Systems Engineer and Applications Architect

Job Title: Systems Engineer and Applications Architect

Company Overview:

AquaPhoenix Scientific, headquartered in Hanover, PA has an immediate opening for a highly experienced Systems Engineer and Applications Architect to lead the design, configuration, implementation, automation, maintenance, and security of the Company’s enterprise cloud-based architecture built on Amazon Web Services. Includes managing applications, system requirements, functionality, risk/security, and the integration of various third-party platforms. Requires extensive experience building secure, scalable, highly available cloud environments and driving infrastructure modernization through automation and best practices. 

AquaPhoenix is a leading provider of reagents, industrial equipment and software solutions for the commercial water treatment industry, as well as a producer of STEM education kits. We are a fast-growing and expanding company with an ever-expanding footprint in the water treatment industry. The Systems Engineer and Applications Architect is an exempt-salary leadership position that reports directly to the Senior IT Manager. Remote work opportunities are anticipated; however, will require reasonable travel to company headquarters, manufacturing sites, and similar locations. 

If you believe you have the skills, experience, and desire to work in a fast-paced, growing company, the Systems Engineer and Applications Architect position could be an excellent opportunity to jump start your career. AquaPhoenix offers a supportive and friendly work environment, competitive pay, bonus opportunities, challenges, career growth, 401(k), health and wellness benefits, STD, LTD, and generous paid time off. 

Essential Responsibilities: Although not all inclusive, additional responsibilities, expectations and skills will include:

• Architect secure, fault-tolerant, and scalable cloud infrastructure, including VPCs, networking, and storage, ensuring actions are aligned with business and technology strategies.
• 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.
• 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.
• Mentor and provide technical leadership across project teams.
• Participate in project planning, budgeting, and vendor evaluations.

Qualifications, Skills, and Experience 

AquaPhoenix Scientific considers applicants with diverse backgrounds, education, and work experience; however, applicants for the Systems Engineer and Applications Architect position will frequently have a combined education and/or work experience that is at minimum Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience. Plus 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 authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer-sponsored visa sponsorship.

Additional experience include but not limited to:

• 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

• 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.

If you are looking for a great work environment, competitive pay, bonus opportunities, career growth, and exceptional benefits that include 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.