Systems Engineer II

Systems Engineer II

Employment: Full-Time (Direct Hire)

Workplace Environment: Hybrid (3/4 days onsite)

Location: Los Angeles, CA (South Bay)

Industry: Startup (Aerospace & Aviation Manufacturing)

Compensation: $115k-$140k + performance bonus & RSUs (stock options)

SUMMARY:

The Systems Engineer II is responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing infrastructure platforms that support engineering, manufacturing, and corporate operations. This role independently delivers complex infrastructure solutions and assumes ownership of core platform areas across hybrid datacenter and cloud environments.

Engineers at this level are expected to move beyond implementation into solution design, automation development, and long-term platform improvement. The Systems Engineer II plays a key role in improving scalability, reliability, and operational efficiency while ensuring infrastructure aligns with organizational security and compliance requirements.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:

Infrastructure Design & Platform Ownership:

• Design and implement infrastructure solutions aligned with established architectural standards.


• Own and maintain core infrastructure platforms such as virtualization, identity, storage, or cloud services.


• Lead complex system deployments, upgrades, and migrations.


• Engineer highly available and resilient systems supporting operational workloads.


• Evaluate performance and capacity requirements and implement improvements.

Platform Engineering & Standardization:

• Develop and maintain standardized infrastructure configurations.


• Improve system consistency across environments through engineering best practices.


• Establish deployment patterns and operational baselines.


• Reduce configuration drift through structured platform management.

Automation & Infrastructure Engineering:

• Design and implement automation for provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management.


• Develop reusable scripts and tooling to reduce operational overhead.


• Contribute to infrastructure-as-code and configuration management practices.


• Improve deployment reliability through automation and validation workflows.

Advanced Troubleshooting & Reliability Engineering:

• Lead resolution of complex infrastructure incidents involving multiple systems.


• Perform deep technical analysis to identify systemic issues.


• Implement engineering improvements that prevent recurrence.


• Support incident response activities requiring cross-team coordination.

Security & Compliance Engineering:

• Design infrastructure solutions aligned with cybersecurity and regulatory requirements.


• Implement secure configuration baselines and identity controls.


• Support audit readiness through proper system configuration and documentation.


• Ensure infrastructure supports controlled and regulated data environments.

Technical Collaboration & Mentorship:

• Provide technical guidance to administrators and junior engineers.


• Collaborate with network engineering, security, and application teams.


• Participate in technical planning and infrastructure roadmap discussions.


• Contribute to internal engineering standards and best practices.

Operational Expectations:

• Participation in infrastructure on-call rotation.


• Ownership of medium-to-large infrastructure projects.


• Ability to support deployments during maintenance or operational windows.


• Work performed within datacenter, lab, and operational environments as required.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 7+ years experience implementing and supporting enterprise infrastructure.


• Demonstrated experience designing infrastructure solutions independently.


• Advanced Windows Server administration and platform knowledge.


• Working proficiency administering Linux systems.


• Experience designing and operating virtualization environments.


• Strong automation and scripting experience (PowerShell required).


• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex multi-system issues.


• Solid understanding of infrastructure dependencies and networking fundamentals.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience supporting engineering, manufacturing, or lab infrastructure.


• Experience integrating on-premises infrastructure with cloud platforms (i.e., AWS/Gov Cloud & AzureC High).


• Enterprise storage architecture experience (i.e., NetApp)


• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code (i.e., Terraform) or configuration management tooling (i.e., Ansible)


• Experience operating within regulated or compliance-driven environments.

TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT:

Infrastructure environments supported by this role include technologies such as:

• Microsoft Windows Server


• Linux systems administration


• VMware vSphere or equivalent enterprise virtualization platforms


• Microsoft Azure and Entra ID


• Active Directory and Group Policy


• Microsoft Intune or modern endpoint management platforms


• NetApp storage systems


• Enterprise backup solutions (e.g., Veeam or equivalent)


• PowerShell automation and scripting


• Cisco Meraki networking technologies


• Hybrid datacenter and cloud infrastructure supporting engineering and operational environments


• Cloud infrastructure (AWS & Azure)


• Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform)


• Configuration Management tooling (Ansible)


• Strong cross-platform understanding and engineering depth are expected.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance.