Senior Cloud Systems Engineer — Remote, Production Reliability

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

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group, LLC supports VA cloud applications remotely as a full-time senior systems engineer. You will manage production systems, automate deployments, and enforce security/compliance across Linux, Windows, AWS, and Azure environments.

Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to troubleshoot complex issues, optimize performance, and document configurations for reliability and audits.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in systems engineering or related field, production environments.
• Experience with AWS and/or Azure cloud platforms and monitoring.
• Proficiency in Linux/Unix and Windows system administration.
• Scripting in Python, Bash or PowerShell for automation.
• Experience with IaC and CI/CD pipelines; Git experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day operational support of cloud systems.
• Develop solutions to routine technical problems of limited scope.
• Document problems and communicate status to stakeholders.
• Implement continuous improvement using IT systems and procedures.
• Maintain system assets inventory and ensure VA security compliance.

Skills

AWS

Azure

Linux/Unix

Windows

Python

Bash/PowerShell

Automation (Ansible/Puppet/Chef/Salt)

IaC (CloudFormation)

Monitoring (CloudWatch)

CI/CD (GitHub Actions, CodeBuild/CodeC

Git

Networking basics

Security best practices

Education

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

Tools

AWS CloudWatch

Git

GitHub Actions

AWs CodeBuild/CodeDeploy

CloudFormation

DynaTrace

Puppet/Ansible

Kubernetes

Job description

Syms Strategic Group, LLC supports VA cloud applications remotely as a full-time senior systems engineer. You will manage production systems, automate deployments, and enforce security/compliance across Linux, Windows, AWS, and Azure environments.

Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to troubleshoot complex issues, optimize performance, and document configurations for reliability and audits.