IT Systems & Automation Engineer

Virtuous is on a mission to inspire global generosity by helping nonprofits build better relationships with their donors. We offer a modern software platform that provides mid-sized charities with elegant tools for fundraising marketing volunteerism and online giving.

Our talented team is driven to disrupt the status quo in the nonprofit sector. We are hungry humble and committed to delivering best-in-class software solutions customer success interactions and sales experiences to the worlds leading nonprofits

We also recognize the importance of giving back and making a difference in the communities where we live and work. Thats why we practice radical generosity by volunteering at nonprofits or going the extra mile for our team and the customers we serve. We take our work seriously but we dont take ourselves too seriously. We believe that life is too short not to love what you do.

The ideal candidate for Virtuous embodies our values by:

• Asking questions with a spirit of curiosity

• Giving feedback freely with candor & grace welcoming it in return

• Displaying a passion for philanthropy and technology

• Serving with joy. Everyone is willing to make the coffee!

• Celebrating the wins & milestones of others

• Assuming good intent & demonstrating trust in others

• Pursuing relationships with people different from themselves & creates space to be human

Find our core values & more here.

Virtuous is hiring an IT Systems & Automation Engineer to help build and scale the internal systems that power a distributed cloud-first organization. This role combines Enterprise IT automation engineering AI enablement and security operations to improve how the business operates scales and adopts AI-enabled workflows across the organization.

We believe IT should function as an engineering discipline focused on scalability automation security and organizational enablement not simply reactive support.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys improving systems reducing operational friction and helping teams move faster through thoughtful technology automation and AI-enabled workflows.

Reporting to the Director of IT & Security youll design and automate workflows across identity and access management endpoint management SaaS operations onboarding/offboarding and internal enablement systems. Success in this role is measured by scalable systems reduced operational friction strong security posture and the organizations ability to move quickly and securely.

• Design and implement automation across onboarding endpoint management SaaS administration and internal workflows.

• Build integrations and orchestrations across platforms such as Google Workspace Slack Zoom Entra ID ITSM MDM and asset management systems.

• Leverage APIs scripting orchestration platforms and AI-assisted tooling to reduce manual operational work and help drive AI-enabled productivity across the organization.

• Continuously improve system reliability automation coverage and operational efficiency.

• Administer endpoint management platforms across macOS and Windows environments.

• Manage core enterprise SaaS platforms identity systems RBAC models and secure access workflows.

• Design scalable remote-first IT operations that support a highly distributed workforce.

• Maintain standardized configurations documentation and lifecycle management practices.

• Partner with Security leadership to maintain strong endpoint posture vulnerability remediation and secure-by-default configurations.

• Support compliance initiatives across SOC 2 HIPAA PCI DSS ISO 27001 and related frameworks.

• Maintain audit-ready inventories access controls and operational documentation.

• Participate in incident response remediation and operational security efforts.

• Partner with teams across Engineering Operations Sales Marketing and Customer Success to improve internal workflows and business operations.

• Lead rollout and adoption of new systems automations and internal tooling.

• Communicate clearly during incidents migrations and operational changes.

• Partner with teams across the organization to identify evaluate and operationalize AI-enabled workflows and productivity improvements where appropriate.

• Act as a force multiplier by improving how work gets done across the organization.

• 5 years of experience in IT Systems Administration IT Operations or similar roles within a cloud-first organization.

• Strong generalist experience across endpoint management SaaS operations identity and access management operational security and distributed workforce enablement.

• Demonstrated success designing and implementing automation that materially reduces manual operational work and improves organizational efficiency.

• Hands-on experience managing and integrating platforms such as Google Workspace Slack Zoom Entra ID / SSO platforms MDM solutions ITSM tooling and asset management systems.

• Experience with workflow automation orchestration scripting APIs or integration tooling (e.g. N8N PowerShell Bash Python REST APIs Zapier Workato Make or similar platforms).

• Experience leveraging AI-assisted tooling and workflows to improve automation operational efficiency internal enablement documentation or organizational productivity.

• Familiarity with modern security and compliance tooling including EDR vulnerability management endpoint compliance conditional access identity governance and operational controls supporting frameworks such as SOC 2 HIPAA PCI DSS ISO 27001 or GDPR.

• Strong troubleshooting communication and problem-solving skills across endpoints SaaS systems enterprise workflows and cross-functional environments.

• Most common IT workflows operate with minimal or no manual intervention.

• New hire onboarding provisioning and access management are highly automated reliable and scalable for a distributed workforce.

• Core enterprise systems remain secure compliant standardized and operationally mature.

• AI-assisted workflows materially improve operational efficiency organizational productivity and internal enablement.

• The organization moves faster because internal systems and workflows reduce friction instead of creating it.

• IT operational maturity improves over time through better automation integrations observability and scalable systems design.

What We Offer

• Market competitive pay leveraging Carta data

• Employee recognition through Bonusly (birthdays anniversaries achievements etc.)

• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching- 50% match up to 6% of compensation after 90 days

• We value our employees work-life balance and encourage taking advantage of Unlimited PTO

• Supportive time off including paid volunteer days and company holidays

• Employer-contributed healthcare benefits encompassing medical dental and vision coverage with plans available for dependents and choices for Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA).

• 12 weeks primary parent leave 4 weeks secondary parent leave - full pay (adoption as well)

• We pride ourselves on Community and host exciting company outings and events.

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Required Experience:

IC