Senior Systems Engineer - Cloud & On-Prem SME

VT Group (VTG); Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 175,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

VT Group (VTG) is seeking a hands-on Systems Engineer (SME) with broad expertise across infrastructure, platforms, and application ecosystems spanning cloud and on‑premises environments. The role requires analyzing existing systems, documenting current state architectures, and designing future-state solutions, then implementing end-to-end transformations and enhancements.

You will collaborate with architects and engineers to deliver modernization programs while ensuring availability, security,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or equivalent combination of education, certifications, training, and experience
• Minimum 10 years of related systems engineering experience
• Hands-on experience across infrastructure, platforms, and application ecosystems spanning cloud and on-premises environments
• Experience documenting current state architectures and designing future-state solutions

Responsibilities

• Perform hands-on systems engineering across network, compute, storage, OS, middleware, databases, and applications
• Analyze and document as-is infrastructure, platform, and application architectures
• Lead modernization, optimization, and transformation initiatives with architects
• Lead 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

Skills

Observability

Zero Trust

AI/ML platform exposure

Production support

Cloud certifications

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Job description

VT Group (VTG) is seeking a hands-on Systems Engineer (SME) with broad expertise across infrastructure, platforms, and application ecosystems spanning cloud and on‑premises environments. The role requires analyzing existing systems, documenting current state architectures, and designing future-state solutions, then implementing end-to-end transformations and enhancements.

You will collaborate with architects and engineers to deliver modernization programs while ensuring availability, security,