Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
This Senior IT Systems Engineer role sits at the intersection of SaaS operations and security, where internal identity, device posture, and access controls directly shape how reliably a software company can build and ship. In a remote, cloud-first environment, platforms like Intune, Entra ID, Google Workspace, Slack, and Zoom become core production infrastructure, making systems engineering a leverage point rather than a back-office function.
For a SaaS career, the work builds durable experience in standardising and automating administration across a growing application stack. Ownership of MDM and IAM, plus scripting against APIs, maps closely to the operational maturity many SaaS organisations aim for as headcount and endpoint counts expand. The emphasis on documentation, rollout planning, and operational handoff also develops the cross-functional execution skills needed to scale internal platforms without creating brittle processes.
This position is best suited to an engineer who prefers end-to-end responsibility, from design decisions through implementation and steady-state governance. It will appeal to someone who enjoys translating business needs into secure defaults, reducing manual work through automation, and collaborating with non-IT stakeholders in a distributed setting.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
Title: Senior IT Systems Engineer
Reports to: Manager of IT Solutions Engineering
Location: Remote US
Compensation Range: $115,000 to $130,000 base plus bonus and equity
What We Do:
Huntress is a fully remote, global team of passionate experts and ethical badasses on a mission to break down the barriers to cybersecurity. Whether creating purpose-built security solutions, hunting down hackers, or impacting our community, our people go above and beyond to change the security game and make a real difference.
Founded in 2015 by former NSA cyber operators, Huntress protects all businesses—not just the 1%—with enterprise-grade, fully owned, and managed cybersecurity products at the price of an affordable SaaS application. The Huntress difference is our One Team advantage: our technology is designed with our industry-defining Security Operations Center (SOC) in mind and is never separated from our service.
We protect 4M+ endpoints and 8M+ identities worldwide, elevating under-resourced IT teams with protection that works as hard as they do. As long as hackers keep hacking, Huntress keeps hunting.
What You’ll Do:
As an Senior IT Systems Engineer, you play a key role in connecting our IT capabilities with Huntress's evolving business needs, helping us think strategically about technology and how it can help our business scale and grow. Your work involves building strong partnerships across our business units, understanding their unique goals and challenges, and serving as a knowledgeable guide for their technology solutions. You'll have the opportunity to lead the way in designing, evaluating, choosing, and carefully implementing robust and scalable IT solutions and systems that directly support Huntress's exciting growth and long-term vision.
We count on your thoughtful planning and execution for these important projects, ensuring smooth transitions and minimal disruption. A big part of your success will be collaborating closely with our operational teams by creating clear documentation, delivering helpful training, and ensuring a smooth handoff of routine tasks, all to ensure our solutions thrive. Your passion for leveraging technology will help us solve interesting challenges, keep our systems running smoothly, find new efficiencies, and collectively build an innovative IT environment that powers Huntress's success in our dynamic, fully remote world.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and delivery of secure, scalable IT solutions that align with business priorities in a remote, cloud-first environment.
- Serve as the technical owner for MDM, IdP/IAM, and core productivity platforms, including Intune, Entra ID (Azure AD), Google Workspace, Slack, and Zoom.
- Design, implement, and continuously improve endpoint and identity capabilities, including device management, compliance, SSO, conditional access, and role-based access controls.
- Drive automation across MDM, identity, and SaaS administration using scripting (e.g., PowerShell, Python, Bash) and APIs to reduce manual effort, improve consistency, and minimize operational risk.
- Partner with IT Operations and cross-functional teams to translate requirements into solution designs, rollout plans, and clear operational documentation.
- Establish and maintain standards for configuration, monitoring, and change management across endpoint, identity, and SaaS platforms.
What You Bring To The Team
- 5-7+ years of progressive experience in IT systems engineering and administration, with increasing ownership of enterprise platforms and cross-functional initiatives.
- Deep hands-on experience with Microsoft-centric identity and endpoint management, ideally including Intune and Entra ID (or comparable tools), in support of Windows and macOS environments.
- Strong experience administering and optimizing SaaS productivity platforms, especially Google Workspace, Slack, and Zoom.
- Proficiency with scripting and automation, such as PowerShell, Python, or Bash, to streamline administration, enforce standards, and integrate systems.
- Proven ability to lead end-to-end implementations, including technical design, execution, stakeholder communication, and successful operational handoff.
- Strong communication and documentation skills, with the ability to explain technical decisions and trade-offs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
What We Offer:
- 100% remote work environment - since our founding in 2015
- Generous paid time off policy, including vacation, sick time, and paid holidays
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave
- Highly competitive and comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits plans
- 401(k) with a 5% contribution regardless of employee contribution
- Life and Disability insurance plans
- Stock options for all full-time employees
- One-time $500 reimbursement for building/upgrading home office
- Annual allowance for education and professional development assistance
- $75 USD/month digital reimbursement
- Access to the BetterUp platform for coaching, personal, and professional growth
Huntress is committed to creating a culture of inclusivity where every single member of our team is valued, has a voice, and is empowered to come to work every day just as they are.
We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any other legally protected status.
We do discriminate against hackers who try to exploit businesses of all sizes.
Accommodations:
If you require reasonable accommodation to complete this application, interview, or pre-employment testing or participate in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to accommodations@huntresslabs.com. Please note that non-accommodation requests to this inbox will not receive a response.
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