Job Description
Senior Systems Engineer
Location: Hybrid; Mostly remote, (in-person for emergencies), Springfield, VA
Reports to/Team Dynamic: Reports into the Maximus TOMCAT program delivery team; leads and cross-trains journeyman engineers supporting enterprise server operations.
About the Role
This is a hands-on senior engineering role for someone comfortable being the one in the room when something needs to get fixed onsite, not just on a ticket. You will lead journeyman engineers, run special projects like Zero Trust rollouts and data center modernization, and be trusted to walk into a high-risk change with full readiness. There is also real ownership of disaster recovery, from the runbooks to the actual restoration testing.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience supporting enterprise server, infrastructure, systems engineering, or platform operations environments
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field
- Demonstrated experience supporting virtualized, on-premises, and hybrid infrastructure environments
- Experience leading infrastructure modernization efforts, platform upgrades, operating system patching initiatives, migrations, disaster recovery activities, or other enterprise technology projects
- Strong troubleshooting, incident response, and root cause analysis experience within mission-critical production environments
- Experience developing and maintaining technical documentation, operational procedures, disaster recovery plans, and recovery runbooks
- Proven ability to coordinate cross-functional efforts with infrastructure, network, security, and operations teams
- Experience supporting enterprise change management processes and high-risk production changes
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting federal government or large enterprise IT environments
- Familiarity with Zero Trust Architecture initiatives and security modernization efforts
- Experience supporting multi-site data centers and hybrid cloud infrastructure
- Experience with enterprise backup and recovery platforms
- Relevant certifications such as VMware VCP, Microsoft Azure Administrator, AWS Solutions Architect, Security+, CISSP, or similar
Expectations
- Cross-trains and leads journeyman engineers while providing O&M coverage across enterprise virtual and on-premise server environments
- Serves as temporary special-project lead for initiatives such as OS patching, platform upgrades, infrastructure migrations, Zero Trust initiatives, firewall refreshes, and data center modernization efforts without disrupting day-to-day operations
- Leads infrastructure changes and maintenance activities through planning, execution, validation, and post-implementation review to minimize operational risk and service disruption
- Provides on-demand onsite support with full readiness, including tools, access, and documentation, for monitoring enterprise or high-risk changes within physical infrastructure
- Maintains operational readiness for critical infrastructure support by ensuring proper access, tooling, documentation, and change management requirements are in place prior to maintenance windows and production changes
- Performs hands-on troubleshooting, remediation, restoration, and recovery actions when remote resolution is insufficient
- Coordinates closely with data center, network, security, and critical incident management teams during operational events
- Plans and builds new environments, verifies completion of testing and deployments, and oversees migrations across data centers and cloud platforms
- Validates deployment, migration, upgrade, and modernization activities through testing, verification, and operational acceptance procedures
- Supports enterprise change management processes for production infrastructure, including participation in high-risk and business-critical change events
- Supports disaster recovery readiness and execution, including maintaining DR plans, procedures, runbooks, and restoration processes
- Produces test and exercise reports, status updates, and operational documentation to ensure auditability and compliance
- Performs secure backups, integrity checks, restoration testing, and executes recovery actions to protect service availability and SLA performance
- Participates in incident response, root cause analysis, and corrective action efforts to improve platform stability, resiliency, and service reliability
- Provides technical leadership, mentorship, and knowledge transfer to junior and journeyman engineers
Why Join Us?
- 401(k) Matching Plan
- Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans
- Relationship Driven Process to Find Your Best Fit
- 6 Paid Holidays
- Regular Meetings to Ensure Quality in Your Engagement
About Us
At Brooksource, relationships are the foundation of everything we do. Since 2000, we’ve built lasting partnerships with clients, consultants, and internal teams to deliver an exceptional experience across every engagement. As a trusted IT and Engineering services provider, Brooksource supports Fortune 500 organizations through Experience-Driven Staffing, Professional Services, and Elevate, our proprietary Workforce Transformation program. Whether you're hiring for software development, cloud computing, cybersecurity, data analytics, or enterprise IT, our customized staffing solutions are designed to align with your company’s unique goals, culture, and technology stack. We offer flexible hiring models, including contract, contract-to-hire, and direct placement to meet your evolving business needs. We are a certified partner of leading platforms, including Salesforce, AWS, Microsoft, and Google Cloud, enabling us to deliver scalable, end-to-end technology solutions. With a growing national footprint, Brooksource is redefining expectations in IT consulting, engineering services, and technology workforce solutions.
EEO Statement
Brooksource is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances.
Benefits & Perks
Brooksource offers competitive medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Dependent Care FSA, and supplemental coverage with plans that can fit each employee’s needs. We offer a 401k plan that includes a company match and is fully vested after you become eligible, paid time off, sick time, and paid company holidays. We also offer an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that provides services like virtual counseling, financial services, legal services, life coaching, etc.
Pay Disclaimer
The pay range for this job level 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.