What success looks like in this role: Job Summary:We are seeking a motivated Monitoring Engineer with 3 years plus of experience, including 2 years plus administering Nagios XI, to join our team. The ideal candidate works independently with minimal guidance, takes initiative to expand and improve monitoring coverage, and is comfortable operating in a mixed Windows/Linux environment.
Key Responsibilities:- Maintain and administer the Nagios XI platform, including upgrades, patches, plugin updates, backups, and general platform health.
- Onboard new devices, servers, and services into monitoring as infrastructure grows, ensuring no gaps in coverage.
- Design, build, and maintain custom checks and monitoring scripts (NRPE, NCPA, SNMP, custom plugins) across Windows and Linux systems.
- Tune alerting and thresholds to reduce false positives while ensuring real issues are reliably detected.
- Monitor and optimize platform performance, including capacity, check latency, and database health.
- Document configurations, runbooks, and processes to keep monitoring logic transparent and maintainable.
- Partner with IT, network, systems, and application teams to identify monitoring gaps and translate business-critical services into checks.
- Proactively evaluate new plugins, integrations, and automation opportunities to continuously improve the platform.
You will be successful in this role if you have:Required Qualifications:- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 3 years plus of systems/network administration experience, including 2 years plus administering Nagios XI (or Nagios Core with strong XI familiarity) in a production environment.
- Solid scripting ability across platforms - Bash and/or Python for Linux checks, and PowerShell for Windows checks via NCPA.
- Working knowledge of SNMP, NRPE/NCPA, syslog, and common network/server monitoring protocols.
- Understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, ports, firewalls) as they relate to monitoring connectivity.
- Self-motivated and able to operate independently with minimal oversight.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate technical monitoring data for other teams and leadership.
Preferred Qualifications:- Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, SCCM, etc.) for automating monitoring deployment.
- Experience integrating Nagios with ticketing system (ServiceNow)
BenefitsUnisys offers an outstanding benefits package, featuring unlimited paid time off, a 401(k) match, comprehensive healthcare, HSA matching, ongoing learning opportunities, and more! We're committed to supporting work-life balance and investing in your future success.
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