Senior System Engineer

Insight Global; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonus and benefits

Job summary

A leading staffing and IT solutions firm is looking for a Sr Systems Engineer/Infra Ops Manager in Houston, TX. This full-time role involves leading a technical team to manage compute, storage, and disaster recovery operations. Candidates should have strong VMware skills and experience in infrastructure management. The position offers a competitive salary and is predominantly onsite with some remote flexibility.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of hands-on infrastructure experience.
• Deep expertise in computer storage and disaster recovery.
• Proven experience with VMware in large-scale environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead team in operations and design of infrastructure projects.
• Oversee compute, storage, backup, and disaster recovery operations.
• Manage hardware provisioning and ensure operational excellence.

Skills

Hands-on infrastructure experience

Expertise in computer storage

VMware experience

SCCM for vulnerability management

Optimization of operational processes

Technical hardware provisioning

Familiarity with Dell products

Leadership in technical teams

Communication skills

Tools

ServiceNow

VMware

Dell hardware

Job description

This range is provided by Insight Global. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$150,000.00/yr - $160,000.00/yr

Location: Houston (4 days onsite/1 day remote)

Salary: $150K-$165K w/ bonus and benefits

Required Qualifications:

• 8-10 years of hands‑on infrastructure experience.
• Deep expertise in computer storage, backup, and disaster recovery.
• Proven experience with VMware (latest version, large‑scale virtualized environments).
• SCCM experience for vulnerability and risk management (patching, maintenance).
• Demonstrated ability to optimize operational processes and drive enhancements.
• Comfortable with hands‑on technical work, including hardware provisioning and troubleshooting.
• Strong familiarity with Dell hardware and products.
• Experience or desire to lead small, technical teams (not focused on broad management).
• Strong communication and organizational skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with ServiceNow or similar ITSM platforms.
• Exposure to quarterly data center operations and travel.
• Ability to identify and implement operational improvements and innovations.

Day to Day: Insight Global is assisting a client in identifying a Sr Systems Engineer/Infra Ops Manager to lead a highly technical team responsible for the full lifecycle of compute, storage, backup, and disaster recovery operations. This role is ideal for candidates who thrive in an in‑house, data center‑focused environment and are passionate about operational excellence, technical innovation, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 4 onshore and 2 offshore engineers in day‑to‑day operations, solutioning, design, and execution of infrastructure projects.
• Oversee all aspects of compute, storage, backup, and disaster recovery, with 80% of workloads on‑premises.
• Direct responsibility for provisioning, racking, and swapping hardware in data centers.
• Maintain and optimize a 100% virtualized VMware environment (latest version required).
• Manage Dell hardware for compute, storage, and backup.
• Ensure operational excellence: 60‑65% daily operations (ServiceNow requests, incident/change management), 20‑25% operational enhancements, 10% innovation.
• Own the run and operations of the environment, with some involvement in design and engineering.
• No outsourcing—team executes all work internally.
• Support quarterly data center visits (Houston, Alpharetta).
• Comfortable with on‑call escalation and incident response.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Information Technology

Industries

Insurance