating effective communication and ensuring seamless integration of performance-monitoring solutions.
• Develop and rigorously test Python scripts as the primary responsibility, ensuring the robustness and reliability of the monitoring solutions.
• Demonstrate proficiency in Python programming and possess the ability to create efficient and scalable scripts for monitoring purposes.
• Utilize and enhance scripts to achieve automation of performance-monitoring tasks and processes.
• Familiarity with Selenium is considered an asset, providing additional capabilities for effective scripting and automation.
• Demonstrate a solid understanding of network, operating system, application, and endpoint performance to inform and optimize monitoring solutions.
• Prioritize and manage the integration of monitoring solutions to meet security requirements and ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the systems.
• Possess strong communication and collaboration skills to effectively convey technical concepts and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Maintain a results-oriented approach, focusing on achieving organizational goals and enhancing the overall performance-monitoring capabilities.
• Technology Stack of application(s) with which this role will interact:
  • Python, Java, JavaScript
  • Linux
  • Windows
  • Cisco AppDynamics
  • AWS Cloud
  • MicroFocus Business Service Management tool suite

Required Qualifications:

• Six (6) years of experience in software development/ engineering in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science or related discipline. Four (4) years of additional software development experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
• Experience with Python programming
• Familiarity with web application technologies (e.g., html, JavaScript, web servers, and application servers)
• Must be able to work during core hours of 10am-2pm. Exceptions will be considered on a case-by-case basis

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with Selenium
• Experience with AWS Cloud
• Experience with Jenkins
• System administration background
• Experience with MicroFocus Business Service Management (BSM) tool suite:
  • MicroFocus SiteScope
  • MicroFocus Operations Bridge/Operations Manager I (OMi)
• Experience with Elastic stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana)
• Experience with Cisco AppDynamics
• Experience with Ansible or Terraform