[Hiring] Senior Systems Engineer @Communications & Power Industries (CPI)

Role Description

CPI is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer – Active Directory & Infrastructure to join our three-person infrastructure team. This remote position is a hands-on senior role and the primary technical owner for Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), Group Policy, hybrid identity, and Windows patching.

The successful candidate will have deep experience with enterprise Active Directory and Windows environments and will lead efforts involving:

• AD consolidation
• Directory and Group Policy cleanup and maintenance
• Security hardening
• Lifecycle management
• Patching

The role also provides cross-functional backup for virtualization, compute, storage, backup, and other infrastructure platforms.

U.S. Citizenship is required. Candidates requiring employment authorization through an EAD, visa, or other non-citizen work authorization are not eligible for consideration.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Advanced knowledge of AD with strong hands-on experience administering and troubleshooting multi-forest/domain/tenant environments.
• Experience with AD consolidation, migration, cleanup, restructuring, or modernization.
• Advanced Windows Server administration and troubleshooting experience.
• Strong experience with Windows patch management, vulnerability remediation, and systems lifecycle management leveraging MECM/Configuration Manager and/or Intune.
• Strong PowerShell scripting and automation skills.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Entra ID, hybrid identity, and directory synchronization.
• Working knowledge of Kerberos, NTLM, SAML, OAuth/OIDC, AD CS, DNS, DHCP, and networking dependencies.
• Ability to troubleshoot across infrastructure layers and work independently in a small, collaborative infrastructure team.
• Strong documentation, communication, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis skills.
• Security and Compliance perspective, NIST 800-43, 171, CMMC, CUI, ITAR, ECI.

Requirements

• Provide senior-level backup and troubleshooting support for VMware compute/virtualization, NetApp storage, Rubrik backup and recovery, and related infrastructure.
• Work with security and infrastructure teams on AD security hardening, privileged access, least privilege, vulnerability remediation, disaster recovery, and business continuity.

Benefits

• Attractive compensation package with competitive salaries.
• Comprehensive benefits, including health and wellness programs.
• Career development opportunities.
• Generous retirement savings plan with company match.