Systems Engineer

The Addison Group; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

The Addison Group in Houston is seeking a hands-on IT Systems Engineer to design, build, modernize, operate, and improve the infrastructure supporting our branches, datacenters, and business applications. You will focus on Windows Server, VMware, Dell servers, Active Directory, containerized workloads, identity services, automation, and related datacenter technologies.

The engineer will deliver new infrastructure, modernization projects, and automated, well-documented solutions that reduce

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of hands-on systems engineering, infrastructure engineering, or infrastructure implementation experience.
• Strong experience with Microsoft Windows Server and Active Directory.
• Hands-on experience with VMware vSphere/ESXi environments.
• Hands-on experience supporting containerized workloads, with Docker/Kubernetes knowledge.
• Experience installing, configuring, and troubleshooting Dell enterprise server hardware.
• Working knowledge of DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, authentication, certificates, and enterprise infra dependencies.
• PowerShell scripting and automation experience.
• Ability to produce clear technical diagrams, build docs, and recovery procedures.
• Experience in multi-site distributed environments.
• Ability to work on-site in Houston, travel as needed.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, implement, and support server and virtualization solutions for branch and data center environments.
• Deploy and integrate Windows Server, VMware, Dell server hardware, Active Directory, DNS, and storage.
• Build, operate, and improve containerized workloads and compute resources.
• Integrate container platforms with networking, load balancing, storage, identity, and security services.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure issues across virtualization, OS, identity, and networking.
• Develop PowerShell scripts to standardize builds and automate tasks.
• Create documentation, diagrams, and recovery procedures.
• Partner with Network, Security, DB, and App teams to ensure end-to-end functionality.
• Travel to branches and data centers for deployments and migrations.

Skills

Windows Server

Active Directory

VMware vSphere/ESXi

PowerShell scripting

Containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)

DNS/DHCP/TCPIP

Automation & scripting

Tools

Dell PowerEdge servers

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Seeking a hands-on IT Systems Engineer to design, build, modernize, operate, and improve the infrastructure supporting our branches, datacenters, and business applications.

This position focuses on Windows Server, VMware, Dell server platforms, Active Directory, containerizedo infrastructure, identity services, infrastructure automation, and related datacenter technologies. The engineer will deliver new infrastructure, execute modernization projects, troubleshoot complex technical problems, and create standardized, resilient designs and automation that reduce operational overhead and make the environment easier to manage and support.

The successful candidate should be equally comfortable building a server, troubleshooting a complex infrastructure problem, writing PowerShell automation, developing a technical design, documenting the completed solution, and supporting the environment they help create.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, implement, and support server and virtualization solutions for the companies branch and datacenter environments.
• Deploy and integrate Windows Server, VMware, Dell server hardware, Active Directory, DNS, identity, service accounts, storage, and supporting infrastructure services.
• Build, operate, and improve infrastructure supporting containerized workloads, including container hosts, container runtimes, image registries, and the underlying compute resources.
• Integrate container platforms with enterprise networking, DNS, load balancing, storage, certificates, identity, secrets, monitoring, logging, backup, and security services.
• Troubleshoot container infrastructure issues such as node health, resource constraints, image pulls, service connectivity, persistent storage, certificates, and platform availability; perform platform upgrades, patching, capacity planning, and lifecycle maintenance.
• Engineer infrastructure for new branches, application deployments, server replacements, migrations, acquisitions, and datacenter modernization initiatives.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues spanning virtualization, operating systems, identity, DNS, storage, networking, and application dependencies.
• Identify recurring infrastructure problems and engineer permanent solutions rather than repeatedly performing the same operational workaround.
• Develop PowerShell scripts and other automation to standardize builds, validate configurations, automate repetitive engineering tasks, and reduce manual effort.
• Design systems for minimal operational overhead by emphasizing standardization, resilience, automation, monitoring, and recoverability.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure standards, configuration baselines, build procedures, diagrams, recovery procedures, and technical documentation.
• Maintain accurate infrastructure documentation as systems are purchased, installed, moved, configured, upgraded, patched, or otherwise changed.
• Use approved AI tools to assist with engineering research, scripting, troubleshooting, automation, and documentation while independently testing and validating outputs before production use.
• Partner with Network, Security, Database, Application, and other IT teams to ensure solutions function correctly end to end.
• Perform technical testing and validation before placing new or changed infrastructure into production.
• Document new solutions, automate routine operational tasks where practical, and establish repeatable support procedures that reduce ongoing manual effort.
• Own complex infrastructure issues through resolution and improve the underlying design when recurring issues reveal an engineering problem.
• Participate in infrastructure lifecycle planning, capacity planning, modernization, technical-debt reduction, and vendor evaluation.
• Travel to branches and datacenter locations as needed for deployments, troubleshooting, migrations, and infrastructure projects.

Required Qualifications

• 3-5 years of hands-on systems engineering, infrastructure engineering, or infrastructure implementation experience.
• Strong experience with Microsoft Windows Server and Active Directory.
• Hands-on experience with VMware vSphere/ESXi environments.
• Hands-on experience supporting containerized workloads, with practical knowledge of Docker/container runtimes and Kubernetes concepts such as nodes, pods, services, deployments, persistent storage, resource allocation, and cluster troubleshooting.
• Experience installing, configuring, and troubleshooting Dell enterprise server hardware.
• Working knowledge of DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, authentication, certificates, service accounts, and common enterprise infrastructure dependencies.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve problems across virtualization, operating systems, identity, networking, storage, and application dependencies.
• Practical PowerShell scripting and automation experience.
• Demonstrated ability to convert manual technical procedures into standardized, repeatable, documented processes.
• Experience implementing and supporting infrastructure in a distributed or multi-site enterprise environment.
• Ability to produce clear technical diagrams, implementation plans, build documentation, and recovery/support procedures.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work across technical disciplines.
• Ability to work on-site in Houston, travel to locations as required