Top Remote Systems Engineer Jobs in Denver & Boulder, CO

Architects and operates enterprise endpoint platforms across Windows and macOS, including device provisioning, application delivery, patching, compliance, security, automation, and lifecycle management. The role leads complex technical projects, resolves escalated endpoint issues, partners with security and support teams, evaluates technologies, improves employee experience, documents systems, and mentors engineers.

Own the reliability, availability, performance, observability, and security of Ophelia’s GCP telehealth platform. Define SLOs, improve monitoring and incident response, expand Terraform infrastructure, strengthen CI/CD, manage disaster recovery, and address latency and Cloud Run performance. Lead on-call maturity, HIPAA/SOC 2 infrastructure controls, and reliability education for engineers. Use AI-assisted tools for automation and incident triage while partnering with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Own the architecture and evolution of Backblaze’s observability platform across multiple data centers. Lead metrics, logging, tracing, dashboards, infrastructure automation, Kubernetes deployments, Ceph monitoring, and network observability. Establish technical standards, capacity strategies, documentation, and operational practices while mentoring engineers and partnering across SRE, storage, network, security, and application teams. Evaluate AIOps and agentic AI solutions to improve incident detection, correlation, and response.

Leads digital EHS and ESG management software implementations from requirements gathering through design, testing, deployment, training, integration, data migration, and post-go-live support. Manages consulting teams, client relationships, proposals, quality assurance, and follow-on work. Develops software integrations, analytics, prototypes, progressive web applications, and data solutions using agile methods. Advises clients on business processes, systems engineering, organizational change, and EHS compliance technology.

Own and improve ARM and AArch64 emulation support, including instruction semantics, operating-system behavior, ABI variants, system calls, memory management, and execution environments. Diagnose differences between native, QEMU, and analysis-engine execution; improve performance, determinism, observability, and reliability; and develop regression testing. Debug complex binaries and firmware while contributing expertise in low-level systems, binary analysis, fuzzing, and symbolic execution.

Build NeMo Evaluator and agentic AI infrastructure using Python APIs, SDKs, plugins, and evaluation workflows. Develop systems for agent execution data, regression detection, observability, reliability, and performance across distributed, cloud-native environments. Collaborate across research, product, platform, and infrastructure teams while providing technical leadership, mentoring, and ownership of complex cross-component problems.

Supports EADGE-T integrated air and missile defense modernization through systems engineering activities. Decomposes high-level requirements, manages requirements in DOORS Next, participates in design reviews, conducts trade studies and alternatives analyses, performs requirements verification, and contributes to system architecture using MBSE tools such as SysML and Cameo within an Agile Scrum environment.

Design, implement, and ensure quality of systems stack, tools, and SDK integration for AI frameworks. Collaborate with hardware and ML teams, apply engineering principles, write low-level/high-performance code, define architecture, estimate scope, and drive coding standards.

Lead systems engineering for a next-generation unmanned aircraft system. Responsibilities include defining system architecture, behaviors, requirements, interfaces, fault responses, and traceability; integrating avionics, autonomy, propulsion, sensors, and mission systems; conducting MBSE modeling, trade studies, safety analyses, flight testing, and performance validation; and coordinating cross-functional teams, DoD stakeholders, and government partners through development and operational deployment.

Leads systems engineering for an AWACS modernization program, overseeing avionics, communications, mission systems, software, cybersecurity, integration, testing, certification, and aircraft fielding. Responsibilities include requirements development, architecture, interface management, technical planning, risk mitigation, verification and validation, airworthiness support, configuration control, and technical documentation. The role supervises multidisciplinary engineering teams and coordinates with government stakeholders, OEMs, laboratories, and subcontractors.

Provides managed-services systems engineering for IBM z environments, including troubleshooting, software implementation and tuning, storage management, disaster recovery, hardware upgrades, performance monitoring, and capacity planning. The role supports customer environments, coordinates with software vendors, documents systems, advises clients, contributes to proposals, and identifies service opportunities. Expertise in IBM installation procedures, core utilities, z ISV products, and UNIX System Services is required, with DB2, CICS, telecommunications, security, automation, Java, and WLM experience preferred.

Provides hands-on administration and support for identity and access management, SaaS vendors, AI tools, endpoint management, and security remediation. Responsibilities include Entra access provisioning, SSO/SAML certificate renewals, SCIM integrations, license management, ticket triage, endpoint rollouts, patching, CVE remediation, MFA changes, and documentation. The role resolves routine escalations, supports cross-platform troubleshooting, flags security concerns, and contributes to automation, cost optimization, and technology implementation projects.

Leads systems engineering for embedded, electro-mechanical medical devices. Defines requirements, architecture, interfaces, and traceability; leads design reviews, risk management, verification and validation; collaborates across mechanical, electrical, software, quality, and regulatory teams; and supports FDA 510(k), PMA, and EU MDR submissions.

Own production agentic AI systems that audit medical claims. Translate ambiguous business problems into measurable technical initiatives, define evaluation metrics, architect agent systems, build reliable Python software, and manage accuracy, latency, cost, and citation grounding. Lead technical direction, review designs, mentor engineers, collaborate with clinical and business stakeholders, and present defensible results. The role requires hands-on experience with agent SDKs, evaluation harnesses, long-context systems, and AI development tools.

Designs and modernizes KSA C4I systems by decomposing customer requirements, defining architectures, tracing requirements, developing MBSE models, preparing systems engineering documentation, and refining CONOPs. The role supports integration planning, Agile development, international customer engagement, travel to KSA customer sites, and occasional off-hours testing.

Develops mission-critical Command and Control systems by decomposing stakeholder needs, documenting requirements, creating MBSE architecture and activity models, refining use cases, conducting peer reviews, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Works in an agile Scrum environment to ensure technical solutions satisfy customer requirements. The role is fully remote and supports verification, validation, data modeling, and requirements elicitation activities.

Support KSA C4I modernization by decomposing customer requirements, tracing requirements to system and subsystem designs, developing MBSE architecture and activity models, preparing systems engineering documentation, and refining CONOPs. The role operates in an Agile Scrum environment, supports integration planning and design maturation, works with international customers, and may involve travel to KSA customer sites and off-hours test events.

Designs and modernizes KSA C4I systems by decomposing customer requirements, tracing requirements to subsystems, developing MBSE architecture models, producing systems engineering documentation, defining CONOPs, and supporting integration planning. The role operates in an Agile Scrum environment, collaborates with international customers, may involve travel throughout Saudi Arabia, and can require off-hours test support.

Summer internship to build production-facing realtime intelligence for a mobile app that optimizes campus quest participation. Design context-aware quest logic, detect stalls/drop-offs, suggest micro-actions, instrument evaluation loops, and ship components on top of existing realtime systems to improve behavioral outcomes like IRL quest completion and retention.

Perform power system studies including short circuit, arc flash, load flow, transient overvoltage, and harmonics analysis for renewable energy projects. Support wind, solar, and BESS clients, develop study procedures, improve workflows with Python scripting, and contribute to business development. The role requires independent task management, technical communication, collaboration, and continuous process improvement.

Design, secure, administer, and improve on-premises, cloud, and hybrid infrastructure. Manage servers, networks, operating systems, virtualization, firewalls, endpoints, and monitoring tools. Strengthen security controls, investigate incidents with a third-party SOC, manage vulnerabilities and risks, maintain documentation, and lead infrastructure and security projects including upgrades, migrations, automation, and tool deployments.

Lead the development, testing, deployment, and troubleshooting of power systems control solutions. Create PLC and HMI software, select components, prepare bills of materials, provide engineering direction for drawings, develop customer submittals and test procedures, and support factory testing and field start-ups. Solutions involve power transfer applications, protection relays, power monitoring, and control systems across major equipment manufacturers.

Leads advanced power systems consulting, transmission and distribution studies, utility planning, technical projects, customer engagements, and engineering analysis. Manages proposals, budgets, schedules, resources, and project delivery while developing modeling, simulation, automation, analytics, and equipment application capabilities. Provides technical leadership, mentors engineers, supports business development, presents to industry stakeholders, contributes to professional publications, and helps utilities and grid organizations modernize reliable, resilient electric infrastructure.

Secure Runpod’s multitenant GPU cloud infrastructure across bare-metal and virtualized environments. Responsibilities include designing workload and network isolation, hardening Linux kernels and container platforms, testing hypervisor and hardware security, developing low-level controls in C, Go, or Rust, securing GPU and PCIe interactions, and responding to infrastructure security incidents with forensic capabilities for ephemeral containers.

Own and improve Azure, Azure Virtual Desktop, Microsoft 365, Entra ID, endpoint management, identity automation, backups, and SaaS platforms. Build monitoring, automations, and cybersecurity capabilities; support incident response, vulnerability management, compliance, and complex IT escalations. Maintain documentation, change management, and infrastructure performance for a distributed workforce. The role is remote within select states, with occasional office travel and on-call participation.