Principal IT Systems Engineer

Mach Industries•Huntington Beach, CA

About The Position

We are seeking a Principal IT Systems Engineer to lead the architecture, implementation, automation, and lifecycle management of enterprise IT infrastructure. This role serves as technical authority across engineering, cloud and on-prem platforms, identity, endpoint management, observability, security hardening, and infrastructure automation. This person will drive modernization through infrastructure as code, configuration management, CI/CD integration, system reliability practices, and repeatable operational workflows. You will be responsible for building the technical foundations, standards, and deployment models required to scale IT reliably across a growing multi-site organization.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
10+ years of systems engineering, infrastructure engineering.
Deep experience supporting complex enterprise environments across cloud and on-prem systems.
Strong hands-on experience with automation and scripting, including PowerShell, Python, Bash, or similar.
Experience building and maintaining infrastructure as code and configuration automation using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, or similar.
Experience with CI/CD platforms such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or similar.
Strong expertise in Windows, Linux, virtualization, identity systems, endpoint management, cloud platforms, backup/recovery, and enterprise systems operations.
Experience with observability, monitoring, logging, and operational health tooling.
Strong knowledge of systems security, access control, hardening, and vulnerability remediation.
Ability to travel.

Nice To Haves

Background in regulated or compliance-driven environments such as defense, manufacturing, aerospace, or similar industries.
Exposure to security and compliance frameworks including NIST 800-171, CMMC, SOC 2, ISO 27001, or related standards.
Experience with SRE-style operational practices and service reliability or platform engineering initiatives.
Familiarity with integrating enterprise IT systems with software delivery pipelines and cloud-native tooling.
Working knowledge of modern infrastructure technologies such as containers, artifact repositories, secrets management, and service orchestration.
Experience developing automation for identity lifecycle management, PKI/certificates, patching, endpoint deployment, or compliance validation.
Experience supporting standardized infrastructure deployments for branch offices, warehouses, or production sites.
Relevant industry certifications such as Microsoft, AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, VMware, CISSP, RHCSA/RHCE, or similar.

Responsibilities

Architect and maintain scalable, resilient, and secure infrastructure across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments.
Lead design standards and long-term roadmaps for core platforms including servers, virtualization, storage, identity, endpoints, collaboration, and backup systems.
Build reference architectures, deployment blueprints, and repeatable site rollout models to support offices, warehouses, production environments, and remote locations.
Drive an automation-first approach using infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, and operational automation for provisioning, patching, compliance, backups, certificates, and access management.
Improve reliability through standardized recovery procedures, automation, and resilient support models.
Oversee enterprise systems administration and operations, ensuring availability, performance, lifecycle management, and disaster readiness.
Strengthen security and compliance by implementing controls aligned with frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, and CMMC, while advancing SSO, MFA, PAM, RBAC, and conditional access.
Lead major infrastructure initiatives, translate business needs into technical execution plans, mentor engineers, and advise leadership on risk, resilience, and long-term scaling.