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# Principal Systems Engineer - Cloud & Infrastructure

- **Company:** Shield Consulting Solutions
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, CentOS, Cloud Computing, Identity and Access Management, Subnetting, Linux Distribution, Windows Servers, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ansible, Security Information and Event Management, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Information Technology, Deployment Automation, Route53, 3-tier Architectures, Terraform, Splunk
- **Published:** May 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/7efcad85-a3ae-4bde-a7fa-53cbcfcf2a24

## About the Role

* 20 years experience as a system engineer
 * Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline
 + 5 additional years of experience as a system engineer may be substituted for a degree, * Windows Server 2022 environments, Windows 10/11 client systems, and various Linux distributions (e.g., Rocky, CentOS, RHEL) within both cloud and on-premises.
 * AWS cloud resources, including EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, AMIs, Route 53, workspaces, and other core service
 * Must possess in-depth knowledge of cloud networking concepts such as VPCs, subnets, transit gateways, transit gateway attachments, transit gateway route tables, Direct Connect, and peering.
 * Desired familiarity with tools like Terraform, Salt, Ansible, and BigFix to automate provisioning and configuration

## Description

* Lead cross-functional teams using Agile methodologies to streamline the development and integration of complex information systems.
 * Provide administration, troubleshooting, and general support for Windows Server 2022 environments, Windows 10/11 client systems, and various Linux distributions (e.g., Rocky, CentOS, RHEL) within both cloud and on-premises.
 * Architect, deploy, and maintain robust cloud environments, primarily within AWS, while also supporting existing on-premises server infrastructure.
 * Provide Tier 3 systems and security engineering support for Splunk-based Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems"


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