Senior Systems & Security Engineer - Remote

Compex Legal Services; United States; Remote; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Compex Legal Services is seeking a Senior Systems & Security Engineer to strengthen and secure our IT environment. This hands-on role blends systems engineering, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and incident response across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments.

You will design, secure, and optimize our infrastructure, lead security initiatives, and collaborate with IT leadership and vendors to align technology with business needs.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in network and systems administration.
• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related field or equivalent experience.
• Experience supporting cloud or hybrid infrastructure (Azure/AWS/GCP).
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, and routing.
• Familiarity with SANs.
• Experience with firewalls, VPNs, intrusion detection, and network security practices.
• Knowledge of security architecture, system hardening, incident response, vulnerability management, risk assessment, and mitigation planning.
• Understanding governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) principles.
• Strong troubleshooting and communication; collaborative mindset.

Responsibilities

• Design and secure our infrastructure.
• Strengthen our security program with security controls, tools, and processes.
• Support security incidents and response with SOC partnership and incident escalation.
• Own infrastructure and security documentation to meet standards and regulatory requirements.
• Improve monitoring and reliability of systems, networks, and security.
• Manage critical IT infrastructure including servers, networks, OS, virtualization, firewalls, and monitoring tools.
• Identify and reduce risk by finding vulnerabilities and coordinating remediation.
• Lead technical projects such as upgrades, migrations, automation, and new platform deployments.
• Partner across IT and with vendors to align infrastructure and security with business needs.

Skills

Network administration

Systems administration

Cloud/hybrid infra

Security architecture

Incident response

Governance & Compliance

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related field

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

Firewall

VPNs

IDS

Job description

Compex Legal Services is seeking a Senior Systems & Security Engineer to strengthen and secure our IT environment. This hands-on role blends systems engineering, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and incident response across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments.

You will design, secure, and optimize our infrastructure, lead security initiatives, and collaborate with IT leadership and vendors to align technology with business needs.