Job Description: Systems Engineer

Location: Milwaukee, WI

Duration: 6+ Months Until April 2025

Schedule: Onsite Monday-Wednesday, Remote Thursday-Friday

Overview:

Our Fortune 500 client in Milwaukee is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to join a growing team. This is a long-term contract with the expectation that the contractor works onsite Monday through Wednesday.

Responsibilities:

In addition to cumulative prior experience, the Senior Systems Engineer will:

• Proactively monitor and resolve application system performance bottlenecks.
• Ensure SLAs are maintained and systems are built for sustainability.
• Stay updated on technical concepts and industry trends relevant to the role.
• Build systems for diverse use cases while avoiding over-engineering.
• Independently seek answers and expand technical knowledge with or without guidance.
• Manage systems and services in both on-premises and cloud environments.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation for systems and processes.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to systems and infrastructure.
• Collaborate with IT team members to ensure security, reliability, and scalability of systems and infrastructure.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
• 3-5+ years of professional experience in IT or related fields.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• 3+ years of experience with:
• At least one operating system or hosting platform.
• Performance tuning of application stacks, operating systems, or databases.
• Cloud-based PaaS and SaaS platforms and integration with on-premises infrastructure.
• Virtualization and containerization technologies.
• Monitoring and performance management of systems.
• Scripting development (e.g., PowerShell).
• Identity platforms and tools.
• Knowledge of networking fundamentals.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts and tooling.
• Experience with CI/CD tools, Git, branching strategies, and delivering infrastructure as a product.
• Proficiency in modern development and scripting languages.
• Understanding of high-availability concepts.
• In-depth knowledge of systems such as SCCM, Windows, Intune, Group Policy, and Tanium.
• Strong troubleshooting skills within areas of expertise.
• Exposure to multiple delivery methodologies, including Agile and Waterfall.