Senior Cloud & Production Systems Engineer (Remote)

Socket.dev; Columbia Township (MO); On-site; USD 85,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) seeks a Senior Systems Engineer focused on production support. This remote role requires managing large-scale production systems, cloud services, and security/compliance in line with VA standards.

Required skills include AWS/Azure cloud, Linux/Windows administration, scripting, and CI/CD. Candidates must have 8+ years in systems engineering and 3+ years with SQL/monitoring; U.S. citizenship is required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in systems engineering or related field, esp. production environments.
• Experience with AWS and/or Azure Cloud, including S3/Step Functions/Batch/CloudWatch.
• Proficiency with Linux/Unix and Windows OS.
• Experience with system administration tasks incl. user mgmt, permissions, monitoring.
• Scripting in Python, Bash, or PowerShell for automation.
• Experience with automation tools like Ansible, Puppet, Chef, SaltStack.
• IaC tools such as CloudFormation; monitoring with CloudWatch.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and version control (Git).
• Knowledge of network protocols, VPNs, and firewall configurations.
• Security best practices for production systems and audits.

Responsibilities

• Perform day-to-day operational support of complex application cloud systems.
• Develop solutions to routine technical problems of limited scope.
• Follow standard practices to analyze situations or data.
• Detect, isolate, document, and resolve system outages and recovery activities.
• Document problems in logging and discrepancy reporting tools.
• Work directly with customers in day-to-day activities.
• Respond to user calls and escalate as needed.
• Communicate status of key issues to users and management.
• Perform maintenance/installation of computing infrastructure.
• Implement continuous improvement through IT systems or procedures.
• Maintain inventory of system assets and ensure VA security policies.
• Provide documentation, training, and additional duties as assigned.

Skills

Cloud AWS/Azure

Production systems

Linux/Windows

Scripting: Python

Automation: Ansible

IaC: CloudFormation

Monitoring: CloudWatch

CI/CD: GitHub Actions

Networking basics

Security/compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT / Systems Engineering

Tools

Git

GitHub Actions

Job description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) seeks a Senior Systems Engineer focused on production support. This remote role requires managing large-scale production systems, cloud services, and security/compliance in line with VA standards.

Required skills include AWS/Azure cloud, Linux/Windows administration, scripting, and CI/CD. Candidates must have 8+ years in systems engineering and 3+ years with SQL/monitoring; U.S. citizenship is required.