Senior Cloud Production Engineer - Remote

Syms Strategic Group, LLC (SSG); Melbourne (FL); Remote; USD 39,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) seeks a Senior Systems Engineer (Production Support) to maintain and optimize critical cloud-based production systems for VA missions. This is a fully remote, US-based role requiring deep cloud, OS, automation, and security expertise, with on-call responsibilities.

The candidate will design infrastructure improvements, monitor performance, manage CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to ensure system reliability and data

Qualifications

• 8+ years of systems engineering experience, production environments preferred.
• Bachelor's degree required in CS/IT/SE or related field.
• Experience with cloud-based production systems and on-call support is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day operational support for cloud-based production systems.
• Develop solutions to routine technical problems.
• Maintain system documentation and participate in incident response.
• Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to ensure reliability and security.
• Implement infrastructure improvements and automation to optimize performance.
• Monitor and troubleshoot system performance and outages.
• Ensure compliance with VA standards and security policies.

Skills

AWS Cloud

Azure Cloud

Production Systems

Linux/Unix

Windows

System Administration

Scripting: Python/Bash/PowerShell

Automation Tools

IaC: CloudFormation

Monitoring Tools

Networking & VPN

Security & Audits

Databases: RDS/SQL Server

Oracle RDBMS/RDS

CI/CD Pipelines

Git & CI/CD Tools

Analytical Thinking

Communication

Time Management

On-Call Support

Documentation

Cross-functional Collaboration

Project Management

DevSec Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/SE

Tools

GitHub Actions

AWS CodeBuild

CodeDeploy

Job description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) seeks a Senior Systems Engineer (Production Support) to maintain and optimize critical cloud-based production systems for VA missions. This is a fully remote, US-based role requiring deep cloud, OS, automation, and security expertise, with on-call responsibilities.

The candidate will design infrastructure improvements, monitor performance, manage CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to ensure system reliability and data