We are looking for a Systems Engineer to support and enhance a secure hybrid infrastructure environment serving regulated business needs in Yonkers, New York. This Long-term Contract position will focus on designing, administering, and improving cloud and on-premises platforms across enterprise systems, networking, identity, and security domains. The role calls for a hands-on technical leader who can drive infrastructure maturity, strengthen operational resilience, and provide expert guidance on complex platform issues.
Responsibilities:
- Design and manage enterprise infrastructure spanning on-premises platforms, Azure Government, and government cloud environments to ensure stability, scalability, and compliance.
- Establish and uphold technical standards for servers, storage, networking, identity, and security across hybrid systems.
- Lead modernization efforts that advance cloud adoption, streamline platform consistency, and move workloads into approved environments.
- Serve as the senior escalation resource for high-impact infrastructure, platform, and security incidents requiring deep technical analysis.
- Provide coaching and technical direction to less experienced engineers while promoting strong operational practices across IT teams.
- Administer Microsoft 365 government environments, including collaboration, endpoint management, messaging, and security capabilities.
- Manage Azure Government services covering compute, networking, identity, policy enforcement, and security configuration.
- Support Nutanix-based infrastructure and Windows Server environments, including Active Directory, Group Policy, and hybrid identity integration with Microsoft Entra ID.
- Maintain secure network services such as firewalls, switching, wireless connectivity, and VPN solutions while advancing segmentation strategies for regulated environments.
- Oversee backup, disaster recovery, resilience testing, audit support, vulnerability remediation, and documentation needed for compliance and operational readiness.