Senior Systems Engineer
The successful candidate will serve as a senior technical resource for server infrastructure, virtualization, operating systems, storage, backup and recovery, identity services, automation, and infrastructure security.
This position works closely with Platform Engineering, Cybersecurity, Network Operations, Solutions Architecture, and other IT teams to deliver reliable, secure, and scalable infrastructure services.
The role requires strong troubleshooting skills, independent technical judgment, and the ability to lead complex infrastructure initiatives from planning through implementation and operational sustainment.
* What You Will Do as a Senior Systems Engineer
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+ Design, implement, administer, and maintain enterprise Windows and Linux server infrastructure across physical, virtual, and cloud environments.
+ Engineer and support virtualization and hyperconverged infrastructure platforms, including VMware vSphere and Nutanix.
+ Install, configure, harden, patch, upgrade, and troubleshoot Windows Server and Ubuntu Linux systems.
+ Manage core Microsoft infrastructure services, including Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, certificate services, and related identity and authentication technologies.
+ Plan and maintain highly available infrastructure solutions with appropriate redundancy, fault tolerance, capacity, and disaster recovery capabilities.
+ Administer enterprise backup, recovery, and data protection solutions and regularly validate recovery capabilities.
+ Administer and support enterprise multi-factor authentication (MFA/2FA) services, including user enrollment, authentication policies, token lifecycle management, troubleshooting, and integration with enterprise applications and identity platforms.
+ Develop and maintain automation for infrastructure provisioning, configuration, patching, and operational tasks using technologies such as PowerShell, Ansible, and Infrastructure-as-Code methodologies.
+ Perform advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis of complex server, virtualization, storage, operating system, authentication, and infrastructure performance issues.
+ Monitor infrastructure health, availability, capacity, and performance and proactively identify opportunities to improve reliability and operational efficiency.
+ Support vulnerability remediation, system hardening, configuration management, and security compliance activities in accordance with organizational and regulatory requirements.
+ Implement and maintain technical controls supporting CMMC, NIST SP 800-171, CIS benchmarks, and other applicable cybersecurity requirements.
+ Evaluate new infrastructure technologies and provide technical recommendations based on security, scalability, reliability, performance, supportability, and cost.
+ Create and maintain system architecture diagrams, technical standa...
- Rate: Not Specified
- Location: Albuquerque, US-NM
- Type: Permanent
- Industry: Management
- Recruiter: Applied Research Associates, Inc
- Contact: Nina Uka
- Email: to view click here
- Reference: SENIO010150-00001
- Posted: 2026-10-10 09:53:15 -
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