Senior IT Engineer: Automation, Security & Monitoring

Burns Sheehan Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Burns Sheehan Limited, a London-based FinTech partner, is hiring a Senior IT Engineer to join their growing IT team. The role focuses on engineering and project work rather than day-to-day support, reporting to the Head of IT, and driving automation across the IT stack.

You will identify recurring IT issues, build scripts and AI-assisted tools, strengthen endpoint security, and develop monitoring and internal tooling. This is a hybrid role with 2 office days per week in London.

Qualifications

• Experience in IT engineering, internal IT support or endpoint management.
• Hands-on scripting experience with Python, PowerShell, Bash or similar.
• Experience managing and securing endpoints with understanding of security, monitoring and access management.
• Proactive approach to problem-solving with ability to drive improvements through delivery.
• Experience using AI to build or improve scripts, automations or tools.

Responsibilities

• Identifying recurring IT issues and building scripts, automations and AI-assisted tools to reduce manual work.
• Improving security across devices, SaaS applications and the wider IT environment.
• Developing monitoring and reporting to identify issues before they affect colleagues.
• Taking ownership of engineering projects, from identifying opportunities through to implementation and documentation.
• Exploring new tools and processes to improve the way the IT team operates.

Skills

Scripting

Endpoint security

Automation

AI-assisted tools

Tools

Python

PowerShell

Bash

Job description

Burns Sheehan Limited, a London-based FinTech partner, is hiring a Senior IT Engineer to join their growing IT team. The role focuses on engineering and project work rather than day-to-day support, reporting to the Head of IT, and driving automation across the IT stack.

You will identify recurring IT issues, build scripts and AI-assisted tools, strengthen endpoint security, and develop monitoring and internal tooling. This is a hybrid role with 2 office days per week in London.