Senior System Engineer

General Motors (GM)

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MI
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TL;DR · Senior System Engineer

Sr. System Engineer - GM Defense IT serves as an individual contributor within the GM Defense IT team, focusing on systems engineering activities in secure and regulated environments. The role involves partitioning functionality for implementation teams, defining technical requirements, ensuring traceability, and managing the operational health of information systems through patching, upgrades, and troubleshooting. You will collaborate with enterprise architecture and security leadership to maintain compliant systems while developing automation tools and self-help resources to improve supportability. Key skills include experience in infrastructure support, server engineering, and security operations within defense or aerospace contexts. The role addresses technical challenges related to cybersecurity compliance, including NIST and CMMC frameworks, while ensuring system reliability and performance. You will also mentor junior colleagues and manage cross-functional workstreams to resolve complex issues within a highly controlled environment.

What you'll do

  • Develop technical requirements and partition functionality for implementation teams in secure environments.
  • Manage information system health through patching, upgrades, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
  • Monitor and document security controls to ensure compliance with government and defense regulations.
  • Create self-help tools, user guides, and knowledge articles to improve support processes.
  • Serve as the primary technical point of contact for customers and internal IT teams.
  • Lead triage sessions to identify root causes and resolve systemic technical issues.
  • Translate complex challenges into practical, implementable solutions to improve operational efficiency.
  • Mentor less experienced team members and provide guidance on systems engineering best practices.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
  • 7+ years of experience delivering IT systems in a professional or corporate environment.
  • Experience gathering requirements and supporting solution design for robust, high-performance systems.
  • Expertise in areas such as systems engineering, infrastructure support, server engineering, or security operations.
  • Experience developing applications, AI agents, automation, or tools to improve operational efficiency.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams and customers.
  • Must be a U.S. Person (citizen, permanent resident, asylee, or refugee) due to export control restrictions.
  • U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, asylee or refugee.

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