Job Title: Senior Systems Engineer
Location: Hybrid, with onsite work in Jersey City, NJ;
Duration: 3-6 month contract to hire
Role overview
This person will design, implement, administer, secure, monitor, and support the client's enterprise infrastructure and cloud environments. They will serve as a senior technical resource on the infrastructure team, taking ownership of complex incidents, system improvements, and project delivery. This is a hands-on engineering role that also involves mentoring junior team members.
Key responsibilities
- Administer and troubleshoot Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, file services, and related infrastructure.
- Support Azure infrastructure, including virtual machines, networking, storage, identity integrations, and monitoring.
- Support Microsoft 365 and its integration with on-premises and cloud infrastructure.
- Maintain virtualized server environments and associated compute, storage, and networking components.
- Administer Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID, including identity synchronization, authentication, conditional access, role-based access, and complex access issues.
- Support endpoint management, Windows device configuration and deployment, and device security standards.
- Administer enterprise backup and recovery platforms, validate restores, and participate in disaster recovery planning and testing.
- Develop PowerShell scripts to automate administration, monitoring, reporting, and other recurring tasks.
- Lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for infrastructure incidents, then implement corrective measures.
- Partner with Information Security on patching, hardening, vulnerability remediation, and audit documentation.
- Lead or serve as the senior technical resource on infrastructure upgrades, modernization, and cloud migration projects.
- Produce technical documentation, implementation plans, diagrams, and operating procedures; coordinate changes across IT teams and vendors.
Required experience
- Advanced hands-on Windows Server and Active Directory administration.
- Strong Azure and Microsoft 365 experience in an enterprise environment.
- Virtualized server infrastructure, enterprise backup/recovery, and disaster recovery.
- Strong PowerShell scripting and automation skills.
- Infrastructure monitoring, complex troubleshooting, and support of highly available, business-critical systems.
- Solid understanding of TCP/IP, routing, firewalls, DNS, DHCP, storage, and enterprise networking concepts.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities with limited supervision, communicate clearly, and guide other engineers.
Preferred experience
- Microsoft Intune and Azure Virtual Desktop
- VMware or comparable enterprise virtualization
- Cohesity or similar backup/recovery platforms
- ControlUp or similar infrastructure monitoring tools
- Tanium or comparable endpoint-management tools
- Microsoft, Azure, security, or virtualization certifications