AI-Driven IT Automation Architect - Remote

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Re:Build is seeking an IT Forward Deployed Engineer to design and deploy AI-enabled automation across IT operations. You will reduce manual work, improve efficiency, and accelerate delivery by applying AI, scripting, and infrastructure-as-code.

This is a remote role with 25% travel and a comprehensive benefits package. The ideal candidate has 10+ years of IT systems engineering, strong Python and API skills, and experience with M365, cloud, and multi-cloud environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.
• 10+ years of IT systems engineering across servers, networks, storage, cloud, databases, and endpoint management.
• Proficiency in Python and APIs, with strong systems integration skills.
• Hands-on experience with M365 and Microsoft ecosystem (Azure, Entra, Endpoint management, AD, Intune).
• Experience with hybrid, multi-forest, multi-tenant, and multi-cloud architectures.
• Familiarity with large language models (LLMs), generative AI pipelines, and automation frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Understand requirements for performance, scalability, availability, and security.
• Develop AI-powered automations to transform ITSM processes (Incident, Service Request, Problem).
• Automate provisioning, configuration, patching, and lifecycle workflows across IT domains.
• Implement AIOps capabilities to correlate alerts, predict failures, and automate remediation.
• Build infrastructure‑as‑code templates and CI/CD pipelines using AI-assisted tools.
• Support DevOps initiatives with automated validation, policy enforcement, and deployment safeguards.
• Create AI-assisted cloud optimization workflows and cost-control measures.
• Document automation guides, runbooks, diagrams, and training materials.

Skills

Python

APIs & systems integration

Analytical thinking

LLMs & AI pipelines

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CI/CD pipelines

Observability platforms

SIEM/SOAR tools

Microsoft 365 (M365)

Job description

Re:Build is seeking an IT Forward Deployed Engineer to design and deploy AI-enabled automation across IT operations. You will reduce manual work, improve efficiency, and accelerate delivery by applying AI, scripting, and infrastructure-as-code.

This is a remote role with 25% travel and a comprehensive benefits package. The ideal candidate has 10+ years of IT systems engineering, strong Python and API skills, and experience with M365, cloud, and multi-cloud environments.