[Hiring] Systems Administrator III @Peraton

Role Description

Peraton is looking for an experienced SolarWinds Administrator. The SolarWinds Administrator provides technical support for the customer's enterprise network monitoring and observability platform. This role is responsible for the administration, configuration, maintenance, and optimization of the SolarWinds Orion platform and its modules to ensure continuous visibility into the health, performance, and availability of customer IT systems, networks, and applications. The position operates within a federal IT environment and must adhere to all applicable FISMA, NIST, and customer's security and compliance requirements.

• Platform Administration: Install, configure, upgrade, and maintain SolarWinds Orion and associated modules (NPM, SAM, NTA, IPAM, NCM, etc.) across the customer enterprise environment.
• Monitoring & Alerting: Develop, tune, and manage dashboards, alerts, and reports to support proactive identification of infrastructure issues across servers, network devices, and applications.
• Onboarding & Discovery: Manage discovery, polling, and onboarding of new network nodes, servers, and devices into SolarWinds in coordination with network and systems engineering teams.
• Incident Support: Serve as a primary resource during infrastructure incidents, leveraging SolarWinds data to assist in root cause analysis and resolution.
• Documentation: Maintain current documentation for platform architecture, configurations, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and system changes.
• Stakeholder Coordination: Work collaboratively with the customer, network engineers, system administrators, security teams, and IT management to align monitoring capabilities with operational needs.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience administering SolarWinds Orion and at least two modules (NPM, SAM, NTA, NCM, IPAM, or equivalent)
• Strong understanding of network protocols (SNMP, NetFlow, syslog, ICMP) and TCP/IP networking fundamentals
• Experience with Windows Server administration
• Familiarity with SQL Server (queries, database maintenance, and performance tuning related to the SolarWinds database)
• Knowledge of IT monitoring best practices and ITSM frameworks (e.g., ITIL)
• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain the required agency clearance.

Requirements

• Strong written and verbal communication skills for documentation and cross-team coordination
• SolarWinds Certified Professional (SCP)
• CompTIA Network+ or CCNA
• CompTIA Security+
• ITIL Foundation

Benefits

• For this position, there will be only one bill rate regardless of the number of hours worked in a day and/or work week.
• Prime Contract# HHS316201200026W - Task Order#75F40122FF80448.
• The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is– 561320. The small business size standard is $34 million.

Company Description

Marathon TS is committed to the development of a creative, diverse and inclusive work environment. In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at Marathon TS will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. Marathon TS does not discriminate against any person because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age or any other characteristic protected by law (referred to as "protected status").