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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Systems Engineer - **Company:** BEST RATE LOAN LLC - **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $125,000.0 - $145,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Active Directory, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Systems Engineering, JIRA, Audit Trail, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Online Services, Cloud Engineering, Configuration Management, Continuous Integration, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, Disaster Recovery, Domain Name System (DNS), Hyper-V, Python (Programming Language), Log Analysis, Microsoft Software, Windows Servers, Routing, Public Key Infrastructure, Windows PowerShell, Azure Active Directory, Ansible, Microsoft SharePoint, Shell Script, Security Information and Event Management, TCP/IP, Virtualization Technology, VMware VSphere, Software Vulnerability Management, Data Logging, Load Balancing, Technical Debt, HybridCloud, Firewalls (Computer Science), Git, Microsoft InTune, Containerization, Git Flow, Bicep, Microsoft Sentinel, Restful APIs, Terraform, Splunk, Servicenow, Vmware - **Published:** August 1, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/aac0c175-1369-49c5-8b27-010120d3d327 ## About the Role * 5+ years of progressive, hands-on systems engineering or infrastructure administration experience in a medium-to-large enterprise environment. * Demonstrated experience administering Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, and enterprise authentication and authorization services. * Hands-on experience with Microsoft 365, Microsoft Entra ID, and Exchange Online or Exchange Hybrid administration. * Hands-on experience with at least one public cloud platform (Azure preferred; AWS experience also valued) and with hybrid-cloud connectivity and operations. * Strong PowerShell skills, including reusable functions, structured error handling, logging, secure credential handling, and integration with APIs or administrative modules. * Experience with VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, or comparable virtualization platforms and with server, storage, backup, and recovery technologies. * Working knowledge of TCP/IP, routing fundamentals, firewalls, load balancers, certificates, proxies, and other infrastructure dependencies needed for end-to-end troubleshooting. * Working knowledge of enterprise security practices, including least privilege access, patch and vulnerability management, secure baselines, audit logging, and change control. * Proven ability to diagnose complex incidents, coordinate recovery, document root causes, and deliver durable corrective actions. * Clear written and verbal communication, strong operational judgment, and the ability to manage multiple priorities without sacrificing quality or control., * Infrastructure-as-code or configuration-management experience with Terraform, Bicep/ARM, Ansible, PowerShell Desired State Configuration, or similar tooling. * Experience with Git-based workflows, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, REST APIs, and Microsoft Graph. * Experience with endpoint or server management platforms such as Microsoft Intune, Configuration Manager, Azure Arc, or comparable tools. * Experience with observability, log analytics, SIEM, or endpoint security platforms such as Microsoft Sentinel, Defender, CrowdStrike, Splunk, or Logscale. * Working knowledge of Linux administration, container platforms, and cloud-native operating practices. * Experience in a regulated environment with formal audit, risk, compliance, data protection, or business-continuity requirements. * Relevant Microsoft, Azure, AWS, VMware, security, or IT service management certification. ## Description The Senior Systems Engineer is a hands-on technical owner for enterprise infrastructure and platform services across on-premises and cloud environments. This role designs, automates, secures, and operates highly available systems; leads complex troubleshooting and root-cause analysis; and turns recurring operational work into reliable, supportable automation. The engineer owns work from discovery and design through implementation, documentation, operational handoff, and production support., Infrastructure Engineering and Architecture * Design, implement, and support resilient enterprise infrastructure across Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, PKI/certificates, virtualization, compute, storage, and related platform services. * Engineer and operate Microsoft 365 and hybrid identity and messaging services, including Microsoft Entra ID, Exchange Online/Hybrid, Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive, in partnership with service owners. * Lead technical discovery, solution design, implementation planning, testing, deployment, and operational handoff for infrastructure initiatives. * Develop standards, reference architectures, lifecycle plans, capacity forecasts, and technical-debt roadmaps that improve reliability, security, and supportability. Automation and Platform Improvement * Develop production-quality automation primarily with PowerShell and, where appropriate, Python, shell scripting, REST APIs, Microsoft Graph, Git, and CI/CD practices. * Apply infrastructure-as-code and configuration-management principles to improve consistency, peer review, recoverability, and deployment speed. * Build validation, logging, audit trails, error handling, retry logic, safe failure behavior, and rollback paths into automation and operational tooling. * Identify repetitive work and recurring failure patterns, then create measurable improvements that reduce manual effort, risk, and time to recover. Reliability, Security, and Operations * Monitor service health, performance, capacity, configuration drift, and security posture; use telemetry to identify issues before they become business disruptions. * Lead incident response for complex infrastructure events, perform root-cause analysis, and track corrective actions through completion. * Partner with Security and Compliance teams to implement least privileged access controls, secure configuration baselines, vulnerability remediation, patching, logging, encryption, and evidence collection. * Design, maintain, and regularly test backup, restore, disaster recovery, and business-continuity capabilities; document recovery objectives, dependencies, and runbooks. * Plan and execute upgrades, migrations, patching, lifecycle refreshes, and changes using disciplined change management and risk assessment practices. * Participate in an on-call rotation and support major changes or incidents outside normal business hours when required. Service Ownership and Collaboration * Maintain accurate architecture diagrams, standards, configuration records, knowledge articles, operational procedures, and service ownership documentation. * Create complete ServiceNow and Jira records that clearly capture scope, impact, implementation steps, validation, rollback, decisions, and outcomes. * Serve as a senior escalation point, mentor other engineers, review technical work, and share knowledge through documentation and practical coaching. * Work effectively with distributed teams, vendors, managed service providers, and business stakeholders; communicate technical risk, tradeoffs, status, and recommendations in clear language. * Use cost, utilization, reliability, and support data to recommend platform consolidation, retirement, modernization, or optimization. ## Related Videos - [Back(end) to the Future: Embracing the continuous Evolution of Infrastructure and Code](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/440-back-end-to-the-future-embracing-the-continuous-evolution-of-infrastructure-and-code) - [Improving quality with Agentic AI with Rovo Dev and Xray](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2005-improving-quality-with-agentic-ai-with-rovo-dev-and-xray) - [How a Small Team Shrank a Microsoft Monorepo by 94%](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1236-how-a-small-team-shrank-a-microsoft-monorepo-by-94) - [Security Pitfalls for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/726-security-pitfalls-for-software-engineers) - [Collaboration Quantified: Lessons from Open Source Developer Networks](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1422-collaboration-quantified-lessons-from-open-source-developer-networks) - [Hacking MSSQL on Cloud. 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