Senior Systems Engineer

Description

Title:

Sr. Systems Engineer

Location:

Remote - US Compensation: $120,000 About PSI

We are PSI Services. We power world leading tests. Delivered with trusted science and the very best test taker experience. PSI supports test-takers on their journey to pursuing dreams and gaining certifications that are important to them. They believe that their dreams are worth working for; that their dreams are worth the effort. And we believe that too. This is our core purpose, to empower people to achieve their dreams.

We do this by being the best provider of workforce solutions, which foster both technology and science to deliver the best solutions for our test takers.

We are searching for top talent to join our PSI team and help grow our products and services. We have a creative, supportive and inclusive culture where we empower people in their careers to be their authentic self and make the most of their great talent.

At PSI, we are committed to helping people meet their potential and we believe that promoting diversity, equity and inclusion is critical to our success. That’s why you’ll find these ideals are intrinsic to our company culture and applied throughout the employee lifecycle.

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The Senior Systems Engineer is responsible for the architecture, design, implementation, and ongoing operation of enterprise cloud services, with a primary focus on FedRAMP/GovRAMP-regulated environments.

This role leads the design and evolution of secure, scalable, and compliant platforms across AWS and Azure, ensuring solutions are supportable by a lean operations team while meeting federal regulatory and audit requirements. The engineer provides senior-level technical leadership, drives project execution, and ensures consistent application of operational and architectural standards across the PSIGov environment.

The role partners closely with infrastructure, security, Dev Ops, and compliance teams, as well as external vendors and federal stakeholders, to deliver and sustain a resilient and compliant federal platform.

• Architect, design, and implement cloud infrastructure and services within FedRAMP/GovRAMP boundaries, supporting current and future federal clients.
• Lead integration of new clients into the federal platform, ensuring alignment with security, compliance, and operational standards.
• Design scalable, cost-effective solutions across AWS and Azure that support long-term platform growth.

• Implement, monitor, and maintain NIST 800-53 controls and supporting frameworks within regulated environments.
• Support Continuous Monitoring (Con Mon) activities, including evidence collection, remediation tracking, and audit readiness.
• Ensure systems meet FedRAMP/GovRAMP operational, security, and reporting requirements on an ongoing basis.

• Oversee day-to-day operation of cloud infrastructure, ensuring availability, performance, and security across the federal environment.
• Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and remediation for complex infrastructure and platform issues.
• Proactively identify and resolve risks before they impact system availability or compliance posture.

• Design and manage identity and access management (IAM) solutions, enforcing least privilege and access controls.
• Ensure infrastructure is hardened, patched, and aligned with CIS benchmarks and DISA STIGs.
• Partner with security engineering to strengthen platform governance and reduce audit risk.

• Design and support core services including compute, networking, storage, DNS, AD, and load balancing.
• Manage hybrid identity and federation architectures supporting both federal and enterprise integrations.
• Ensure enterprise services (e.g., domain services, email integration, certificates) are resilient and compliant.

• Lead technical projects and coordinate cross-functional engineering teams to deliver platform capabilities.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers; act as…