Production Support Engineer

IQUASAR LLC

Production Support Engineer

Sterling, VA
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Benefits:

    401(k)

    Dental insurance

    Health insurance

    Opportunity for advancement

    Paid time off

    Vision insurance

    Makpar has an exciting opportunity for a Production Support Engineer to join our growing team. If you are experienced with Site Reliability and incident management, then this would be a great opportunity for you.

    We are seeking a Production Support Engineer for a contract position.

    ● Position: Production Support Engineer

    ● Position Type: Full Time-Remote

    Job Description:

    Role Specific Duties:

    Be the first line of defence for production and test environment issues

    Work collaboratively with various teams to identify, manage and resolve ongoing incidents

    Troubleshoot and connect with appropriate teams to effectively triage issues impacting production and test environments

    Apply Site Reliability Engineering principles to create proactive alerts and to determine root cause of production issues

    Understand system architecture, upstream and downstream dependencies to enable effective participation in triage and restoration activities

    Setup and Perform systems monitoring of applications within the application domain after service restoration and post patching, maintenance and upgrades

    Create necessary service tickets and ensure tickets are routed to the appropriate technical teamsCompany Proprietary

    Provide weekend and after hours support for planned maintenance and unplanned incident management activities

    Plan the upcoming maintenance events by working closely with all the necessary stakeholders

    Participate in analysis and improvement of system performance

    Provide regular status reports to management on system status and uptime and performance updates

    Qualification Requirements:

    Bachelor's Degree in computer science, engineering, or related field

    AWS Cloud Certification

    3+ years of relevant IT experience with site reliability engineering in cloud environment is preferred

    Knowledge of Java and micro service development and deployments

    Experience with Splunk is essential and AppDynamics is highly desirable

    Understanding of the business processes behind applications

    Strong analytical, problem-solving, negotiation, task and project management, and organizational skills

    Strong oral and written communication skills; including process documentation

    Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Project)

    Proficiency knowledge of computer systems, databases and SharePoint

    A passion to help improve the customer experience

    Additional Requirements as per contract/client (Optional or Preferred):

    Candidates must be a US Citizen or a Legal Permanent Resident (Green Card status) for 3 years and be Federal Tax compliant

    Employee Benefits:

    Makpar offers a comprehensive benefits program including various options in the plan e.g. Health, Dental, Vision, 401k, PTO, and much more.

    If you are interested in this position, please send me a copy of your latest resume at bob.hafiz@iQuasar.com with the information requested below: Also, please let me know what time/number is best to call to discuss this great opportunity. In case you are not interested in this position or this is not a right fit for you, please feel free to share this opportunity with your friends/networks or anyone you know who may be interested in this position. Thank you!

    ● Availability to start a new job

    ● Best Rates

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    Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any question (s) you may have. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

    Regards,

    Bob Hafiz | Technical Recruiter

    Representing Makpar

    Phone: 703 962 6001 Ext.No.530

    Direct: 703-936-0013

    Makpar Corporation

    8a/HUBZone/WOSB/EDWOSB

    www.makpar.com

    ISO 9001: 2015

    CMMI-DEV ML3 and CMMI-SVC ML3

    Winner of SBA 2019 Subcontractor of the Year Award, Region

    An Equal Opportunity Employer:

    Makpar is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital/parental /veteran status, disability, genetic information, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, military service, other non-merit factors, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law.

    This is a remote position.