Senior Systems & Infrastructure Engineer

About the job The Panther Group is seeking a W2 Contract Senior IT Systems & Cloud Infrastructure Engineer with one of our partners in information technology software and consulting. This position will only consider candidates in EST or CST (will not consider candidates in PST). This role is targeting $60 an hour. You must be a US Citizen. You must be able to administer multiple systems/applications. Your GPA must be included on your resume and must be above a 3.5 GPA. Must have over 10 years experience. Kind Note: This role requires US Citizenship and does not permit Visas or sponsorship now or in the future. This role does not permit C2C. SENIOR IT SYSTEMS & CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER We seek a hands-on IT Systems & Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to own, operate, maintain, and continually improve day-to-day IT operations, infrastructure projects, and provisioning for our proprietary cloud-hosted software platform. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys building systems, improving operational efficiency, automating repetitive work, and helping a growing technology company scale. This is an individual contributor role with broad responsibility to provide administration, technical leadership, and support for both corporate systems and customer-dedicated hosting environments. Our team is intentionally lean, giving every employee the opportunity to own meaningful work, influence technical direction, and see the direct impact of their contributions. If you enjoy building systems, improving infrastructure, and helping a growing software company scale, you'll find both challenge and opportunity here. Example Tasks Setup, configure, monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot IT hardware and software systems, including: Public cloud infrastructure: primarily OCI, with Azure and AWS Microsoft-based networks: Active Directory, Server 2016/19/22, File service, Hyper-V, Azure, Microsoft 365, Exchange, SharePoint Security and compliance: Firewall, anti-virus, vulnerability scanning, SOC 2 Identity and access management (Active Directory, M365) Small data center support: HW monitoring, resource allocation, DMZ Backup management, Disaster Recovery, and Business Continuity Provision and support IT infrastructure for proprietary software platform: Customer-dedicated subnets, VMs, file shares, security profiles, backups Virtual machine and pool configuration and management Automate repetitive operational and configuration cloud processes through: PowerShell, Python, and cloud-native scripting. Maintain IT infrastructure for remote corporate staff: internet, email, file service, applications, remote access, workstation configuration; minimal end-user support Develop and maintain monitoring, alerting, operational dashboards, and capacity planning for corporate infrastructure and customer-hosted environments. Evaluate, recommend, implement, and document infrastructure improvements for corporate systems and customer-dedicated hosting environments. Requirements Degree in IT, IS, Network Engineering, CS, or equivalent experience At least 8, ideally 10+ years relevant experience working in an IT function in a company with technology as part of its core business Hands-on experience administering Microsoft network infrastructure: Active Directory, Azure, Windows Server, Hyper-V, SharePoint, Microsoft 365, Exchange Strong PowerShell and Python scripting skills Familiarity with Elasticsearch, SQL and general database management Strong attention to detail; able to plan, communicate, and work independently Comfortable working as a hands-on senior individual contributor in a mid-sized IT environment, including direct administration, scripting, troubleshooting, documentation, and routine operational work Excellent written and spoken English communication skills East coast US time zone preferred US citizenship and ability to qualify for low-level federal security clearance (includes criminal, credit, and employment background checks and seven-year residency disclosure) No travel anticipated. No overtime or overnights or on-call Must have a strong educational background with a 3.5 GPA or higher Significant Plusses Backup systems configuration, management and maintenance Experience provisioning OCI, (will be doing a lift & shift with OCI) Azure, AWS Experience provisioning cloud-hosted VMs, networking and storage Experience administering Elasticsearch, MySQL Experience implementing compliance with SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA, etc