SolarWinds Administrator / Systems Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Bonus based on performance
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Training & development
• Vision insurance
• Wellness resources

SolarWinds Administrator / Systems Engineer Department: Operations / Infrastructure


Reports To: Director of Infrastructure Operations (or equivalent)


Location: Plano, Texas (Hybrid work schedule)


Classification: Full-Time, Exempt

Position Summary
Clearspan is seeking an experienced SolarWinds Administrator / Systems Engineer responsible for the administration, optimization, and continual improvement of the enterprise monitoring platform and supporting infrastructure. This role serves as the organization's SolarWinds subject matter expert while also supporting Windows and Linux servers, enterprise applications, virtualization, cloud services, and operational automation. The successful candidate will partner with the NOC, Engineering, Development, Customer Operations, and Security teams to maximize service availability and operational visibility.

Primary Responsibilities
· Own the administration, maintenance, upgrades, security, backups, and optimization of the SolarWinds platform.
· Configure and maintain NPM, SAM, NCM, NTA, IPAM, SCM, Orion Platform, and Additional Polling Engines.
· Develop monitoring standards, dashboards, reports, alerts, and executive operational views.
· Design monitoring strategies for networks, servers, virtualization, databases, cloud platforms, UCaaS applications, SIP infrastructure, and BroadWorks/BroadSoft environments.
· Install, configure, patch, and troubleshoot Windows and Linux servers.
· Support VMware infrastructure, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, storage, and server lifecycle management.
· Support production applications, coordinate upgrades, and develop monitoring templates for internally developed software.
· Develop PowerShell and/or Python automation to improve operational efficiency.
· Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, capacity planning, disaster recovery testing, and continuous improvement initiatives.
· Support SOC 2, customer audits, and security hardening activities.

Required Qualifications
· Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, or equivalent experience.
· 2 or more years administering SolarWinds in an enterprise environment.
· Experience supporting Windows Server and Linux environments.
· Experience with virtualization.
· Strong knowledge of SNMP, WMI, ICMP, REST APIs, Syslog, NetFlow, and SQL

Preferred Qualifications
· SolarWinds Certified Professional (SCP).
· Microsoft, VMware, or Cisco certifications.
· Experience with Cisco BroadWorks/BroadSoft, SIP, VoIP, and hosted UCaaS platforms.
· Experience with Azure and/or AWS.
· Experience with ServiceNow, Remedy, Jira, or comparable ITSM platforms.

Core Competencies
· Analytical problem solving
· Customer focus
· Continuous improvement
· Technical leadership
· Collaboration
· Attention to detail
· Time management
· Process documentation

Performance Expectations
Success in this role will be measured through platform availability, monitoring coverage, reduction in false-positive alerts, successful completion of upgrades and maintenance activities, automation initiatives, documentation quality, incident response effectiveness, and customer satisfaction.

Working Conditions
This position may require occasional after-hours maintenance windows and participation in an on-call rotation.

Technical Environment
| Category | Technologies
| Monitoring | SolarWinds Orion, NPM, SAM, NCM, NTA, IPAM, SCM
| Operating Systems | Windows Server, Red Hat, Ubuntu
| Virtualization | VMware ESXi, vCenter, XEN
| Networking | Cisco, Juniper, SNMP, SIP, VLANs, etc.
| Cloud | Azure, AWS, Microsoft 365
| Automation | PowerShell, Python, SQL, REST APIs
 
What We Offer: 
· Competitive base salary and performance-based bonus
· Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
· 401(k) plan with company match
· Flexible work options

Clearspan is an Equal Employment Opportunity (“EEO”) Employer. It has been and will continue to be a fundamental policy of Clearspan not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, marital status, partnership status, domestic violence victim status, sexual orientation, age, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, veteran or military status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, caregiver status, unemployment status or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state and/or local laws.

This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, demotion, compensation, training, working conditions, transfer, job assignments, benefits, layoff, and termination.

Acknowledgement
This document describes the general nature of the position and is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities.