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Data Engineer

Primary Location: Springfield, VA

Clearance: Active TS/SCI

Ability to work remotely: Hybrid (Office and Remote)

Job Summary

Obsidian Solutions Group is seeking a Monitoring Platform Engineer to manage and optimize enterprise monitoring platforms, with a primary focus on SL1 and Dynatrace. This role is responsible for designing, configuring, and maintaining monitoring policies, alerting frameworks, and performance baselines to ensure system reliability and visibility across servers, storage, cloud environments, and network devices. The engineer will develop and maintain automation scripts using Python, PowerShell, or Shell to streamline workflows, enhance integrations, and support operational efficiency. They will build custom dashboards and reports, troubleshoot performance issues, and leverage APIs, SQL databases, and Linux systems to support end-to-end monitoring capabilities.

Specific Responsibilities

• Customize monitoring policies, event alerts, and performance baselines across enterprise systems
• Install, configure, upgrade, and maintain SL1 appliance/software and Dynatrace monitoring platforms
• Onboard and discover servers, storage, cloud resources, and network devices for comprehensive monitoring coverage
• Develop and maintain automation scripts using Python, PowerShell, and Shell for workflow optimization and integration
• Design and build custom reports and dashboards for data visualization and actionable insights
• Diagnose and resolve performance issues within monitoring platforms and related integrations
• Integrate monitoring systems using REST APIs and other integration methods
• Work with SQL databases and Linux systems (e.g., RHEL) to support monitoring capabilities
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including project managers, developers, and engineers
• Support special projects as identified by Government Customer
• Provide technical assistance and support with a professional demeanor and customer service focus

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of relevant experience, OR Associate's degree with 10+ years of relevant experience, OR High school diploma/GED with 12+ years of relevant experience
• Operational experience with ServiceNow and Enterprise Monitoring Tools
• Experience in the Intelligence Community
• DoD 8140 (formerly 8570.01-M), IAT Level I required
• Security+ CE certification (within 6 months of hire if not already obtained)
• Active TS/SCI clearance required
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, PowerShell, Shell, JavaScript, or Lua
• Experience with REST APIs for system integration
• Familiarity with SQL or similar database technologies
• Experience with Linux operating systems (e.g., RHEL) and performance troubleshooting
• Knowledge of TCP/IP, network configuration, and tools like SolarWinds or Palo Alto Panoram
• Excellent skills in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, etc.)
• Strong problem-solving skills with ability to visualize problems and think abstractly
• Ability to manage multiple efforts with time-related constraints in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholder groups
• Ability to work independently and effectively within a team setting
• Physical Requirements and Work Environment
• Regularly required to sit and talk or hear
• May use repeated motions that include the arms, wrists, hands and/or fingers
• Occasionally required to walk, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision
• Will normally work in a temperature-controlled office environment with frequent exposure to electronic office equipment
• During visits to areas of operations, may be exposed to extreme cold or hot weather conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and loud noise

Travel

• Occasional travel to operational areas may be required

Company Description

Obsidian Solutions Group LLC (OSG) is a fast-growing professional services firm based in Fredericksburg, VA. We create value for our customers by delivering technology-enabled & mission-oriented technical solutions that solve complex problems, protecting people, information, and assets. Our core capabilities are in providing Enterprise IT, Intelligence Analysis, Production & Development and Knowledge-Based Professional Services Solutions that enable the customer's mission. Obsidian Solutions Group LLC is a certified 8(a), service-disabled, veteran-owned small business.

A career at Obsidian Solutions Group means you are able to put your expertise, credentials, and talents to great use working with customers in the DOD and Intelligence Community, while enjoying the excitement of working in a fast-growing organization committed to making a difference for our customers and in our community. Contribute independently and collaboratively alongside our amazing team of doers and thinkers. Obsidian Solutions Group is small enough to offer a family atmosphere yet large enough to deliver a highly competitive compensation package. We hire and retain the best in the industry, offering exceptional benefits that protect the well-being of our employees, their spouses and domestic partners, and their families.

Our corporate philosophy is centered on hiring and retaining employees with the requisite skills, professional experience, personal commitment, and ethical standards necessary to foster a culture of operational excellence necessary to surpass our customer's expectations.

Disclaimer

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Obsidian Solutions Group is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, protected veteran status, and any other non-merit factor, or any other characteristic protected by law.