Senior Systems Engineer
Listed on 2026-07-27
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IT/Tech
IT Support, Systems Engineer, Technical Support, Systems Administrator
Target Hiring Range: $120,000-$150,000
Department: Chief Information Officer Posting Date Range: 7/24/2026-8/7/2026 Pay Grade Range: $102745-$173959
Work Hours: 8:30am-5:30pm
FLSA Status: Exempt
Remote Work Status: Hybrid
Hybrid Schedule: 6 days per month onsite with specific scheduled days and times subject to the operational needs of the team as well as manager approval.
All remote or hybrid work arrangements must be performed from within the continental United States, subject to Sergeant at Arms approval.
The Senate Sergeant at Arms does not pay for relocation expenses.
This vacancy announcement closes at 11:59 pm EST. Late applications will not be accepted.
Job Description
JOB OVERVIEW
The Target Hiring Range for this position is: $120,000-$150,000
The Senior Systems Engineer needs to have wide experience supporting and maintaining websites and web applications, have working knowledge of database and server infrastructure, as well as be familiar with supporting the networking and security of these systems. The Senior Systems Engineer needs to be familiar with a Linux environment and with editing and maintaining configuration files.
Key Accountabilities/Essential
Job Duties
Contributes to the section's work effort in responding to incidents from other sections, including the help desk. Supports tasks which may include helping to develop standard operating procedures, assignments, and coordination of work efforts to address issues. Assists users with computer needs such as installing and configuring software/hardware on their PC; troubleshoots problems with user systems. Provisions new accounts for users.
Supports the section's work effort to develop processes and procedures to streamline the resolution of issues. Provides technical support for Senate information technology or telecommunications services, systems, hardware, software, and storage solutions to the users; supports Senate offices, contract support vendors, and other technical staff in troubleshooting and managing the various Senate environments. Maintains and monitors LAN/WAN and SAN operations and solves LAN/WAN and SAN applications problems;
installs integrates, customizes, enhances, troubleshoots, and tests LAN and SAN hardware and software. Assists in installing, upgrading, customizing, tuning, and maintaining databases for optimal performance and availability; assists in developing, testing, and implementing database store procedures, functions, triggers, views, and packages. Conducts acceptance and integration testing; assists vendor systems implementation by troubleshooting related system issues affecting Senate users. Analyzes, designs, develops, implements, and maintains applications to meet the needs of Senate users;
assists with product evaluations and implementation. Attends internal training provided by subject matter experts to understand operational tasks, documents support needs and share the information within the assigned section. Other duties as assigned.
JOB SPECIFICATIONS
Required Education
High School Diploma/ GED.
Other Duties/ Responsibilities
- Participates in on-site and on-call rotation.
- Five to eight years of relevant work experience (GED), three to six years (Associates), one to three years (Bachelor’s), one to two years (Master’s).
- Manages current storage capacity and ensures storage is available to support all computing environments; plans for future storage growth; monitors and confirms that system files and application products are successfully backed up; performs necessary installations, patches, and upgrades.
- Works escalated issues from lower-tier team members. Mentors/relays information on solutions to train others.
- Analyzes new hardware and software releases for their impact on the Senate environment; tests new releases on Senate supported platforms; develops product configuration standards for use in the Senate environment.
- Creates, develops, modifies, instructs and provides technical assistance on business continuity plans and processes.
- As part of our hiring process, we may conduct a skills assessment to better understand an applicant’s proficiency in…
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