Systems Engineer

AdaptiveVets Solutions is seeking a Systems Engineer to implement and maintain enterprise cloud infrastructure and platform services supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

This role provides hands-on engineering support for AWS EKS, managed services, and supporting platform components, ensuring platform reliability and operational continuity., * Implement and maintain AWS EKS clusters, EC2-based services, RDS, DocumentDB, Kinesis, MSK, Consul, Vault, and Active Directory.

• Perform day-to-day platform engineering tasks including node management, cluster operations, storage management, and networking configuration.
• Support PKI operations, certificate management, and secrets rotation in compliance with platform security requirements.
• Execute Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform) configurations, environment provisioning, and automated infrastructure management.
• Monitor platform health, remediate configuration drift, and ensure all components meet availability and performance standards.
• Support post-deployment production validation testing to confirm all changes maintain service stability.
• Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation for platform operations support and incident response.
• Maintain documentation for platform configurations, SOPs, and operational runbooks.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or related field (4 additional years of relevant experience may substitute)
• 7+ years of hands-on experience in enterprise cloud infrastructure engineering
• Experience with AWS EKS, EC2, RDS, DocumentDB, Kinesis, MSK, and related managed services
• Familiarity with Consul, Vault, Active Directory, and PKI operations in enterprise cloud environments
• Experience with Terraform IaC for environment provisioning and management
• Ability to support 24x7 operational requirements and on-call rotations

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Certified SysOps Administrator or equivalent
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• Familiarity with Dynatrace, Splunk, and enterprise monitoring platforms

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or IT (Required)

Experience:

• Enterprise cloud infrastructure engineering: 7 years (Required)

License/Certification:

• AWS Certified SysOps Administrator (Preferred)
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) (Preferred)
• CompTIA Security+ (Preferred)

Location and Ability to Commute:

• Remote

Security clearance:

• Public Trust (Preferred), * Bachelor’s (Required)

Experience:

• Enterprise cloud infrastructure engineering: 7 years (Required)
• Agile product development: 4 years (Preferred)

Language:

• English (Required)

License/Certification:

• AWS Certified SysOps Administrator (Preferred)
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) (Preferred)
• CompTIA Security+ (Preferred)

$113,050 - $133,000 a year - Full-time, Pulled from the full job description

• Referral program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Parental leave
• 401(k)
• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off, * 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Referral program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance