IT Systems Engineer

Santander • Miami, FL

19h • $86,250 - $150,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The IT Systems Engineer is responsible for the administration, support, and continuous improvement of enterprise infrastructure across identity services, virtualization, storage, backup and recovery, monitoring, and end-user computing environments. This role ensures operational stability, security, and compliance of all infrastructure platforms while supporting strategic transformation initiatives aligned with organizational and regulatory requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree: in related field or equivalent demonstrated through a combination of work experience, training, military service, or education - Required
• 5+ Years Successful experience in building Technology Infrastructure and Operational environments. - Required.
• 5+ Years Project planning and management experience. - Required.
• Ability to effectively and confidently communicate complex concepts – in speaking and writing –with team members and all levels of technical and nontechnical customer stakeholders.
• Ability to create diagrams, policies, procedures, presentations, etc., as needed for day-to-day management as well as read blueprints/schematics, etc. as needed for planning/issue remediation.
• Familiarity of industry change management best practices.
• Enriching interpersonal skills.
• Highly self motivated and self-directed.
• Excellent problem solving, analytical, critical thinking, and communication skills.
• Excellent attention to detail, quality, and follow-through; commitment to continuous improvement and the elimination of performance variability.
• Ability to think analytically and independently, providing the thought leadership necessary to introduce incremental and evolutionary change.
• Ability to adapt to rapidly changing requirements with a flexible and creative approach to brainstorming, troubleshooting, and problem solving.
• Well-rounded and advanced knowledge and skills across networks, servers, databases, cloud services, security, and other related disciplines.
• Knowledge of systems architectures and information security practices.
• Ability to work under high pressure situations calmly.
• Ability to make sound decisions in a manner consistent with the essential job functions.
• Ability to work in a rapidly changing environment, is comfortable with ambiguity.
• Clear leadership and capability to take fact based hard decisions when required, and ensure stakeholder alignment and clear communications.
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without requiring employer sponsorship to commence employment.

Nice To Haves

• Established work history or equivalent demonstrated through a combination of work experience, training, military service, or education.

Responsibilities

• Administers and maintains core infrastructure, including Active Directory, GPOs, DNS/DHCP, PKI, and MFA (DUO).
• Manages virtualization and end-user environments (VMware, Citrix VDI, RDS) and supports on-prem Exchange.
• Administers Windows Server environments, SAN storage, and file services (DFS), ensuring performance and availability.
• Manages backup and disaster recovery solutions (Veeam, Zerto; Avamar/Data Domain a plus), including testing and failover readiness.
• Monitors systems and executes patch management across servers and endpoints (SolarWinds, BigFix a plus).
• Ensures technology lifecycle compliance, asset tracking (CMDB), and alignment with enterprise standards.
• Supports security and risk initiatives, including audits, RCSA, and infrastructure hardening.
• Administers development and test environments and supports deployment and validation activities.
• Leads and supports infrastructure modernization, platform migrations, and decommissioning efforts.
• Enhances disaster recovery, resilience, and security through ongoing improvements.
• Other duties as assigned or requested by immediate supervisor.

Benefits

• A fair and competitive rewards package that reflects the impact you create and the value you deliver.
• Benefits are designed to support you, your family and your well-being, now and into the future.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level