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Senior IT Systems Engineer
Company | Airtable |
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Location | San Francisco, CA, USA |
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Salary | $179000 – $232300 |
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Type | Full-Time |
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Degrees | |
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Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- 6+ years of experience supporting and integrating enterprise SaaS platforms at scale.
- Expertise in automation tools (Workato, Okta Workflows, Airtable Automations, Zapier) and scripting languages (Python, JavaScript).
- Strong understanding of identity and access management (Okta, Google Workspace).
- Proven experience with SaaS monitoring, health checks, and uptime optimization.
- Demonstrated experience with Airtable and building scalable no-code/low-code tools.
- Hands-on experience with AI-driven platforms or implementing AI-based agents/workflows is a strong plus.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to lead technical efforts independently.
- Highly organized and able to manage.
Responsibilities
- Lead evaluation, deployment, and lifecycle management of SaaS platforms (e.g., Google Workspace, Okta, Zoom, Slack, 1Password).
- Define and maintain configuration standards, access controls, and license optimization strategies.
- Implement monitoring and health-check processes to ensure system reliability, uptime, and performance across key SaaS platforms.
- Proactively identify risks and opportunities for integration, scaling, or enhancement.
- Leverage AI capabilities within platforms (e.g., Airtable AI, Workato AI, Okta AI, Google Workspace AI) to enhance automation strategies.
- Design and build AI-powered bots, agents, or copilots that reduce manual effort and improve decision-making across workflows.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to identify use cases for intelligent automation and continuously improve outcomes.
- Stay current on emerging AI technologies to inform IT automation strategy and platform integrations.
- Develop and support automations using Okta Workflows, Workato, Airtable Automations, Zapier, and scripting (Python, JavaScript).
- Collaborate with business teams to streamline end-to-end processes and reduce operational overhead.
- Expand incident response and alerting capabilities using automation platforms and integrations.
- Design and maintain Airtable-based tools, interfaces, forms, and logic to support team workflows.
- Integrate Airtable with other systems through APIs and no-code/low-code automation platforms.
- Ensure tools are scalable, intuitive, well-documented, and continuously improved based on user feedback.
- Collaborate with Security to uphold identity/access controls, data protection standards, and audit-readiness.
- Implement policies and system controls that support compliance and reduce risk across internal tooling and SaaS usage.
- Serve as a senior technical partner for tool evaluation, integration design, and system troubleshooting.
- Provide Tier III support and contribute to the evolution of IT service tooling and documentation.
- Represent IT in vendor engagements during evaluations, escalations, and renewals.
- Drive and contribute to critical IT initiatives such as system rollouts, migrations, and automation enhancements.
Preferred Qualifications
- Hands-on experience with AI-driven platforms or implementing AI-based agents/workflows is a strong plus.