The platform provides deep visibility across infrastructure, applications, networks, cloud services, and AI workloads, enabling IT and engineering teams to quickly identify root causes, improve system performance, and maintain operational resilience. This is a highly autonomous, hands-on role where you'll build automation, develop IT processes, improve service management, and collaborate with engineering, security, and business teams to continuously enhance the organization's IT infrastructure.
Numbers & Facts
Location
Palo Alto, CA (Remote)
Salary
$130,000–$140,000 Per Year
Description
Senior IT Systems Engineer
Location: Remote (U.S.)
Employment Type: Full-Time
Reports to: Director of IT
ABOUT THE COMPANY:
We are a leading observability software company that helps enterprise organizations monitor, optimize, and manage complex hybrid and cloud environments. The platform provides deep visibility across infrastructure, applications, networks, cloud services, and AI workloads, enabling IT and engineering teams to quickly identify root causes, improve system performance, and maintain operational resilience. Serving large enterprise customers worldwide, the company is committed to innovation, automation, and delivering scalable solutions for modern IT operations
ABOUT THE ROLE:
As a Senior IT Systems Engineer, you'll take ownership of the company's corporate IT environment, ensuring reliable, secure, and scalable operations across endpoints, identity, networking, SaaS applications, and cloud services. This is a highly autonomous, hands-on role where you'll build automation, develop IT processes, improve service management, and collaborate with engineering, security, and business teams to continuously enhance the organization's IT infrastructure
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Own and drive IT initiatives from planning through implementation with minimal supervision
Lead IT service management, including incident, change, problem, and access management using ITIL best practices
Develop and maintain runbooks, SOPs, documentation, and network diagrams
Administer identity and access management through Okta, including SAML/OIDC integrations, MFA, SCIM provisioning, and RBAC
Design, implement, and troubleshoot networking across LAN/WAN, VPNs, firewalls, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, and hybrid environments
Manage Windows, macOS, and Linux endpoints through MDM platforms
Administer collaboration platforms such as Google Workspace, Slack, and Zoom
Implement endpoint security, access controls, vulnerability remediation, and SaaS governance
Partner with internal stakeholders and vendors to deploy scalable IT solutions
Participate in and lead the IT on-call rotation for production-adjacent systems
QUALIFICATIONS:
At least 8–12 years of experience in IT Operations or Systems Engineering within a SaaS or technology company
Strong knowledge of ITIL processes and IT service management
Advanced networking experience, including TCP/IP, routing, VPNs, firewalls, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, and load balancers
Extensive Okta administration experience, including SAML/OIDC, MFA, and SCIM provisioning
Experience managing Windows, macOS, and Linux endpoints
Working knowledge of public cloud platforms such as GCP, AWS, or Azure
Excellent communication skills with experience supporting distributed teams
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, or other Infrastructure-as-Code tools
Advanced experience with GCP, AWS, or Azure
ITIL Foundation (or higher) certification
Cloud certifications (Google, AWS, or Azure)
Networking certifications such as CCNA or CCNP
Experience supporting SOC 2 or ISO 27001 compliance initiatives
Familiarity with observability platforms such as Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, or similar solutions
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:
Base Salary: $130,000–$140,000
15% Annual Performance Bonus
Equity/Stock Opportunities
Fully Remote (U.S.)
Opportunity to work with cutting-edge cloud, infrastructure, and observability technologies in a collaborative engineering-focused environment
We are an equal opportunity employer, and we are an organization that values diversity. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, including minorities and persons with disabilities.