Senior IT Systems Engineer — Automation & Security

Tines; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 87,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Tines is seeking a Senior IT Systems Engineer to design, build, and improve internal systems that support our growing business. You will own automation, integrations, and enterprise platform improvements to make our environment more secure, reliable, and scalable.

Reporting to the Boston-based IT Manager, this hands-on role emphasizes engineering over day-to-day tickets, with collaboration across IT Operations, Security, and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Eight or more years of relevant IT systems engineering experience.
• Hands-on administration across multiple enterprise platforms such as Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Slack, Jira, AWS, identity providers, or endpoint management systems.
• Experience building and maintaining automated workflows, integrations, or self-service solutions using APIs, scripting, or automation platforms.
• Strong troubleshooting skills using logs and command-line tools to investigate issues and implement durable improvements.
• Sound judgment around access controls, data security, testing, and change management with build-versus-buy awareness.
• Experience independently delivering technical projects and communicating with engineers, operations, and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own the administration and improvement of enterprise platforms (Google Workspace, Slack, Jira, AWS) to enhance security and usability.
• Design, build, test, document, and maintain automated workflows and integrations to reduce manual work.
• Partner with IT Operations to investigate escalations and implement scalable improvements.
• Lead systems engineering projects from requirements through rollout and handoff, balancing business needs, security, and maintenance.
• Collaborate with Security, Internal Automation, business stakeholders, and vendors to support secure enterprise tech use.
• Contribute to systems, processes, and documentation to support future Federal environment requirements as the program develops.

Skills

IT systems engineering

Senior ownership

Automation scripting

Troubleshooting

Security awareness

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Google Workspace

Microsoft 365

Slack

Jira

AWS

Identity providers

Endpoint management

Job description

Tines is seeking a Senior IT Systems Engineer to design, build, and improve internal systems that support our growing business. You will own automation, integrations, and enterprise platform improvements to make our environment more secure, reliable, and scalable.

Reporting to the Boston-based IT Manager, this hands-on role emphasizes engineering over day-to-day tickets, with collaboration across IT Operations, Security, and stakeholders.