Senior Cloud Systems Engineer — Production Support (Remote)

Socket.dev; Pensacola (FL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer (Production Support) for remote work within the United States. The role focuses on maintaining and improving large-scale production cloud systems in AWS/Azure environments, with emphasis on Linux/Unix and Windows, automation, IaC, and security compliance.

Collaborate across teams and manage on-call duties. The position requires 8+ years in systems engineering, strong SQL/monitoring experience, and a Bachelor’s degree in a related

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in systems engineering or a related field, particularly in production environments.
• 3+ years of experience with SQL query and monitoring.
• Formal education includes a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Systems Engineering, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Perform high-level, day-to-day operational support of complex application cloud systems.
• Develop solutions to routine technical problems of limited scope.
• Follow standard practices and procedures in analyzing situations or data from which answers can be readily obtained.
• Detect, isolate, document, rapidly report, and resolve system outages or problems encountered during operations of the scientific workstations, which includes the collections of diagnostic data, restoring the system operation, development of workarounds, and other activities necessary for recovery of a system.
• Accurately document problems in logging and discrepancy reporting tools.
• Work directly with the customer in most aspects of the day-to-day activities.
• Respond to user calls regarding hardware and software problems, correcting or ensuring that problems are escalated when required.
• Communicate with users and senior management the status of key problem statuses.
• Perform maintenance/installation of computing infrastructure.
• Implement continuous improvement methodology through the use of IT systems or procedure.
• Maintain inventory of system assets.
• Ensure compliance with VA standards and security policies.
• Provide documentation, training, and additional duties as assigned.

Skills

AWS Cloud

Azure Cloud

Linux/Unix

Windows

Python

Bash

PowerShell

Automation tools

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

SaltStack

CloudFormation

CloudWatch

Dynatrace

ScienceLogic

CI/CD pipelines

Git

GitHub Actions

CodeBuild

CodeDeploy

Education

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

Tools

AWS CodeBuild

CodeDeploy

GitHub Actions

Git

CloudFormation

Job description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer (Production Support) for remote work within the United States. The role focuses on maintaining and improving large-scale production cloud systems in AWS/Azure environments, with emphasis on Linux/Unix and Windows, automation, IaC, and security compliance.

Collaborate across teams and manage on-call duties. The position requires 8+ years in systems engineering, strong SQL/monitoring experience, and a Bachelor’s degree in a related