IT Sr. Systems Engineer
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 44101, USA
Listed on 2026-06-26
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IT/Tech
Systems Engineer, Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations, Cybersecurity, Systems Administrator
Who We Are
At Benesch we pride ourselves on exceeding expectations and building trust not only with our clients but with our employees
- Benesch's #1 asset. Committed to providing not only the highest level of legal service to our clients, Benesch also aspires to create a positive work environment for our employees. Our Firm continues to earn placement on Chicago and Cleveland's Top Workplaces list, along with Cleveland's North Coast 99 Top Workplaces rankings. We also continue to advance on the AmLaw 150 list, placing us among the top 150 law firms in the country.
with Us
- Come and "Be Benesch!"
We are one of the fastest growing firms in the nation, and have offices in Chicago, Columbus, San Francisco, New York City, and Wilmington. We continue to expand our geographic footprint and value the talent that comprises each of our locations. If you are someone who champions a First in Service approach and are ready to be part of an exciting and growing Firm, we would invite you to apply to join our team.
Want to know more? To hear from some of our team, : Benesch is proud to announce the opening for a Sr Security Engineer in our Cleveland office! This position is hybrid and has work from home flexibility.
Do you thrive on designing, building, configuring and maintaining secure IT infrastructure? Does being responsible for an organization's IT system and serving as the primary Tier III troubleshooting point person sound like a challenge? Then you may be interested in our Sr. Security Engineer position. This role is perfect for the individual who has a passion for hybrid cloud solutions and is looking to play a crucial role on Benesch's infrastructure team.
The IT Systems Engineer is responsible for the engineering, administration, maintenance, and availability of the firm's IT systems, serving as the primary escalation point for Tier III troubleshooting. This role requires the ability to travel to all Benesch offices and datacenters as needed. Key duties include developing, planning, implementing, procuring, configuring, troubleshooting, and maintaining the firm's IT infrastructure – both on‑premise and in the cloud.
The IT Systems Engineer analyzes and recommends technology resources to support the firm's needs, and collaborates closely with the Sr. Core Infrastructure Services Manager to plan and deploy hybrid cloud solutions for hosting servers, services, and applications. Working as part of the IT infrastructure group, the IT Systems Engineer helps implement best practices for security and system reliability across the organization.
Functions
- Oversees the physical datacenter experience with virtualization/private cloud infrastructure.
- Manages racking design and organization, cable management, redundancy, and growth planning.
- Manages the relationships with external vendors and cloud providers.
- Supports the premise to cloud migration, disaster recovery, and hybrid cloud management.
- Monitors, manages and forecasts changing requirements in prem and cloud infrastructure, generating and tracking KPIs for system performance and availability.
- Designs, configures, and maintains IT infrastructure hardware, cloud, and software, including but not limited to Active Directory/GPOs, network infrastructure, VMware and HyperV clusters, Microsoft 365, Azure, and other infrastructure applications such as Config management, Monitoring, VPN, RDP, etc.
- Partner with the security team on projects/requests for hardening, remediation, complying with client requirements, ISO requirements, and security controls assessments.
- Assists in system monitoring, reviewing infrastructure and application logs, and verifying configured technical controls.
- Server/system configuration management and IP address management – Build, manage, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot configuration management systems including all related components and systems firm‑wide.
- Participates in the coordination, installation, testing, and technical support of local and wide area wired and wireless networks.
- Assists with deployment of new desktop and server operating systems and applications.
- Assists with distribution of updates…
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