Senior Systems Engineer

ZP Group•Phoenix, AZ

31d•$170,000•Remote

About The Position

Piper Companies is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to join an award winning cybersecurity and IT servicing consultancy. The Systems Engineer will work closely with various clients in the civilian and government space for their IT solution needs. Accepting applicants for 30 days from today, 11/7/2025. This position is remote but will mirror Phoenix AZ working hours, the ability to travel onsite occasionally, greatly preferred.

Requirements

Minimum 7 years of experience in Python development or similar object-oriented programming languages (Java, C++, C#)
Minimum 4 years of experience using Ansible for configuration management
Deep understanding of systems integration including hardware, software, security, and networking (VLAN, DNS, DHCP, Firewall, VPN, Load Balancing)
Experience with virtualization and containerization technologies (QEMU/KVM, Docker, Podman)
Experience with major Linux distributions (Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, RHEL)
Knowledge of SQL databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and storage solutions (RAID, ZFS, block/object storage)
Hands-on experience with web servers and applications (Nginx, Apache, Flask, Node.js)
Experience with version control and CI/CD tools (Git, GitLab, Jenkins)

Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior team members, ensuring alignment with architectural standards and best practices
Replace and troubleshoot hardware components including chassis, blades, CPUs, RAM, disks, power supplies, and cabling
Design solutions based on internal and customer requirements, ensuring scalability, security, and performance
Build, test, monitor, back up, and maintain production systems and infrastructure.
Implement open-source projects in production environments with a focus on reliability and optimization
Collaborate across teams to integrate hardware, software, network, and security components into cohesive systems
Active Secret or higher security clearance preferred; ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret clearance required