Riverbed Systems Engineer, SME

Riverbed Systems Engineer, SME

The Opportunity: 

Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your technical skills with big picture thinking to make an impact? You understand your customer’s environment and how to develop the right systems for their mission. Your ability to translate real-world needs into technical specifications makes you an integral part of delivering a customer focused engineering solution.  

As a Riverbed Systems Engineer on our team, you have the chance to shape our customer's mission by serving as the senior technical authority for Riverbed platforms in our customer's environment. Your customer will trust you to not only maintain these systems but also evolve them with advanced technology solutions.

What You'll Work On:

1. Architecture & Engineering

• Design and implement secure Riverbed monitoring architectures across NIPR, SIPR, and SOCRATES enclaves.
• Develop enclave-specific system design documentation and data flow diagrams.
• Engineer scalable deployments supporting hybrid, virtual, and physical infrastructures.
• Integrate Riverbed tools with SIEM, ITSM, cybersecurity, and enterprise monitoring platforms.
• Ensure cross-domain and enclave segmentation compliance.

2. Operations, Administration, Monitoring, & Optimization

• Provide Tier II and III engineering support and root cause analysis.
• Administer platform configuration, system health monitoring, and performance tuning.
• Perform software upgrades, patching, backups, and disaster recovery validation.
• Maintain role-based access controls (RBAC) and auditing policies.
• Support configuration management and change control boards (CCB).
• Proficiency in Windows and Linux operating systems.
• Combine subsystems, resolve compatibility issues, and ensure interoperability.
• Analyze application, network, and endpoint performance trends.
• Generate executive dashboards and mission-impact assessments.
• Develop actionable insights to reduce latency, packet loss, and user-impacting incidents.
• Tune alert thresholds and monitoring policies to reduce noise.

3. Cybersecurity & Compliance Standards

• Maintain compliance with DoD cybersecurity standards and STIG requirements.
• Support ATO lifecycle documentation and security control validation.
• Coordinate vulnerability scanning, remediation, and patch cycles.
• Ensure enclave-specific hardening baselines are maintained.

 4. Documentation & Reporting

• Develop and maintain SOPs, engineering diagrams, and operational runbooks.
• Provide weekly and monthly operational reports to leadership.
• Brief senior leadership on system health, trends, and risk posture.

5. Collaboration & Leadership

• Coordinate with Network, Cybersecurity, Systems, and Application teams.
• Support incident response and war-room troubleshooting efforts.
• Provide mentorship to junior administrators and engineers.
• Serve as the technical liaison between contractor teams and government leadership.

6. Troubleshooting and Support

• Monitor the health and performance of the monitoring servers themselves, proactively addressing any issues.
• Investigate and resolve issues related to data collection, ensuring all monitored devices are reporting correctly.

• Basic to intermediate scripting skills such as PowerShell, Bash, and Python for automation of routine tasks.

Join us. The world can’t wait. 

You Have: 

• 10+ years of experience in Information Technology
• Experience in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Network Performance Monitoring (NPM)
• Experience with VMware or other virtualization platforms, Scripting including PowerShell, Python, and Bash, REST API integrations, and SQL databases
• Experience using enterprise tools such as Splunk or ServiceNow
• Experience providing multi-enclave architecture support including NIPR and SIPR
• Knowledge of Windows and Linux server administration
• Knowledge of TCP, IP, SNMP, NetFlow, and sFlow
• TS/SCI clearance
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Technology
• Advanced Level under work role code 451 IAT Level II Compliant Certification and DoW 8140 compliant Certification

Nice If You Have: 

• Master's degree
• SolarWinds Certified Systems Administrator (SCSA) Certification
• Riverbed Certified Solutions Associate (RCSA) Certification

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required.  

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $86,800.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Identity Statement

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Candidate AI Usage Policy

AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.

Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

• Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
• Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role.
• Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.