SolarWinds Engineer
Sunrise Systems Inc
Newark, NJ
Job ID: 25-11374
Location: Newark, NJ
Duration: 05 Months On W2 Contract
Seeking a seasoned Solar Winds Engineer to lead the design and implementation of a comprehensive monitoring strategy across its technology infrastructure.
This role is critical to ensuring real-time visibility, operational uptime, and safety. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in Solar Winds platform engineering and a strong understanding of performance monitoring in high-availability environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Architect, deploy, and optimize Solar Winds modules (NPM, SAM, NTA, DPA) and Logic Monitor platforms across transit systems.
- Develop custom dashboards, alerts, and reports aligned with operational KPIs and SLA thresholds using both Solar Winds and Logic Monitor.
- Integrate Solar Winds with cloud platforms, enterprise systems, and third-party tools for unified observability.
- Partner with application owners to provide out-of-the-box and custom monitoring.
- Collaborate with cybersecurity, cloud, and operations teams to ensure resilient monitoring coverage.
- Maintain and enhance monitoring for infrastructure operations.
- Document architecture, workflows, and escalation protocols for internal and vendor stakeholders.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with Solar Winds in enterprise or public sector environments.
- 3+ years of experience deploying and managing Logic Monitor in hybrid or cloud environments.
- Strong command of SNMP, WMI, Net Flow, and database polling techniques.
- Proficiency in scripting (PowerShell, Python) for automation and custom integrations.
- Experience with hybrid environments (on-prem/cloud), especially Azure or AWS.
- Familiarity with database queries for custom database monitoring.
- Familiarity with ITIL practices and incident response workflows.
Preferred Experience
- Demonstrable experience in critical infrastructure domains.
- Solar Winds Certified Professional (SCP) or equivalent certifications.
- Logic Monitor Certified Associate or Professional is a plus.
- Experience with Orion SDK and API-based data extraction.
Soft Skills & Culture Fit
- Methodical problem-solver with a bias for action and accountability.
- Strong communicator able to translate technical insights for executive and operational audiences.
- Collaborative mindset with a passion for public service and infrastructure resilience.
Compensation:
The hourly rate for this position is between $88.00 - $95.00 per hour.
Factors that may affect starting pay within this range may include [geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate].
Benefits:
Sunrise offers ACA-compliant medical coverage/dental insurance/vision insurance to all employees. We also offer Sick time benefits as required per State regulations.
Skills:
| Skill | Required / Desired | Amount | of Experience |
| Hands-on experience with Solar Winds in enterprise or public sector environments. | Required | 5 | Years |
| Experience deploying and managing Logic Monitor in hybrid or cloud environments. | Required | 5 | Years |
| Strong command of SNMP, WMI, Net Flow, and database polling techniques. | Required | 5 | Years |
| Proficiency in scripting (PowerShell, Python) for automation and custom integrations. | Required | 5 | Years |
| Experience with hybrid environments (on-prem/cloud), especially Azure or AWS. | Required | 5 | Years |
| Familiarity with ITIL practices and incident response workflows. | Required | 5 | Years |
About the Company
Sunrise Systems Inc
Sunrise Systems was founded in 1990 with a clear vision to deliver world-class staffing service solutions in all labor categories, including IT consulting and solutions; all with the commitment to provide service that exceeds expectations and become the most trusted name in the industry. More than two and a half decades later, we pride ourselves on being at the forefront of the staffing industry. Combining our deep industry expertise, insights, and global resources, we have partnered with our clients to connect them with top professionals across several different industries.
We provide cost-effective Managed Staffing Solutions, Information Technology and Information Technology Consulting Services to several Fortune 500 companies and U.S. Government agencies. We provide our clients with flexible engagement models and customized products that are budget and time specific. Understanding the challenges that every business faces, we offer our services either on-site at the clients' site or from one of our globally distributed technology centers. Our onshore and offshore development capabilities ensure that we excel at meeting customer requirements every single time.
Our collective business experience spans over two and a half decades and ranges from:
- Business, management, and technical fields
- Information technology consulting and software solutions.
- Providing strategic support for the development and long-term growth of new business ventures across several industries including but not limited to; accounting, banking, finance, and recruitment.
- Motivating technology staff and establishing partnerships with Fortune 500 companies
Sunrise Systems has a vast range of competence in:
- Design, development, and support of cloud-based solutions from simple to highly complexed
- Database administration of multi-platform applications, complex databases, and web-based environments that include all aspects of installation, planning, maintenance, and monitoring.
- Data processing and data migration
- Application re-engineering and platform migration
- Working with the Information Systems and end-user communities at all levels to resolve issues and establish consensus.