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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Application Engineer- 24/7 WatchFloor - **Company:** Caci Inc - **Location:** Fort Meade, MD, United States - **Salary:** $86,600.0 - $181,800.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Application Performance Management, Systems Engineering, System Configuration, Data Integrity, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Linux, DevOps, Data Flow Control, Monitoring of Systems, Linux System Administration, Aws Command Line Interface (CLI), Logstash, Ansible, Software Engineering, Grafana, Gitlab, Performance Monitor, Apache Kafka, Apache Nifi, Functional Programming, Cloudwatch, Kibana, Terraform, Splunk, Data Pipelines, Docker - **Published:** June 19, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/8947318/application-engineer-247-watchfloor ## About the Role * Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph * Proficient with Linux. Minimum of 3 years Linux server administration experience (within the last 3 years). Ability to troubleshoot server and application issues, check system health, manage services, review logs, and reboot servers safely. * Proficient with AWS. Minimum of 1 year of AWS experience (within the last year). C2E, HCI, AWS, Lambda, AWS Console, or AWS CLI experience creating and supporting EC2 instances, service health checks, and basic operational troubleshooting. * Proficient with Ansible. Minimum of 1 year of Ansible experience (within the last year). Will consider similar experience using Salt (instead of Ansible). Prospective candidates must have proficiency in one or more of the following skillsets / technologies: * Monitoring / Watchfloor Operations : Grafana, Kibana, Splunk, CloudWatch, or similar monitoring tools; dashboard monitoring, alert triage, log review, incident escalation, and shift turnover support. * Dataflow / Application Support: Apache NiFi, Cribl, Kafka, Logstash, or similar data pipeline / dataflow tools; experience monitoring application health, failed jobs, queues, data movement, and ingestion issues. * DevOps: Terraform, Ansible, GitLab Pipelines, Docker. Preferred Qualifications: Minimum Education and Experience: * All experience and education will be in a technical field directly related to the labor category being proposed and all diplomas, GED certificates, and degrees will be from accredited institutions. * 10 years minimum experience and a High School Diploma/GED. * 8 years minimum experience and an Associate's Degree. * 6 years minimum experience and a Bachelor's Degree. * 4 years minimum experience and a Master's Degree. * 2 years minimum experience and a Doctorate's Degree. ## Description This is a blended position across all teams in ANDS. As such, the successful candidate will have skills crossing from Software Development, Systems Engineering, Systems Administration, and Operations Support. * Ensure data reliability and accuracy by monitoring and maintaining application systems. * Contribute to operational success through continuous performance monitoring and proactive troubleshooting, to potentially include changes to system configuration, changes to the code base, etc. * Maintain system health by tracking metrics, logs, dashboards, alerts, and application status to prevent downtime and ensure optimal application performance. * Support watchfloor operations by identifying service degradation, failed dataflows, system errors, and application issues, and escalating as needed. * Perform basic Linux system administration tasks, including checking service status, starting, stopping, and restarting services, reviewing logs, validating disk, memory, and CPU usage, and supporting server reboots. * Support cloud-based operations by using the AWS Console or AWS CLI to check instance health, review system status, restart or reboot servers, and assist with basic operational troubleshooting. * Work in a rotating shift schedule, 6AM-6PM / 6PM-6AM, to provide 24/7 application support on our watch floor. ## Related Videos - [Docker network without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1418-docker-network-without-docker) - [Our journey with Spring Boot in a microservice architecture](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/511-our-journey-with-spring-boot-in-a-microservice-architecture) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) - [Docker exec without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1094-docker-exec-without-docker) - [Docker build without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100114-docker-build-without-docker) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Best Paying Jobs in Technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/256-best-paying-jobs-in-technology) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries) - [System change: restart as developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/39-system-change-restart-as-developer)