Senior System Engineer at Talent Groups in Portland, Oregon

Job Description:

Title: Senior System Engineer

Location: Portland, Oregon (97210) / Hybrid

Employment Type: Fulltime Direct-Hire (no C2C or sponsorship available)

Job Description:

Join our IT Infrastructure team as a Senior Systems Engineer at a growing financial services organization in Portland, OR. You'll provide hands-on expertise, mentorship, and tactical guidance for maintaining compute, storage, backup, and data center environments. Responsibilities include ensuring system performance, security, and availability, troubleshooting issues, and leading system-related projects. We're seeking candidates with most of the following:

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a technical expert and escalation point.
• Enforce best practices for system security and reliability.
• Manage Windows server administration, Data Center maintenance, observability tools, patching, incident response, and documentation.
• Lead and execute Systems Administration projects.
• Mentor junior team members.
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years in systems engineering, with 3+ years in a senior role.
• Desired certifications: MCSE, VCP, CompTIA Security+.
• Expertise in Windows OS, with Linux knowledge a plus.
• Strong experience in enterprise-level infrastructure technologies.
• Familiarity with tools like Windows Server, Azure, VMware ESXi, etc.
• Proven track record in project leadership.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Talent Groups appreciates all applicants but will only contact those eligible for an interview. Talent Groups is an equal opportunity employer. Apply Now