
Senior Operations Engineer – Data and Network
SteerBridge
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Washington • District of Columbia • Washington • United States
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Salary
💰 $132,000 - $142,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- SteerBridge Strategies is a modern technology company delivering innovative, mission‑focused solutions to the U.S. Government and private sector.
- Leveraging deep expertise in federal acquisition, digital transformation, and emerging technologies, we deliver agile, commercial‑grade capabilities that accelerate operational effectiveness and drive measurable mission success.
- At the core of SteerBridge is our people—especially the veterans whose leadership, problem‑solving mindset, and commitment to excellence elevate every project we support.
- We don’t simply hire exceptional talent; we cultivate it, creating meaningful career pathways for veterans, military spouses, and professionals who share our passion for advancing technology and strengthening the missions we serve.
Requirements
- Review LAN traffic in AITC and Client WAN traffic to Medical Centers to identify abnormal behaviors in traffic patterns.
- Develop reports using NetScout and other monitoring tools for bandwidth, latency, and application-specific messages.
- Review message logs to ensure all packets are encrypted.
- Validate and monitor Operating System logs for both Windows and Linux.
- Validate configuration on Linux servers after system upgrades and patching.
- Validate successful patching of Windows 2012 and 2016 systems, including installation of applications, configuration of Roles, Features, policies, and settings to ensure compliance with Client requirements.
- Analyze systems attached to a Storage Area Network to ensure they are configured with Multipath IO Policy for redundancy and optimized performance.
- Review NIC teaming configuration for network redundancy and recommend updates to optimize throughput and performance.
- Analyze Windows Clustering for High Availability and recommend resource allocation to maintain application requirements.
- Conduct quality assurance on 36 instances of Red Hat Linux (VX130 Shadow Systems).
- Validate Linux authentication with Centrify Software to Windows Domain Controller, including support for PIV card authentication.
- Validate systems added to monitoring tools (SCOM and SolarWinds).
- Support troubleshooting events and provide recommendations to optimize server performance.
- Perform daily reviews of event logs, cluster statuses, and notifications.
- Prepare and update POAMs to address vulnerabilities identified by Nessus and Penetration Scans monthly in compliance with ATO and ATC.
- Analyze and provide recommendations to harden servers per Client STIG guidelines. Review physical and virtual server builds to ensure they meet specifications.
- Conduct quality assurance on sFTP systems to ensure compliance with ATO/ATC requirements for Client systems using the Client MedCOI network
- Conduct quality assurance on group policies/local policies required by AITC/Client security entities.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan with matching
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Federal Holidays
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
LAN traffic analysisWAN traffic analysisNetScoutbandwidth monitoringlatency monitoringWindows Server 2012Windows Server 2016Linux server validationRed Hat LinuxsFTP compliance
Soft Skills
problem-solvingleadershipcommitment to excellence