Systems/Network Engineer - Performance Management - TS/SCI and FSP eligible at Spry Squared, Inc. - Cybersecurity and Managed IT Services in Columbia, Maryland, United States
- Company: Spry Squared, Inc. - Cybersecurity and Managed IT Services
- Location: Columbia, Maryland, United States
- Posted: Sep 18, 2026
- Type: Full-time
- Salary: $100,000 - $120,000 annually
- Experience: 6+ years
Overview
Must be a US Citizen MUST HAVE A MINIMUM SECURITY CLEARANCE OF TS/SCI and FSP eligible As a System Engineer with network expertise, working with our Client's product suite you will solve clients enterprise-wide network, cloud, application, and server capacity and performance issues. This position co…
Job description
- Must be a US Citizen
- MUST HAVE A MINIMUM SECURITY CLEARANCE OF TS/SCI and FSP eligible
Responsibilities
- As a System Engineer with network expertise, working with our Client's product suite you will solve clients enterprise-wide network, cloud, 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 our Client'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 Riverbeds 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 customers IT organization, requirements and processes, and use this knowledge to assist in achieving full adoption and utilization of Clients 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
Requirements
- Must be a US Citizen
- MUST HAVE A MINIMUM CLEARANCE OF TOP SECRET and FULL SCOPE POLY eligibility
- This is an onsite role, no remote work
- Experience with systems administration and operational managment (Linux)
- 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
- 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
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- Strong systems administration (Linux) skills including cloud environments.
- Solid experience in providing support to IT systems including day-to-day operations, monitoring and problem resolution for infrastructure sytems.
- Good understanding of networking (TCP/IP), protocols, components and operations; multi-tier application architectures.
- 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 (UNIX, Windows)
- 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)
Skills
Required
- Linux systems administration
- Cloud environments
- Networking (TCP/IP)
- Web application architecture
- Web Servers (Apache, IIS)
- Databases (Oracle, SQL Server, DB2)
- Operating Systems (UNIX, Windows)
- Python, Ruby, Perl, RESTful APIs
About Spry Squared, Inc. - Cybersecurity and Managed IT Services
Spry Squared is a Minority and Woman Owned Small Business headquartered in Colorado Springs, 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 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.