System Engineer Senior

Posting Date

01/08/26

01/14/26

$82,000 - $125,000 annually

Salary offers are based on the candidate's equivalent experience and internal equity with other employees within the same job classification. This position is not eligible for overtime compensation.

Unclassified

Enterprise Technology

The Systems Engineer Senior plays a critical role in architecting, deploying, and managing enterprise infrastructure across cloud, compute, storage, load balancing, and datacenter environments. As a senior member of the Cloud, Infrastructure, and Platform Services (CIPS) team, this position ensures the reliability, security, and performance of both on-premises and cloud-based services.

This role requires a deep understanding of virtual and physical compute systems, SAN and NAS storage, enterprise backup and disaster recovery, application delivery and load balancing platforms, and modern public cloud services. The Systems Engineer Senior will collaborate closely with architects, cybersecurity professionals, and development teams to integrate systems and services while maintaining compliance, automation, and operational excellence.

The ideal candidate is equally comfortable managing VMs in a hypervisor cluster, provisioning storage in a datacenter, implementing high-availability in the cloud, and building infrastructure as code.

Are you looking for a career in a dynamic organization that embraces a can-do spirit? Look no further than Maricopa County's Enterprise Technology & Innovation!

We are a team that prides ourselves on leveraging technology to create digital transformations. We look for ways to bring about innovative solutions while providing top-notch customer service. Apply today and become part of the team that makes a lasting impact on the future of technology at Maricopa County.

• Exciting opportunity to work with modern public cloud technologies and enterprise infrastructure
• Key role in driving cloud strategy, system optimization, and automation
• Collaborate with architects, security teams, and developers to deliver scalable, secure solutions
• Direct impact on reliability, security, and cost-effectiveness of IT services
• Enhance efficiency through automation, governance, and cloud best practices
• Tuition reimbursement
• Exceptional work-life balance, with hybrid and alternative work schedule options
• Opportunities for growth and development within Maricopa County
• Low-cost, high-value healthcare for you and your qualifying dependents
• Child care benefits including access to our on-site center Maricopa County Kids Club, dedicated to serving Maricopa County families exclusively
• Paid vacation, sick time, and parental leave
• Extensive wellness program, including healthcare premium discounts
• Employee discounts for goods and services
• Maricopa County participates in the Arizona State Retirement System. This defined retirement benefit requires a 12% monthly contribution rate and includes a 100% employer match on Day 1
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• Four years of progressively responsible experience in administering, configuring, managing, installing, and troubleshooting server, storage, and virtualization systems in an enterprise environment
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a closely related field
• A combination of post-secondary education and/or job-related experience may substitute for the education requirement on a year-for-year basis

• Experience with public cloud service providers (Azure, AWS)
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code platforms (Terraform, Bicep, Cloud Formation)
• Hands-on experience managing and supporting Windows and Linux server platforms, including patching, performance tuning, and system hardening
• Experience with virtualization technologies and compute infrastructure, including provisioning, migration, and resource optimization
• Experience deploying and maintaining cloud-based infrastructure and services in hybrid or fully cloud environments
• Exposure to configuring and supporting load balancing solutions, ensuring high availability and optimized traffic distribution for critical services
• Practical experience integrating server and storage systems with identity, access, and network security components in a secure enterprise setting
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or ARM/Bicep to provision, configure, and manage infrastructure across on-prem and cloud environments
• Experience integrating automation into configuration management and change control processes to improve repeatability and reduce human error
• Ability to build or contribute to automated workflows and task orchestration within CI/CD pipelines or IT automation platforms

• Lead cloud strategy and implementation by designing, deploying, and managing public and hybrid cloud environments, while ensuring alignment with governance, security, and operational best…