Manager, IT Systems Engineering

The role

You will lead a team of systems engineers responsible for the reliability, security, and scale of servers, storage, cloud infrastructure, PLM, and CAD platforms. You will own the infrastructure roadmap and drive the shift toward infrastructure as code and automation.

What you will do

• Lead and develop a team of systems engineers including hiring, development, performance, and retention.
• Set goals, run 1:1s, and make compensation and leveling recommendations.
• Own operational delivery and KPIs including SLAs, uptime, and project delivery.
• Own the infrastructure roadmap across on-premises, colocation, edge, and hybrid cloud.
• Lead architecture and operations for enterprise systems including Windows and Linux servers.
• Lead infrastructure supporting PLM and CAD platforms.
• Lead systems infrastructure for operational and manufacturing technology.
• Lead cloud infrastructure strategy and operations across hybrid environments.
• Develop and test backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity plans.
• Drive adoption of infrastructure as code and automation using tools like Terraform and Ansible.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 7+ years of progressive IT infrastructure or systems engineering experience, including experience leading engineers or technical teams.
• Experience with hiring, performance management and developing engineers at a range of experience levels.
• Deep technical skill in Windows Server, Linux, virtualization, enterprise storage, and backup and disaster recovery.
• Experience owning hybrid cloud infrastructure, including government cloud environments such as AWS GovCloud or equivalent FedRAMP-aligned environments.
• Experience supporting data centers, colocation, labs or manufacturing environments.
• Experience supporting PLM and CAD environments or other engineering design and data management platforms.
• Experience with high availability, capacity planning and lifecycle management, and leading modernization, migrations and recovery testing.
• Hands-on experience with scripting, automation and infrastructure as code.
• Working knowledge of defense compliance frameworks, such as NIST 800-171, DFARS, CMMC and ITAR.
• Track record managing budgets, vendors and multi-quarter roadmaps.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Nice to have

• Industry certifications such as ITIL, AWS or Azure Solutions Architect, or CISSP.
• Experience with HPC, GPU clusters or other engineering compute environments.
• Experience administering PLM platforms and engineering data management.
• Experience supporting operational and manufacturing technology systems, such as shop-floor and manufacturing execution systems.
• Familiarity with declarative, reproducible system configuration.
• Experience in classified or air-gapped environments and handling of controlled unclassified information (CUI).
• Experience working in a defense, aerospace or other regulated environment.
• Experience scaling teams and processes in a rapidly growing organization.

Benefits

• Medical Insurance: Saronic pays 100% of the premium for employees and 80% for dependents
• Dental and Vision Insurance: Saronic pays 100% of the premium under the basic plan for employees and 80% for dependents
• Generous PTO and Holidays
• Paid maternity and paternity leave
• Competitive Salary with performance-based bonuses
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Stock Options
• Basic life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage
• Discounted pet insurance options including 24/7 Telehealth helpline
• Free lunch benefit
• Unlimited free drinks and snacks in the office

Before you apply

• Willingness and eligibility to obtain a U.S. security clearance.
• Requires access to export-controlled information or items that require “U.S. Person” status (U.S. citizens, legal permanent residents, or certain protected classes).

About the company

Saronic Technologies is a leader in revolutionizing autonomy at sea, dedicated to developing state-of-the-art solutions that enhance maritime operations through autonomous and intelligent platforms.