Systems Engineer

Job Title: Systems Engineer, IT Department

Location: IAM National Benefit Funds Office, Washington, DC

Employment Type: Full-Time

Job Summary

The International Association of Machinists National Benefit Funds is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to join our IT Department. This role will be part of the Infrastructure team and will help deliver Superior Customer Service to the Funds by designing, implementing, securing, and supporting enterprise systems, network infrastructure, cloud services, and core technology platforms. We’re enhancing our benefit administration system and integrating new technologies.

This position is responsible for the planning, design, implementation, administration, and ongoing optimization of enterprise systems, network, virtualization, cloud, security, and data center environments. The role works closely with IT leadership, business users, vendors, and technical staff to evaluate technologies, support infrastructure initiatives, improve operational resilience, and ensure secure, scalable, and highly available systems aligned with organizational and cybersecurity standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, design, implementation, operation, and maintenance of enterprise systems, telecommunications networks, local area networks, cloud services, virtualization platforms, storage systems, and data center infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain project plans, technical roadmaps, architecture standards, and long-range infrastructure strategies to modernize enterprise systems and improve performance, reliability, scalability, and security.
• Serve as a technical resource for systems engineering activities, ensuring solutions comply with organizational policies, cybersecurity requirements, infrastructure standards, and operational best practices.
• Evaluate hardware, software, cloud, network, storage, security, and telecommunications solutions; prepare technical recommendations; and support procurement decisions in coordination with IT leadership.
• Develop detailed system designs, implementation plans, network diagrams, operational specifications, configuration standards, and project schedules for infrastructure initiatives.
• Administer and support enterprise network technologies, including Cisco routers, switches, firewalls, VPNs, VLANs, routing protocols, wireless infrastructure, fiber connectivity, and related monitoring and management tools.
• Administer and support Windows Server environments, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, certificate services, file services, patching, backups, and system monitoring.
• Manage and support virtualization and storage platforms, including VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, NAS, SAN, iSCSI networks, replication, capacity planning, and high-availability configurations.
• Support the design, deployment, administration, and migration of cloud and hybrid services, including Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, Microsoft 365, identity services, virtual networking, and related security controls.
• Lead or support system migrations, infrastructure upgrades, lifecycle refreshes, disaster recovery improvements, and production deployments while minimizing service disruption.
• Integrate cybersecurity best practices into systems and infrastructure operations, including secure configurations, access controls, vulnerability remediation, segmentation, logging, monitoring, and compliance support.
• Monitor system performance, review logs and alerts, identify trends, troubleshoot complex issues, and implement corrective actions to improve availability, stability, and security.
• Manage and document system configurations, standard operating procedures, change records, implementation plans, and transition-to-production activities.
• Capture, analyze, translate, and document business, technical, and end-user requirements into secure and supportable infrastructure solutions.
• Provide advanced troubleshooting, escalation support, root-cause analysis, and remediation for Level 2 and Level 3 operational issues across systems, network, cloud, and security platforms.
• Mentor junior technical staff, share knowledge with the Infrastructure team, and coordinate with vendors and service providers to resolve technical issues and deliver project outcomes.

Required Technical Qualifications and Education

• Minimum 7 years of progressive hands-on systems engineering, infrastructure, network, or data center administration experience in an enterprise production environment.
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on administration of Cisco networking technologies, including routers, switches, firewalls, VLANs, ACLs, VPNs, wireless infrastructure, and routing protocols such as OSPF and BGP.
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on administration of Windows Server and core infrastructure services, including Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, file services, patching, backups, and system monitoring.
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on administration of VMware vSphere or comparable virtualization platforms in a production environment, including cluster management, HA, vMotion, resource planning, and lifecycle management.
• Minimum 3 years of hands-on administration of Microsoft Azure or Amazon AWS, including identity and access management, virtual networking, security configuration, deployment, monitoring, and hybrid connectivity.
• Demonstrated experience with storage and backup technologies, including NAS, SAN, iSCSI, replication, disaster recovery planning, and system recovery procedures.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity practices for infrastructure environments, including secure configuration, vulnerability remediation, privileged access controls, network segmentation, logging, monitoring, and incident response support.
• Experience leading infrastructure projects, coordinating vendors, documenting technical designs, implementing change controls, and transitioning systems into production support.
• Required certifications: Microsoft Certified AZ-800 & AZ-801, CompTIA Security+, Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA).
• Experience in the Benefit Administration industry a plus, but not required.

Education:

• An undergraduate degree (BA/BS) from an accredited university in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a computer-related field, or equivalent work experience
• Technical certifications and/or completion of technical courses as mentioned in the “Required Technical Qualifications” section above.

The desired candidate will be a self-starter with an excellent work ethic and sound judgment. The candidate must have excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to articulate ideas and issues clearly and concisely with all levels within and outside the organization. Excellent organizational skills, the ability to plan & coordinate efforts, prioritize, meet deadlines, and follow through to completion are essential.

Benefits

Employees at the IAM Benefit Funds Office enjoy:

• Comprehensive and fully employer-funded health, dental, and vision benefits.
• Generous vacation and holiday policies
• Fully employer-funded defined-benefit pension plan.
• 401(k) plan with employee participation option.
• Many other exciting guaranteed and optional benefits.

Pay: $125,000.00 - $135,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Experience:

• Cisco routers: 5 years (Required)
• VMware vSphere: 5 years (Required)
• Microsoft Windows Server: 5 years (Required)

License/Certification:

• CompTIA Security+ (Preferred)
• Microsoft Certified AZ-800 and AZ-801 (Preferred)

Work Location: In person