Senior Systems Engineer / Team Lead

Senior Systems Engineer / Team Lead

Job Locations

US-SC-Charleston

ID

2025-1529

Category

Other

Type

Regular Full-Time

About Us

Tsymmetry is an IT professional services company dedicated to delivering flexible, scalable solutions to our customers around the globe when and where their mission dictates. We partner with our customers to drive innovation, agility, and improved outcomes with our experienced global team. From cybersecurity to operational intelligence, cloud services, software development, and beyond, we are here to help.

We are seeking a full-time Senior Systems Engineer / Team Lead to join our team.

Role Summary

The Senior Systems Engineer / Team Lead is a senior-level technical role responsible for the design, implementation, maintenance, and optimization of enterprise server and systems infrastructure supporting a large, mission-critical government environment.

This position requires deep technical expertise in system engineering and the ability to lead a team in troubleshooting, maintaining, and improving complex systems hosted across multiple data centers. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills, proven experience managing technical operations, and the ability to drive system performance, reliability, and modernization in alignment with federal IT standards.

What you will be doing

Duties and Responsibilities :

Lead system engineering operations and guide a team of engineers and administrators to maintain and enhance enterprise server environments.

• Prioritize and resolve system outages, incidents, and performance issues; ensure timely root cause analysis and restoration of services.
• Design, configure, and deploy operational server systems and prototypes based on engineering data, mission needs, and government requirements.
• Maintain, troubleshoot, and repair physical and virtual infrastructure, ensuring high availability and optimal performance.
• Collaborate with Network Engineers, Data Center Engineering teams, vendors, and cross-functional stakeholders to identify and resolve technical issues.
• Develop and execute cloud engineering and migration strategies, supporting hybrid and full cloud environments (AWS, Azure, etc.).
• Review and contribute to Infrastructure Change Control Board (ICCB) submissions to ensure accurate technical content and compliance.
• Monitor system performance metrics, capacity, and utilization; implement proactive improvements to increase reliability and efficiency.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation including configuration standards, diagrams, and system operating procedures.
• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to junior engineers; assist management in project planning and resource allocation.
• Ensure systems compliance with DHS IT security standards, FISMA requirements, and other federal cybersecurity frameworks.

Ray Range : $ 100k - $115k

The pay range for this job is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

What we need from you

Required Skills and Abilities :

Desired :

Education and Experience :

Certifications :

Security Clearance : Ability to obtain DHS Public Trust (Secret preferred).

Work Environment and Physical Requirements :

Bonus Points

Tsymmetry Benefits

Tsymmetry offers medical, dental and vision coverage with the majority of the monthly premiums paid by the company. A tax-advantaged health savings account is available with generous employer contributions as well as tax-advantaged flexible savings accounts.

While health benefits are a key offering, we also provide a range of other benefits and perks to support your well-being and professional growth. These include :

Tsymmetry provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, pregnancy, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.