Senior Systems Engineer - Hybrid Cloud & Automation

Delta Dental Plan of Michigan, Inc.; Okemos (MI); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

401(k) savings plans

Flexible spending accounts

Tuition reimbursement or educational‑助

Annual incentive compensation

Volunteer time off

On-site health coach and personal gym

Job summary

Delta Dental Plan of Michigan, Inc. is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer in Okemos, MI. This role designs and implements large-scale infrastructure, driving automation and leveraging IaC to ensure scalable, secure, and cost-efficient systems in a hybrid environment.

The Senior Systems Engineer will lead cross-functional teams on cloud migration, optimize performance, and provide guidance to junior staff while supporting development teams with deployment and integration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field with 5 years’ experience in infrastructure design and management.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• One related certification (e.g., Red Hat Systems Engineer, Windows Administrator, VMware Data Center) or ability to obtain within 12 months.

Responsibilities

• Designs and deploys scalable infrastructure solutions following best practices.
• Automates monitoring, optimization, and troubleshooting of hybrid infrastructure.
• Develops architecture strategies and standards for performance, security, and cost efficiency.
• Enhances security frameworks to protect systems and data.
• Drives cloud migration strategies with cross-functional teams.
• Automates provisioning and configuration management using IaC tools.
• Maintains operational policies, procedures, and documentation.
• Acts as escalation point for technical leaders and vendors.
• Leads capacity planning, performance tuning, and system analysis.
• Presents opportunities for infrastructure improvements and new technologies.
• Supports development teams with deployment and integration of applications.
• Mentors junior Systems Engineers and participates in on-call rotation.

Skills

Python scripting

PowerShell

Bash scripting

Automation

Infrastructure as Code

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Git

Bitbucket

VMware

Job description

Delta Dental Plan of Michigan, Inc. is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer in Okemos, MI. This role designs and implements large-scale infrastructure, driving automation and leveraging IaC to ensure scalable, secure, and cost-efficient systems in a hybrid environment.

The Senior Systems Engineer will lead cross-functional teams on cloud migration, optimize performance, and provide guidance to junior staff while supporting development teams with deployment and integration.