Senior Systems Engineer - Hybrid Cloud & Windows Admin

Aptaero; Schaumburg (IL); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary up to $100,000

401(k) option

Generous PTO

Health, dental, vision benefits

Team events

Job summary

Aptaero, a SaaS provider for airline and airport ops, seeks a Systems Engineer to own and operate the core infrastructure supporting client-facing and internal services.

You will manage a Windows Server estate in a hybrid on-prem/cloud environment, implement patches, backups, monitoring, and security controls, and contribute to automation and CI/CD initiatives.

Hybrid role based in Schaumburg, IL with opportunities to influence architecture and drive operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 5 years of hands-on experience in systems administration or a similar IT operations role.
• Strong knowledge of Windows Server administration in a production multi-server environment.
• Practical experience with server virtualization platforms and hypervisor-based infrastructure.
• Experience operating enterprise backup solutions, including restore testing and recoverability verification.
• Familiarity with infrastructure and application monitoring tools, including alert triage, investigation, and escalation practices.
• Working knowledge of directory services, identity management, and endpoint management platforms.
• Fundamental networking knowledge: TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, and firewall concepts.
• Scripting ability for automation and reporting (PowerShell or similar).
• Strong documentation habits, with comfort producing and maintaining runbooks, change records, and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, and maintain a large Windows Server estate across on-premise virtualized infrastructure and public cloud environments.
• Manage day-to-day backup operations: monitoring job health, investigating failures, and verifying recoverability.
• Serve as a first line for infrastructure and application monitoring alerts: triage, investigate, resolve, and elevate with clear context.
• Support application delivery platforms including remote desktop services, web server farms, and database environments.
• Provide responsive internal user support: endpoint troubleshooting, account and access administration, and device lifecycle management.
• Execute structured patching and maintenance cycles across servers and endpoints, maintaining compliance reporting.
• Manage digital certificate lifecycles for client-facing web applications, tracking renewals and coordinating deployments.
• Maintain accurate asset inventories, technical documentation, runbooks, and change records.
• Develop and maintain scripts to automate recurring operational tasks and reporting.
• Contribute to infrastructure projects, environment changes, and continuous improvement initiatives alongside senior team members.

Skills

Windows Server

Server virtualization

Backup & restore

Monitoring tools

Identity management

Networking basics

PowerShell scripting

Documentation

Education

Microsoft Azure/Windows Server

CompTIA Security+ / Network+ / Server+

Tools

Azure

SIEM/SOC

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure automation

Job description

Aptaero, a SaaS provider for airline and airport ops, seeks a Systems Engineer to own and operate the core infrastructure supporting client-facing and internal services.

You will manage a Windows Server estate in a hybrid on-prem/cloud environment, implement patches, backups, monitoring, and security controls, and contribute to automation and CI/CD initiatives.

Hybrid role based in Schaumburg, IL with opportunities to influence architecture and drive operational excellence.