Remote Senior Systems Engineer - Cloud & Automation

Syms Strategic Group, LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 85,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group, LLC is seeking a senior systems engineer to provide day‑to‑day operational support of complex cloud systems for the VA in a fully remote, full‑time role.

You will manage large‑scale production environments, implement IaC and CI/CD pipelines, and enforce security best practices while collaborating with development, operations, and security teams. On‑call duties may apply to ensure production reliability.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in systems engineering, esp. production environments.
• Extensive cloud experience (AWS/Azure) with S3, Step Functions, Batch, CloudWatch.
• Strong Linux/Windows administration and scripting skills (Python/Bash/PowerShell).
• Experience with IaC, CI/CD, and security/compliance practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-level operational support for complex cloud systems.
• Develop solutions to routine technical problems of limited scope.
• Document problems and resolutions in logging tools.
• Collaborate with customers and cross-functional teams, including on-call support.
• Maintain system assets inventories and ensure VA security compliance.
• Install/maintain computing infrastructure and support continuous improvement.
• Monitor and optimise system performance and reliability.
• Assist with network monitoring and VPN configurations.
• Contribute to disaster recovery and backup procedures.
• Produce training and documentation as needed.

Skills

AWS / Azure

Linux/Unix

Windows OS

Scripting (Python)

Automation (Ansible)

IaC (CloudFormation)

CI/CD pipelines

Git / GitHub Actions

Cloud monitoring

Networking basics

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Systems Engineering

Tools

Git

GitHub Actions

CodeBuild

CodeDeploy

CloudFormation

Job description

Syms Strategic Group, LLC is seeking a senior systems engineer to provide day‑to‑day operational support of complex cloud systems for the VA in a fully remote, full‑time role.

You will manage large‑scale production environments, implement IaC and CI/CD pipelines, and enforce security best practices while collaborating with development, operations, and security teams. On‑call duties may apply to ensure production reliability.