Senior Cloud Systems Engineer – Remote

Syms Strategic Group, LLC; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 85,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group, LLC is seeking a seasoned systems engineer for a remote, U.S.-based role supporting Veterans Affairs. This full-time position requires extensive experience with cloud platforms, Linux/Windows, and production systems in highly secure environments.

You will manage large-scale production applications, implement IaC, automate using Python and CI/CD tools, and work with AWS/Azure, Git, and monitoring suites.

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
• Familiarity with AWS and Azure cloud environments and associated services

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

Azure

Linux

Windows

Python

Bash

PowerShell

Automation

CI/CD

Git

Networking

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Tools

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

SaltStack

GitHub Actions

CodeBuild

CodeDeploy

CloudFormation

CloudWatch

DynaTrace

Science Logic

RDS SQL Server

Oracle RDMBS/RDS

Job description

Syms Strategic Group, LLC is seeking a seasoned systems engineer for a remote, U.S.-based role supporting Veterans Affairs. This full-time position requires extensive experience with cloud platforms, Linux/Windows, and production systems in highly secure environments.

You will manage large-scale production applications, implement IaC, automate using Python and CI/CD tools, and work with AWS/Azure, Git, and monitoring suites.