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Senior IT Automation Engineer

Huntress· Information Technology Operations
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Remote$130k - $140kfull-timePosted 4d ago

About the role

Senior IT Automation Engineer responsible for shaping Huntress's automation and AI strategy, owning the Automation and Agentic AI Center of Excellence, and delivering scalable, secure automation solutions across the IT organization.

Responsibilities

  • Lead cross-functional initiatives that use automation to improve operational scale, employee experience, and business execution.
  • Own the enterprise automation and integration stack, including Zapier and connected business systems, while ensuring performance, maintainability, and security alignment.
  • Establish and operate the Automation and Agentic AI Center of Excellence, including standards, governance, documentation, intake, and prioritization practices.
  • Build reusable frameworks, templates, libraries, and design patterns that help enable self service and deliver reliable solutions faster with more consistency.
  • Represent IT with Internal Innovation to collaborate on AI adoption, feature enablement, and governance.
  • Design modular, resilient integration patterns and automation pipelines with secure data handling, role-based access control, and least-privilege principles built in.
  • Analyze operational inefficiencies, identify high-value opportunities, and deliver data-informed recommendations and roadmaps to leadership.
  • Re-engineer meaningful parts of the operational layer with AI, using tools such as Claude and Glean to create reusable workflows that preserve human judgment, security, and measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in automation engineering, systems integration, or a similar technical leadership role, with experience on or partnering closely with IT teams.
  • Set automation strategy, translated organizational goals into practical roadmaps, and guided initiatives from concept through adoption.
  • Hands-on experience with enterprise workflow platforms, API-based integrations, and Microsoft tooling such as Azure, Entra, and Intune, along with Python or JavaScript/TypeScript scripting and version-controlled delivery practices.
  • Understanding of SaaS security, identity and access management, credential protection, privacy-aware data handling, and risk assessment of new integrations.
  • Ability to diagnose root causes, weigh automation against manual processes, and decide where standardization creates value.
  • Strong communication of technical trade-offs with engineers, business partners, and executive stakeholders; ability to guide teams toward maintainable solutions.
  • Experience re-engineering workflows with AI and designing reusable systems enabling Claude and Glean to run meaningful portions of the operational layer while preserving human oversight.

Skills

Required:Automation strategyEnterprise workflow platformsMicrosoft tooling (Azure, Entra, Intune)Python or JavaScript/TypeScriptSaaS security & IAMCommunication & stakeholder management
Nice to have:AI-enabled workflow redesign

Benefits

  • 100% remote work environment
  • Generous paid time off (vacation, sick time, holidays)
  • 12 weeks of paid parental leave
  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits
  • 401(k) with 5% contribution
  • Life and Disability insurance plans
  • Stock options for all full-time employees
  • One-time $500 home office reimbursement
  • Annual education and professional development allowance
  • $75 USD/month digital reimbursement
  • Access to BetterUp coaching platform
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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