Senior Systems Architect & Platform Engineer

VTG; Virginia, Northern (MN, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Byte Systems, a VTG subsidiary, seeks a hands-on Systems Engineer to analyze and modernize our infrastructure across cloud and on‑prem environments. You will own architecture artifacts and guide end-to-end transformations.

The ideal candidate combines deep technical leadership with practical delivery skills, capable of working with security, data, and DevOps teams to ensure reliable, scalable, and secure systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum ten (10) years of related systems engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Perform hands‑on systems engineering across network, compute, storage, operating systems, middleware, databases, and applications
• Analyze and document as‑is infrastructure, platform, and application architectures
• Design to‑be architectures and detailed engineering designs for modernization, optimization, and transformation initiatives
• Lead and execute cloud and on‑prem system implementations, migrations, and upgrades
• Ensure systems meet availability, scalability, performance, security, and compliance requirements
• Integrate infrastructure and platforms with DevOps and DevSecOps pipelines
• Troubleshoot complex, cross‑stack issues spanning infrastructure, platforms, and applications
• Produce clear technical documentation, diagrams, standards, and runbooks
• Serve as a technical authority and escalation point for complex system issues
• Communication Skills: Ability to brief executives clearly and translate technical issues into business impact

Skills

Observability tools

Security best practices

Automation scripting

DevSecOps collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related technical discipline

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Byte Systems, a VTG subsidiary, seeks a hands-on Systems Engineer to analyze and modernize our infrastructure across cloud and on‑prem environments. You will own architecture artifacts and guide end-to-end transformations.

The ideal candidate combines deep technical leadership with practical delivery skills, capable of working with security, data, and DevOps teams to ensure reliable, scalable, and secure systems.