Senior IT Systems Engineer

Amperity • Seattle, WA

2d • $124,000 - $171,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior IT Systems Engineer based in Amperity’s Seattle, Washington office, you will own the systems, integrations, and automation that keep the company running. You will engineer and connect systems, govern access to advanced platforms, and automate manual processes. The role involves solving complex and ambiguous IT problems, such as improving data-platform permissions, automating employee onboarding, and deploying company AI tools.

You will partner closely with Security, Engineering, and People teams, and share your experience with the IT team. The position calls for strong technical depth, an automation-focused approach, and sound judgment about risk and access. Amperity’s work model is four in-office days per week and one designated remote day on Wednesdays.

Success is measured by delivering completed AI-assisted workflow automation; providing employees with seamless access to the tools they need; collaborating effectively and supporting escalations; maintaining system health and reliability through monitoring, backup and recovery, and endpoint policies; deploying AI tools pragmatically with clear usage and access policies; and maintaining documentation, assets, licenses, vendor relationships, and optimized SaaS spending.

Requirements

• 5 to 7 years of hands-on IT experience, ideally in a high-growth SaaS company.
• Hands-on governance experience with Databricks, Snowflake, or cloud infrastructure.
• A track record of building integrations and automation.
• Comfort leveraging cutting-edge AI tools to work efficiently.
• Experience deploying and administering AI tools in a business setting.
• Advanced SaaS administration and macOS/MDM experience.
• Working knowledge of Okta identity workflows, including SSO, SCIM, and lifecycle processes.
• Experience with monitoring, backup, and recovery for critical systems.
• Strong judgment regarding risk, access, and least privilege.
• A bias toward automation and a pragmatic, creative approach to problem-solving.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to partner directly with stakeholders.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, rapidly changing startup environment.

Nice To Haves

• Relevant certifications, such as Okta, Snowflake, Databricks, or cloud provider credentials.

Responsibilities

• Build integrations and automation, using AI-assisted tooling, to reduce manual work in onboarding, provisioning, and reporting.
• Design and support employee identity lifecycle processes, including onboarding, offboarding, SSO, and SCIM, in partnership with Security and People teams.
• Govern advanced data platforms such as Databricks and Snowflake.
• Evaluate, deploy, and administer AI tools, including managing access, licensing, and usage guardrails.
• Administer the SaaS stack, including G-Suite, Slack, Zoom, Atlassian, MDM, and their integrations.
• Manage the macOS endpoint fleet and MDM policies.
• Build monitoring and automation to detect issues early and scale IT support.
• Own backup, recovery, and continuity for critical systems.
• Handle escalations and respond to employees’ day-to-day support needs.
• Maintain IT documentation and manage assets, licenses, SaaS spending, and vendor relationships.
• Partner cross-functionally with Security, HR, GRC, and Engineering.

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage with a choice of medical plan options.
• Transportation subsidies.
• A comfortable work environment with snacks.
• Employee experience programs and perks.
• Self-managed paid time off.
• Flexibility in how employees do their best work.
• Cash incentives.
• A new-hire stock options grant for every employee, commensurate with the scope of the position.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed