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McKinstry · 16 hours ago

Lead Systems Engineer

Seattle, WA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$111K/yr - $191K/yr

10+ years exp

McKinstry is innovating the waste and climate harm out of the built environment and creating lasting impact. The Lead Systems Engineer provides technical leadership in designing, implementing, and optimizing McKinstry’s core IT infrastructure, ensuring systems are secure, reliable, and scalable while mentoring engineering staff and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

ConstructionIndustrialIndustrial EngineeringRenewable Energy

No H1B

Responsibilities

Technical Leadership: design, implementation, and optimization of core IT infrastructure — Leading infrastructure projects, guiding solution design, and ensuring systems meet performance, security, and scalability requirements

Navigating complex technical challenges and ensuring system security, reliability, and scalability — Troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, risk mitigation, and ensuring alignment with business objectives

Architectural guidance and governance — Recommending standards, evaluating technologies, shaping long-term infrastructure strategy

Oversight of complex system integrations — Coordinating cross-platform integrations, validating interoperability, and ensuring seamless implementation

Mentoring and developing engineering staff — Coaching team members, providing technical guidance, and supporting skill development

Cross-functional partnership and stakeholder collaboration — Working with business units, project teams, and leadership to deliver high-performance technology solutions that support operational needs

Qualification

Systems engineeringMicrosoft environment managementAzure servicesAutomationScriptingVirtualization technologiesZero Trust architectureCloudOn-prem integrationBusiness continuity planningSystem monitoringRegulatory complianceAnsibleTerraform

Required

10+ years of progressive experience in systems engineering, with at least 5 years in senior technical leadership roles

10 experience managing the Microsoft environment (e.g., AD, GPO, Windows Servers, IIS, monitoring, etc.)

8+ years with Azure services (e.g., Entra ID/AD sync, Microsoft 365, Intune, Autopilot, oAuth, permissions, identity, protection, B2B, etc.)

8+ years with automation and scripting tools. (e.g., PowerShell, Python)

8+ years with virtualization (e.g. VMware), SAN (e.g. Pure), and Backup/Data protection (e.g. Rubrik) technologies

Proven experience implementing Zero Trust architectures with multi-factor and passwordless authentication (SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect, biometrics, passkeys, conditional access)

Expertise managing integration between cloud and on-prem services and leading infrastructure projects from conception through execution

Demonstrated success providing business continuity/disaster recovery planning and testing

Extensive expertise monitoring system health, performance, service usage, and availability using Microsoft and 3rd party tools

Experienced in regulatory and compliance frameworks with demonstrated success integrating compliance requirements into infrastructure and security projects