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Position: SolarWinds Engineer   Location: Sacramento, CA Duration: 6 months + 12 months....Mandatory Qualifications Minimum of five (5) years supporting SolarWinds implementations..1. Support for SolarWinds implementation (for net-new modules) and customization of SolarWinds modules including but not limited to the following:....A. Network Performance Monitor (NPM) 1) Install /Upgrade to the latest version of Network Performance Monitor utilizing SolarWinds best practice according customer business needs 2) Discover and import devices to be monitored by SolarWinds 3) Import Interfaces that need to be monitored from the imported devices 4) Create Custom Properties and Groups that align with business services and needs to filter and sort devices following customer business practices 5) Populate custom properties based on Network information 6) Create Alerts that will utilize dynamic thresholds and custom properties to alert the proper personnel to an issue on the network 7) Build Dashboards for each department and business service that will provide real time information to facilitate decision making processes. Dashboards will be filter and sorted based on the department's priorities 8) Create reports that utilize groups and customer properties to provide the engineer team and executive team the data to facilitate the decision-making process 9) Create custom pollers as necessary to pull monitoring data from devices necessary for business success that may not provide monitoring data out of the box 10) Configure user/group access to SolarWinds to provide users with appropriate access determined by their job function 11) Configure NetPath services to provide end to end monitoring of connections between location 12) Configure the AppStack dashboard to display application to infrastructure relationships..B. Network Configuration Manager (NCM) 1) Install NCM following SolarWinds best practices to provide Network device management on the customer network 2) Configure NCM to backup network devices on the customer network 3) Configure rules, policies, and reports in NCM to determine if customer devices are following appropriate guidelines and best practices 4) Create NCM for backup failures, Interface issues, and Configuration changes 5) Build NCM dashboards to provide network configuration management / data to provide data on configuration changes, device inventory, and interface information 6) Create device Inventory reports based on devices managed by Network Configuration Manager..C. IP Address Manager (IPAM) 1) Install IPAM following SolarWinds best practices to provide IP address, Subnet, and DNS monitoring 2) Create IPAM Scans of the customer network to scan for new and duplicate IP addresses 3) Configure IPAM to communicate with DHCP Servers and provide scope information to the engineering team 4) Configure IPAM to communicate with DNS Servers to provide DNS Zone and lookup information 5) Create IPAM Alerts regarding DHCP scope usage, duplicate IP addresses, and DNS zone issues 6) Build IPAM Dashboards that utilize UDT data to create an overall picture of IP address utilization on the network 7) Create IPAM reports to indicate scope utilization to enable engineers to expand their network based on IP availability....D. User Device Tracker (UDT) 1) Install UDT following SolarWinds best practices 2) Create Whitelist of devices on the customer network 3) Create Watchlist of logins / computers based on business needs 4) Configure UDT access to Domain controllers for the monitoring of user events on the network 5) Create Alerts for Watchlists and Whitelists 6) Build Dashboards that will enable real time viewing of logins and device usage....E. Network Traffic Analyzer (NTA) 1) Customize Dashboards, Alerts, and Reports for Virtual devices and guests 2) Utilize the Flow Navigator to create custom filter based on the customer needs 3) Configure CBQoS in SolarWinds to show QoS information 4) Create alerts based on NetFlow information to provide Business information 5) Create Top Talkers reports to provide information on the most utilized interfaces and the applications that are utilizing them....F. Server Application Manager (SAM) 1) Create Application monitoring templates for customer applications 2) Apply application templates to the appropriate servers 3) Configure application component thresholds based collected application data. 4) Create SAM Alerts, Dashboards, and Reports based on customer business practices..G. Additional Polling Engine (APE) 1) Evaluate the proper location for the additional polling server to provide additional polling resources to the SolarWinds environment 2) Install APE servers as needed in the customer environment based on location of monitored devices 3) Migrate SolarWinds monitored devices to the appropriate APE servers based on best practices 4) Verify that polling intervals and completion rates are within expected ranges..2. Provide SolarWinds on the Job training for up to three (3) SOS personnel to watch and participate during the customization & migration process, while learning the features and processes of SolarWinds. Training may be conducted both in parallel to and separately from Technical Focus II

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Job Requirements:- Minimum of five (5) years supporting SolarWinds implementations- Experience in supporting SolarWinds implementation and customization of SolarWinds modules, including but not limited to Network Performance Monitor (NPM), Network Configuration Manager (NCM), IP Address Manager (IPAM), User Device Tracker (UDT), Network Traffic Analyzer (NTA), and Server Application Manager (SAM)- Ability to install/upgrade SolarWinds modules and customize them according to customer business needs- Experience in discovering and importing devices to be monitored by SolarWinds, importing interfaces, creating custom properties and groups, and populating custom properties based on network information- Ability to create alerts, build dashboards, and generate reports that utilize groups and custom properties to provide data to facilitate decision-making processes- Experience in configuring user/group access to SolarWinds and NetPath services to provide end-to-end monitoring of connections between locations- Knowledge of creating custom pollers as necessary to pull monitoring data from devices necessary for business success that may not provide monitoring data out of the box- Ability to configure IPAM to communicate with DHCP servers and provide scope information to the engineering team, and configure IPAM to communicate with DNS servers to provide DNS zone and lookup information- Experience in creating IPAM alerts regarding DHCP scope usage, duplicate IP addresses, and DNS zone issues, and building IPAM dashboards that utilize UDT data to create an overall picture of IP address utilization on the network- Knowledge of creating whitelist of devices on the customer network, creating watchlist of logins/computers based on business needs, and configuring UDT access to domain controllers for the monitoring of user events on the network- Ability to customize dashboards, alerts, and reports for virtual devices and guests, utilize the flow navigator to create custom filter based on the customer needs, and create alerts based on NetFlow information to provide business information- Experience in creating application monitoring templates for customer applications, applying application templates to the appropriate servers, and configuring application component thresholds based collected application data- Knowledge of evaluating the proper location for the additional polling server to provide additional polling resources to the SolarWinds environment, installing APE servers as needed in the customer environment based on location of monitored devices, and migrating SolarWinds monitored devices to the appropriate APE servers based on best practices- Ability to provide SolarWinds on the job training for up to three (3) SOS personnel to watch and participate during the customization & migration process, while learning the features and processes of SolarWinds.