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# SE3- Watch Desk Engineer

- **Company:** POWER3 SOLUTIONS, LLC
- **Location:** Fort Meade, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $210,000.0 - $250,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Confluence, JIRA, Command-Line Interface, Linux, Elasticsearch, Data Flow Control, Monitoring of Systems, Nagios, Redis, Prometheus, Virtualization Technology, Grafana, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Rancher, Apache Nifi, Data Pipelines, Docker
- **Published:** October 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9237312/se3-watch-desk-engineer

## About the Role

* Linux and command-line proficiency
 * Hardware, software, network, and data-flow troubleshooting
 * Clear communication and documentation
 * Ability to follow and maintain SOPs, prioritize incidents, and work independently in a 24×7 environment.

Tools and Platforms:

 * Jira, Confluence, Rancher, Elasticsearch, Redis, NiFi
 * Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, virtualization
 * Monitoring tools such as Nagios, Grafana, and Prometheus., * 20+yrs of experience as an engineer in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity
 * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline; 4 years SWE experience may be substituted for Bachelor's degree
 * TS/SCI w/ poly Clearance Required

## Description

We are seeking a Software Engineer to join our growing team. The positions require candidates to develop, maintain and enhance complex and diverse systems as part of a team of engineers., * Monitor system health, availability, performance, and data pipelines

 * Investigate alerts and incidents; perform authorized recovery actions; escalate unresolved issues
 * Maintain tickets, shift logs, SOPs, metrics, and reports; provide concise status updates and effective shift handoffs.

Certification:

 * Security+ required, or must be obtained within six months.

This is a shift position with schedule rotating 12-hour day or night shifts on a two-week schedule in the Central time zone.

Days (2-week schedule)

 * Sunday - Tuesday 12-hour shifts from 0500 - 1700L
 * Off - Wednesday - Saturday
 * Sunday - Wednesday 12 hours shifts from 0500 - 1700L
 * Off - Thursday - Saturday

Mids (2-week schedule)

 * Off - Sunday - Tuesday
 * Wednesday - Friday 12-hour shifts 1700 - 0500L
 * Off - Sunday - Tuesday
 * Wednesday - Saturday 12-hour shifts 1700 - 0500L

May be asked to provide future call-in support to back up team on a rotational basis.