Systems Engineer III

About the role

The Systems Engineer III, under the general direction from the Microsoft Platforms Manager, and technical leads, will focus on the support of critical services, with an emphasis on becoming a subject matter expert on more than one. Additionally, these engineers will focus on sustainability and improvement of processes, including any or all of the following duties:

• environment architecture / re-architecture along with task automation to improve process efficiency
• basic project management tasks
• mentorship of lower level engineers
• documenting managed environments
• evening and weekend deployments
• maintenance of ticketing queues
• audit and compliance remediation
• balancing multiple projects across more than one team
• senior escalation for after hours production issues.

Responsibilities

This individual will also become familiar with all compliance, regulatory and security requirements adhering to all corporate policies and standards. This person needs to be experienced in technology with good planning and coordination skills. An energetic, solution minded personality with drive, attention to details and excellent communication skills will be needed for success in this position.

• Advanced Windows operating system and applications support.
• Advanced troubleshooting at the OS, application, and web services tiers.
• Capacity to mentor and lead lower level engineers as needed.
• Become subject matter expert in more than one environment within GMF’s critical applications infrastructure.
• Become thoroughly familiar with all compliance and security requirements, adhering to all corporate policies and standards.
• Management of a subset of servers, and application environments critical to business processing. This includes working with application teams responsible for hosted apps, performing application and OS updates as needed, and maintaining server security and compliance as required by corporate policy and standards.

Qualifications

• Knowledge And Skills:
  • Advanced Windows and Linux OS administration and support, including log analysis, job scheduling, performance tuning, security hardening, file system permissions, and shell / PowerShell scripting and automation.
  • Working knowledge of management processes such as personnel administration, planning and budgeting.
  • Advanced understanding of IT Service Management (ITSM) best practices and processes.
  • Knowledge of advanced networking concepts.
  • High-level understanding of technology infrastructure, security concepts and platforms.
  • Strong understanding of application layer protocols including HTTP, SSH, SSL, and DNS.
  • Virtualization concepts, and storage technologies that often support it (AWS, GCP, VMware, Azure).
  • Internally developed applications, and cross platform integration of such apps.
  • Middleware message (MQ,EMS Kafka).
  • Tibco BusinessWorks, and other Tibco products.
  • Web services, Java virtual machines, and the applications that run with these technologies.
  • IIS configurations and application pools; familiarity with the various authentication configurations within IIS, particularly the implementation of Kerberos.
  • Load balancing concepts (F5, Azure, AWS, GCP).
  • Apache web services configuration and optimization.
  • Certificate services, TLS, Secrets Management and how to configure SSL in either IIS or Apache.
  • Knowledge of and stay abreast on the latest security and privacy legislation, regulations, advisories, alerts and vulnerabilities.
  • Knowledge of IT security processes and controls as well as IT infrastructure and networking technical knowledge.
  • JVM performance tuning and monitoring (java heaps, garbage collection settings, JMX, etc.).
  • Scripting languages, PowerShell, Bash, Python, or Ruby.
  • Strong knowledge of cloud services and solutions like AWS and Azure products, including serverless architecture.
  • Experience and knowledge of driving automation into all aspects of the build and release process.
  • Develop automated deployment and monitoring of cloud infrastructure, web applications, and APIs, including microservices management.
  • Configuration Management, particularly any experience with Puppet, Chef, or Ansible.
  • Ability to think strategically and make collaborative decisions.
  • Detail oriented.
  • Ability to apply structured analysis methods to various types of data to establish trends, determine variability and business impact.
  • Communicates quickly, clearly, concisely, appropriately, and intelligently.
  • Foster open communication, speaks with impact, listens to others, and writes effectively.
  • Experience with alternate management methods using SSH, serial connections, and the command-line interface TMSH.
  • Able to effectively negotiate with vendors on upgrades and acquisitions.
  • Effective planning, time management, negotiation, and delegation skills.
  • Expert-level IT security processes and controls knowledge as well as IT infrastructure and networking technical knowledge.
  • Ability to approach problems with an open-mind and create new and innovative ideas and methods.
  • Advanced technical writing.
  • Experience in documentation tools such as Visio and Microsoft Office products.
  • Advanced information security standards/frameworks (i.e., NIST Cybersecurity Framework, ISO 27001) skills.
  • Advanced experience with Network and VLAN segmentation.
  • Strong analytical skills.
  • Ability to approach problems with an open-mind, use existing information and resources.
  • Creative, innovative, problem-solving and maximizing your potential to solve problems and improve methods.
  • Think positively when faced with obstacles, build on others ideas, think logically and intuitively.
• Additional Knowledge And Skills:
  • Ability to use AI tools (e.g., Microsoft Copilot) to support daily work.
  • Experience integrating AI into workflows to improve efficiency or insights.
  • Familiarity with AI assisted research, summarization, and content generation.
  • Understanding of responsible AI use, including ethics and data protection.
• Work Experience & Education:
  • 7-10 years of experience managing Windows servers and/or related infrastructure preferred.
  • Experience working in large enterprise preferred.
  • Experience with Agile/Scrum processes and techniques preferred.
  • High School Diploma or equivalent required.
  • Bachelor’s Degree in related field or equivalent work or military experience preferred.
• Licenses and Certifications:
  • Job related certifications preferred.

What We Offer

• Generous benefits package available on day one to include: 401K matching, bonding leave for new parents (12 weeks, 100% paid), tuition assistance, training, GM employee auto discount, community service pay and nine company holidays.
• Our Culture: Our team members define and shape our culture — an environment that welcomes innovative ideas, fosters integrity, and creates a sense of community and belonging. Here we do more than work — we thrive.
• Compensation: Competitive pay and bonus eligibility.
• Work Life Balance: Flexible hybrid work environment, 2-days a week in office.

Notes

Note: We are unable to consider candidates who require visa sponsorship for this position. This position is not open to agency submissions