Senior Cloud Systems Engineer - Remote Production Ops

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

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer (Production Support) to provide high-level operational support for complex cloud systems. This remote role supports VA projects and requires strong cloud, OS, scripting, and security skills.

You will diagnose outages, automate tasks, document issues, and work with development, operations, and security teams to ensure system performance, reliability, and VA-compliant security practices.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in systems engineering, especially production environments.
• Strong Linux/Unix and Windows administration skills.
• Experience with AWS and/or Azure cloud services and monitoring tools.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-level operational support for complex cloud systems.
• Detect, isolate, document, and rapidly report outages; develop workarounds.
• Automate tasks with scripting and IaC; maintain system documentation.
• Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to ensure reliability.
• Maintain inventory of system assets and ensure VA security compliance.

Skills

AWS

Azure

Linux/Unix

Windows

Scripting

Automation tools

IaC

CI/CD

Git

CloudFormation

Monitoring tools

Networking

Security practices

Databases

Education

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

Tools

GitHub Actions

AWS CodeBuild

CodeDeploy

DynaTrace

Science Logic

CloudFormation

Job description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer (Production Support) to provide high-level operational support for complex cloud systems. This remote role supports VA projects and requires strong cloud, OS, scripting, and security skills.

You will diagnose outages, automate tasks, document issues, and work with development, operations, and security teams to ensure system performance, reliability, and VA-compliant security practices.