Senior Systems Engineer Team Lead (Remote Opportunity)

Location: Tampa, FL — fully remote within the chosen location. U.S. citizenship is required, and candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.

Company

hirify.global supports enterprise healthcare IT operations for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

What you will do

• Lead system administrators and engineers, assign work, set priorities, track deliverables, and mentor team members.
• Act as the primary technical contact for program leadership, application developers, database engineers, cybersecurity personnel, and VA stakeholders.
• Design, engineer, and maintain Windows Server environments across development, staging, and production, including capacity planning and lifecycle upgrades.
• Architect Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, SMB, RDP, GPO, high-availability clusters, SAN storage, MPIO, NIC teaming, Hyper-V, and physical server platforms.
• Lead STIG implementation, vulnerability remediation, secure remote access, enterprise backups with Commvault, monitoring, incident escalation, and root cause analysis.
• Establish standards for PowerShell automation, change management, documentation, system topology diagrams, and responsible use of AI-assisted tools.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electronics engineering, or another engineering or technical discipline; eight additional years of relevant experience may substitute for the degree.
• 5+ years of relevant experience administering and engineering Windows Server environments in large-scale or enterprise settings.
• Experience leading or serving as technical lead for systems administration or infrastructure engineering teams, including assigning work and reviewing output.
• Experience designing enterprise Windows infrastructure with high availability, clustering, and SAN-attached storage; hands-on experience with Active Directory, GPOs, Windows clustering, sFTP, and SAN storage.
• Proficiency in patch management, system hardening, and compliance with federal security standards.
• Experience with Microsoft Hyper-V and tools such as Virtual Machine Manager, plus familiarity with Commvault, SolarWinds, SCOM, or equivalent tools.
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, PowerShell scripting, leadership, and communication skills, including presenting recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance are required.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting VA or other federal healthcare environments.
• Experience with Azure-hosted services, Nessus remediation, container platforms, hybrid cloud infrastructure, or ITIL-based change, incident, and problem management.
• Microsoft, CompTIA, or ITIL certifications, such as MCSA, Security+, or ITIL v4.
• Experience using AI-assisted tools for PowerShell automation, STIG and Nessus remediation, monitoring, troubleshooting, documentation, and responsible administration practices in federal environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote work within the selected location.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) with matching.
• Corporate laptop, PTO, and federal holidays.
• Training opportunities.

Hiring process

• Selected candidates must complete fingerprinting at a government facility and undergo a background check.
• Visa sponsorship is not available.