Senior Systems Engineer – Core Infra & IAM Automation

WAC World Acceptance Corporation; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

World Acceptance Corporation is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to own the core infrastructure across Windows and Linux, on-prem VMware, and Azure. You will drive automation, patching, backups, and security tooling, ensuring SOX/audit readiness in a regulated hybrid environment.

You will partner with Information Security and cloud-platform teams, support incident response, and contribute to DR exercises, with a focus on reliability and compliance. Hybrid work is available.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of Windows and Linux systems administration or infrastructure engineering at a senior level.
• Strong AD/Entra ID depth and identity services expertise.
• Hands-on VMware experience including ESXi and vCenter, plus Azure virtual machines.
• Enterprise patching and vulnerability remediation with automation focus.
• Backup platform experience and restore testing as part of DR readiness.
• Comfort in a regulated environment (GLBA/NIST, SOX controls) with clear communication.

Responsibilities

• Own and optimize VMware ESXi/vCenter, Windows Server, and Linux (RHEL) workloads.
• Manage AD, Group Policy, Entra ID, and IAM automation including provisioning/deprovisioning.
• Lead enterprise patching program and automate workflows with phased rings and rollback.
• Remediate findings from Information Security and maintain SOX/audit readiness evidence.
• Own backup platform, retention, immutability, and restore testing; participate in BCP/DR exercises.
• Develop golden images and templates; automate provisioning and monitoring; support Azure VMs.
• Provide enterprise networking, firewall, and SD-WAN support as needed; collaborate with security tooling teams.

Skills

Windows & Linux admin

VMware ESXi/vCenter

Active Directory / Entra ID

Automation (PowerShell, Bash, Python)

SOX compliance

Regulated environment

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS

Tools

VMware

Azure

Microsoft 365

Patch management tooling

Job description

World Acceptance Corporation is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to own the core infrastructure across Windows and Linux, on-prem VMware, and Azure. You will drive automation, patching, backups, and security tooling, ensuring SOX/audit readiness in a regulated hybrid environment.

You will partner with Information Security and cloud-platform teams, support incident response, and contribute to DR exercises, with a focus on reliability and compliance. Hybrid work is available.