Senior Enterprise Systems Engineer — Cloud & On-Prem Automation

UMass Boston; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

UMass Boston is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to design, implement, secure, automate, and support the University's enterprise systems infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments. The role covers Windows and Linux systems, virtualization, storage, backup, authentication services, and monitoring, with a focus on reliability, security, and scalable operations.

You will lead complex technical work, resolve significant production issues, and help establish engineering standards while

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, or a related field.
• At least six years of progressively responsible experience designing, implementing, or supporting enterprise infrastructure environments.
• Strong knowledge and practical experience in Windows or Linux server systems, Azure, Active Directory/Entra ID, virtualization, storage, backup, and disaster recovery.
• Ability to develop and maintain automation using PowerShell, Python, Terraform, Ansible, or comparable technologies.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, documentation, communication, and customer-service skills.
• Ability to work independently and in a collaborative team and handle competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, maintain, monitor, and improve secure, reliable enterprise systems across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Serve as a senior technical resource for complex systems, cloud, virtualization, directory services, storage, automation, and incident response.
• Lead or contribute to infrastructure implementations, upgrades, migrations, and platform modernization.
• Develop and maintain automation using scripting, IaC, version control, and repeatable practices.
• Implement system hardening, patching, vulnerability remediation, and privileged-access controls.
• Support enterprise backup, restoration, disaster recovery, and continuity capabilities with documentation and regular testing.
• Maintain technical docs, diagrams, operating procedures, and recovery instructions.
• Serve as technical lead on projects, coordinating across IT teams and stakeholders.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend security, reliability, and cost-effective solutions.
• Provide responsive support to University customers and partners.
• Participate in on-call rotation and occasional after-hours work.

Skills

Windows server

Linux server

Azure

Active Directory/Entra ID

Virtualization

Storage

Backup and DR

Automation scripting

Monitoring/Observability

Security remediation

Incident response

PowerShell

Python

Terraform

Ansible

Education

Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, or a related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

PowerShell

Python

Git-based workflows

Job description

UMass Boston is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to design, implement, secure, automate, and support the University's enterprise systems infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments. The role covers Windows and Linux systems, virtualization, storage, backup, authentication services, and monitoring, with a focus on reliability, security, and scalable operations.

You will lead complex technical work, resolve significant production issues, and help establish engineering standards while