• Systems Engineer

    Robert Half Technology (Philadelphia, PA)


    Description

    Senior Systems Engineer II

     

    Start Date: January 12, 2026 (or upon clearance)

     

    Openings: 2

     

    Duration: 6 Months

     

    Travel: Limited, possible

    Important Requirements

    + Must obtain Public Trust security clearance.

    + Additional background screenings will be conducted upon acceptance.

    Job Summary

    We are seeking a Senior Systems Engineer II to design, automate, and operate secure, reliable infrastructure at scale. This role emphasizes Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, automation with Ansible, and orchestration via platforms like Spacelift. You will lead initiatives around platform security, CI/CD, and configuration/data hygiene, while producing documentation that elevates engineering standards across the organization.

    Key Responsibilities

    + Design & Build IaC: Own Terraform modules, state management, and environment baselines; implement policy-as-code and drift detection.

    + Automate Operations: Use Ansible for image builds, patching, and configuration orchestration across Linux/Windows fleets.

    + Secure the Platform: Integrate and operate secrets managers (Azure Key Vault, HashiCorp Vault); enforce least-privilege RBAC.

    + CI/CD Ownership: Design and maintain pipelines in GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps, including multi-stage workflows and approvals.

    + Reliability & Observability: Contribute to SLIs/SLOs, logging, metrics, alerting, and performance tuning.

    + CMDB Stewardship: Maintain accurate service and dependency data; drive discovery and change traceability.

    + Governance & Change: Participate in change control, incident response, and post-incident reviews; implement corrective actions via code.

    + Documentation & Enablement: Create clear runbooks, diagrams, and guides; mentor engineers on IaC and operational best practices.

    + Continuous Improvement: Identify and eliminate toil through automation; propose roadmap items for reliability and security.

    Requirements

    Required Experience

    + 5+ years in systems engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, or SRE roles.

    + Expertise in Terraform at scale (modules, workspaces, remote state, policies).

    + IaC tooling: Ansible and orchestration platforms like Spacelift.

    + Secrets management (Azure Key Vault, HashiCorp Vault) and key rotation practices.

    + CI/CD with GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps.

    + RBAC design and enforcement across cloud and tooling.

    + CMDB usage and data quality practices.

    + Strong scripting skills (PowerShell, Python, or Bash) and Git version control.

    + Linux/Unix and Windows server experience.

    + Excellent documentation skills.

    •Preferred Skills

    + Azure (preferred) or multi-cloud experience; networking fundamentals.

    + Policy-as-code (OPA, Conftest, Sentinel), artifact registries, SBOM.

    + Observability stacks (Azure Monitor, Prometheus/Grafana, ELK).

    + Containers and orchestration (Docker, AKS/Kubernetes).

    + Familiarity with ISO 27001, SOC 2, or similar frameworks.

     

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