AquaPhoenix is a cutting-edge technology firm at the forefront of innovation in the water sector. We specialize in delivering state-of-the-art Software as a Service (SaaS) platform that empowers businesses to streamline their operations and drive success. To support our continued growth and commitment to excellence, we are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Systems Engineer and Applications Architect to join our dynamic team. This is a remote position with standard business hours with some flexibility to meet the needs of the team and the customers.
Position Overview:
As the Systems Engineer and Applications Architect, you will play a crucial role in leading the design, configuration, implementation, automation and troubleshooting of the Company’s enterprise cloud architecture which is built on AWS.
- Architect secure, fault-tolerant, and scalable cloud infrastructure, including VPCs, networking, and storage, ensuring actions are aligned with business and technology strategies.
- Collaborate with the planning, implementation, and support of enterprise infrastructure.
- Implement security controls (IAM, KMS, encryption, RBAC) and ensuring adherence to standards (SOC2, GDPR), technical roadmaps, and best practices.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements to existing systems.
- Work in conjunction with software development, security, infrastructure, and business teams to deliver integrated solutions.
- Design APIs, integration frameworks, and middleware solutions as required.
- Implement automation using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation for automated provisioning.
- Monitor system performance and optimize application availability, reliability, and scalability.
- Perform capacity planning, disaster recovery planning, and business continuity initiatives.
- Ensure compliance with security standards, governance policies, and regulatory requirements.
- Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and application issues.
- Lead technical reviews, architecture governance, and design documentation. (SEMP)
- Mentor and provide technical leadership across project teams.
- Participate in project planning, budgeting, and vendor evaluations.
- Optimized cloud and infrastructure performance and costs.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- 10–15 years of experience in Systems Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering. Post gradate coursework is desirable but not required
- Must be legally authorizeda to work in the United States without current or future employer-sponsored visa sponsorship.
- Hands-on experience operating at a Senior, Staff, or Principal Engineer level.
- Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills.
- Strong communication and collaboration abilities.
- Excellent analytical, decision-making, problem-solving, team and time management skills
- Ability to utilize judgment in decision making process and decisions related to job tasks
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills to technical and non-technical audiences of various levels in the organization.
- Ability to persuade and influence others with a non-authoritative presence.
Technical Requirement:
5+ years of hands-on AWS Cloud Platform experience with deep working knowledge of programs, software, and tools such as:
Infrastructure: EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, EKS, ECS, Lambda, CloudFormation, Route 53, CloudWatch, Auto Scaling, ELB/ALB/NLB
Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, AWS CloudFormation
Automation: Python, Bash, PowerShell
Containers: Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon EKS
CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub Actions
Monitoring: CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Splunk, Datadog
Security: IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, Security Hub, GuardDuty, AWS Config
AquaPhoenix is driven by a company culture that inspires a flexible, fun, ‘can-do’ approach to business. You’ll be joining a fast-paced, driven environment that’s helping to build a cleaner and safer global water supply. AquaPhoenix is an industry leader in water testing kits and reagent manufacturing, as well as a distributor of thousands of testing products and supplies for a multitude of industries including industrial water treatment, cleaning & sanitation, oil & gas, environmental, and water conditioning.
If you are looking for a great work environment, competitive pay, bonus opportunities, career growth, and exceptional benefits that includes health, dental, vision, 401(k), STD/LTD, and generous paid time off consider a career with AquaPhoenix Scientific. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that embraces diverse skills, perspectives and ideas that help our business grow. Minorities, females, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities are urged to apply. For more information or to apply, please visit www.aquaphoenixsci.com.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience
- 10-15 years of experience in Systems Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering
- Legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer-sponsored visa sponsorship
- Senior, Staff, or Principal Engineer-level hands-on experience
- Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills
- Strong communication and collaboration abilities
- Excellent decision-making, problem-solving, team management, and time management skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with technical and non-technical audiences
- Ability to exercise judgment in job-related decisions
- Ability to persuade and influence others without formal authority
- At least 5 years of hands-on AWS Cloud Platform experience
- Deep working knowledge of AWS infrastructure services, including EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, EKS, ECS, Lambda, CloudFormation, Route 53, CloudWatch, Auto Scaling, and load balancers
- Experience with Terraform and AWS CloudFormation
- Experience with Python, Bash, or PowerShell automation
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Amazon EKS
- Experience with Jenkins or GitHub Actions
- Experience with CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Splunk, or Datadog
- Experience with AWS security services including IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, Security Hub, GuardDuty, and AWS Config
- Postgraduate coursework
What We Do
AquaPhoenix is a custom manufacturer offering innovative products and services for industrial water quality testing and chemical feed and control. The depth of our product line allows us to be a true one source for all your testing and equipment needs. With AquaPhoenix, you get one reliable contact to help you effectively service all aspects of your treatment programs. Our locations across the United States, including Pennsylvania, Texas, and California, give us the ability to reduce lead times and shipping costs. We bring value to you through our superior service. This includes live customer support, no-hassle returns and prompt shipping. We are dedicated to continuous improvement, which means we are always working to improve our products, processes and people, to better meet your needs. We pride ourselves on being a different kind of supplier. Our custom manufacturing, fabrication and private label capabilities allow us to create unique products to meet your specific application needs. We manufacture drop count test kits, reagents, calibration solutions, control panels, pump skids, filtration units, and more. Additionally, our reporting software, eSR w/ Flex Reports, gives you a centralized location for data entry, data storage and analysis. We also distribute meters, test kits, lab supplies, pumps, controllers, sensors and accessories from many of the industry’s leading suppliers. These include Hach, Myron L, Fisher Scientific, LaMotte, Chemetrics, Oakton, Pyxis, 3M, Walchem, Prominent, Grundfos, Pulsafeeder and more.
