Senior Production Systems Engineer – Remote

Syms Strategic Group, LLC (SSG); Greenville (SC); Remote; USD 85,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group, LLC (SSG) is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer (Production Support) to maintain and optimize large-scale cloud-based production systems for the Veterans Affairs department.

This 100% remote, U.S.-based role requires 8+ years in production systems, strong Linux/Windows administration, cloud and automation expertise, and a disciplined focus on security, monitoring, and reliability.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in systems engineering or related field, with production environment focus.
• 3+ years of experience with SQL queries and monitoring.
• U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain government clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Systems Engineering or related field.

Responsibilities

• Perform high-level, day-to-day operational support of cloud-based production systems.
• Develop solutions to routine technical problems of limited scope.
• Maintain system stability and data integrity; document issues and resolutions.
• Collaborate with customers and cross-functional teams to resolve outages and incidents.
• Implement security controls and comply with VA standards and policies.
• Maintain inventory and document configurations and procedures.

Skills

AWS/Azure Cloud experience

Linux/Windows administration

Python/Bash/PowerShell scripting

Automation tools (Ansible, Puppet,Chef

IaC tools (CloudFormation)

Monitoring/observability (CloudWatch,D

CI/CD pipelines & Git (GitHub Actions,

Networking basics, VPN, firewalls

On-call production support

Documentation & cross-functional coll

Education

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

Tools

Git

AWS CodeBuild/CodeDeploy

CloudFormation

Job description

Syms Strategic Group, LLC (SSG) is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer (Production Support) to maintain and optimize large-scale cloud-based production systems for the Veterans Affairs department.

This 100% remote, U.S.-based role requires 8+ years in production systems, strong Linux/Windows administration, cloud and automation expertise, and a disciplined focus on security, monitoring, and reliability.