Remote Senior Systems Engineer - Production & Cloud Ops

SAIC; Texas; Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC is seeking a Systems Engineer to perform high-level, day-to-day operational support of complex application cloud systems for our VA team. This remote role focuses on diagnosing outages, documenting issues, and working closely with customers to maintain stable production environments.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in systems engineering, with strong AWS/Azure cloud experience, SQL monitoring, and automation skills in Python, Bash, and PowerShell.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or Systems Engineering.
• Advanced certifications (e.g., AWS/Azure) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day operational support for cloud systems.
• Detect, isolate, document, and resolve outages and problems.
• Document problems in logging and discrepancy tools.
• Work directly with customers on day-to-day activities.
• Maintain computing infrastructure and automate CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensure compliance with security policies and VA standards.

Skills

Linux/Unix

Windows

Python

Bash

PowerShell

Ansible

Git

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science/IT/Systems Engineering

Tools

AWS

Azure

CloudWatch

DynaTrace

GitHub Actions

CodeBuild

CodeDeploy

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

SAIC is seeking a Systems Engineer to perform high-level, day-to-day operational support of complex application cloud systems for our VA team. This remote role focuses on diagnosing outages, documenting issues, and working closely with customers to maintain stable production environments.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in systems engineering, with strong AWS/Azure cloud experience, SQL monitoring, and automation skills in Python, Bash, and PowerShell.