Systems Engineer – Hybrid Cloud

Location: New York, NY (Hybrid)

Department: Information Technology

Reports To: Manager, Infrastructure Engineering

Schedule:
Monday through Friday. Hybrid schedule with two days onsite and three days remote. Occasional evening, weekend, and after-hours work required to support maintenance activities and on-call responsibilities.

Position Summary

Our client is seeking a Systems Engineer with expertise in hybrid cloud infrastructure to help design, implement, support, and optimize enterprise technology platforms. This individual will work across both on-premises and cloud environments to maintain highly available, secure, and scalable infrastructure while partnering with engineering, operations, networking, and security teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, administer, and support Windows-based infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Manage hybrid cloud platforms utilizing Microsoft Azure and/or AWS, including compute, storage, high availability, replication, and infrastructure services.
• Support virtualization technologies, enterprise storage platforms, hyperconverged infrastructure, disaster recovery, and backup solutions.
• Administer Windows Server 2019/2022, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, VMware, and Windows desktop environments.
• Configure and troubleshoot core infrastructure services including Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, and related technologies.
• Partner with infrastructure, networking, and cybersecurity teams to ensure secure and reliable system operations.
• Lead the deployment of new infrastructure technologies and upgrades to existing platforms.
• Develop automation using PowerShell, Python, or similar scripting languages to improve operational efficiency.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues and serve as an escalation point for enterprise systems.
• Participate in a rotating 24x7 on-call schedule.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of enterprise infrastructure engineering and hybrid cloud technologies.
• Experience with Azure and/or AWS infrastructure services.
• Experience supporting virtualization, storage, disaster recovery, and Windows server technologies.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to create and maintain detailed technical documentation.
• Experience working in a collaborative enterprise IT environment.

Preferred Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Five or more years of systems engineering experience.
• Experience supporting enterprise or professional services organizations is highly preferred.
• Experience with technologies such as Dell EMC storage, Nutanix, VMware, Azure, AWS, PowerShell, and Python is a plus.

Compensation

$160,000 - $175,000