Sr. Systems Engineer (Dedicated) at Atlas Technica
Austin, TX
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Aug 2, 2026
Austin, TX
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A dedicated onsite Senior Systems Engineer role at a managed service provider serving hedge funds and investment firms in Austin, TX. The position handles escalated end-user support, administers Microsoft 365 and Azure environments, manages networking infrastructure, and mentors junior engineers. Candidates should have broad Windows/M365 systems administration experience and a background in MSP environments.
Mid level · 3+ years · Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX · Full-time
Advertised as Senior, but the requirements read as Mid.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 80 people in the Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (network and computer systems administrators). range 15–150
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $106,818 (middle half $84,978–$135,301).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 4, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role requires only 3+ years of experience, which is low for a 'Senior' title; the actual scope (escalation point, mentoring, broad sysadmin duties at an MSP) is consistent with a Mid-level engineer on a normal career ladder, hence the seniority is assessed as Mid despite the Senior title.
The SOC classification is a judgment call: the role is primarily about operating and administering infrastructure (Windows, M365, networking, Azure) rather than writing and shipping code, which points to 15-1244. However, the breadth of the stack and the MSP context mean 15-1252 is a plausible alternative.
Sophos is listed in Requirements with the qualifier 'or a similar product'; it is treated as a hard gate on endpoint threat-management capability, with Sophos as the named example. No specific alternative product name is given in the required section, so no alternatives are listed for this skill.
Palo Alto and Cisco firewalls are listed together in both the responsibilities and requirements sections as enterprise networking equipment; they are emitted as a single skill with Cisco as an alternative since the posting treats them as interchangeable options for the same requirement.
Meraki and Ubiquiti wireless access points are listed as alternatives to Cisco wireless in the posting ('Cisco, Meraki, or Ubiquiti'), so they are captured as alternatives.
Financial market applications (Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, FactSet, Capital IQ) appear only under Desirable Qualities and are marked preferred.
No compensation figures are stated in the posting.
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