Network/Application Performance Engineer - DoD TS

Company Description

Spry Squared is a Minority and Woman Owned Small Business headquartered in Denver, Colorado with offices across the United States of America. We are an experienced federal government and commercial service provider with security cleared personnel working on various projects across the USA and around the globe.

Spry Squared provides organizations with Best in Class Enterprise Solutions, Managed IT Services, Cybersecurity Solutions, IT Professional Services, Recruiting Services,  Project/Program Management and technology products. We are your strategic partner and value-added reseller, solving complex business challenges by leveraging technology solutions that reduce costs, optimize productivity and minimize risk.

Job Description

Must be a US Citizen
MUST HAVE AN ACTIVE DoD TOP SECRET CLEARANCE

As a Network and Application Performance Engineer working with Riverbed’s SteelCentral product suite you will solve clients’ enterprise-wide network, application, and server capacity and performance issues. This position combines engineering disciplines with a business focus for delivering IT performance management solutions. You will utilize Riverbed’s technologies to plan, design, deploy, operate, manage and optimize IT infrastructures.

• Serve as an expert in cloud migration, WAN optimization, networking and application performance, and/or applications delivery, utilizing Riverbed’s complete Application Performance portfolio
• Provide specialized planning and design expertise in data center consolidation and data migration, network configuration and analysis, application performance troubleshooting and/or optimization
• Analyze and understand customer’s IT organization, requirements and processes, and use this knowledge to assist in achieving full adoption and utilization of Client’s solutions to maximize ROI and business value
• Present and articulate advanced product features, benefits, and overall product solutions
• Produce solutions to fulfill customer needs within budget and schedule constraints
• Work directly with customers, colleagues and other stakeholders to achieve project goals

Desired Technical Skills:

• Solid understanding of TCP/IP and network design, protocols, components and operations; multi-tier application architectures; and/or the internal workings of J2EE and .NET
• Strong knowledge of web application architecture and software including Web Servers (Apache, IIS), J2EE Application Servers (Websphere, Weblogic), Databases (Oracle, SQL Server, DB2) and/or Operating Systems (Windows, UNIX)
• Installation and configuration experience with ESX, VMFS, storage sub-systems, cache architectures and windowing systems
• Experience with protocol analyzers, WireShark, NetFlow and/or packet analysis
• Knowledge of Python and/or other scripting languages (ruby, perl, RESTful APIs)

Qualifications

Must be a US Citizen
MUST HAVE AN ACTIVE TOP SECRET DoD CLEARANCE

• This is an onsite role, no remote work
• Experience with Splunk, Cisco, Juniper, Cryptos, Palo Alto, ArcSIGHT, and Nessus Vulnerability scanning and RMF
• Experience with Riverbed Tools (SteelHead, AppResponse, Profiler, NETIM, NetCollector, NetAuditor, Aternity)
• Minimum DOD 8140/ DOD 8570 IAT Level II Certification (examples include: A+ CE, CCNA-Security, Security+, Network+ CE, CISSP, CASP, or SSCP)
• BS/MS degree in a technical field, or equivalent military or career experience
• CCNA (routing, switching) preferred
• SD-WAN experience preferred
• Riverbed product experience a plus
• Experience in professional services, technical consulting, or network engineering/operations preferred
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences, drive IT projects forward in large organizations, and translate technical features into tangible customer business benefits
• Self-motivated and capable of high performance under minimal supervision
• Excellent business writing and presentation skills
• Professionalism appropriate for working with Fortune 500 clients
• Passion for teamwork and contributing to a world-class Professional Services team which values excellence, execution, and integrity

COVID NOTES:

• As a condition of employment, Spry Squared will inquire about COVID vaccination status, and in the event that vaccinations are mandated at a work location (including client site and Spry Squared sites) we expect all employees to comply with these required safety protocols and employees will be required to show proof of vaccination or an approved accommodation
• Government agencies and US Department of Defense (DoD) positions - In accordance with Execu