Senior IT Systems Engineer

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About the team:
Klaviyo's global corporate Information Technology (IT) team is responsible for providing technology systems, administration, and support to Klaviyos around the world. Our main goal is to ensure that Klaviyos everywhere have a strong technology foundation to do great work. The IT Team solves problems using technology and provides Klaviyo's continued scalability and sustainable employee growth in a rapidly evolving environment.
The IT Systems team is primarily responsible for SaaS systems administration and end-to-end lifecycle management, building automation, and engineering solutions for both other internal teams and the business. The IT Systems team is highly collaborative, working closely with the IT Searchbar team - our end-user support team - as well as with our Security, Risk, and Trust teams and the broader Engineering department.
About the role:
As a Senior IT Systems Engineer on the IT Systems team, you will play a key role in the design, implementation, and maintenance of our enterprise SaaS systems. You will participate in projects that range from SSO/SCIM implementations to complex multi-tool integrations and automations, with a focus on scalability and efficiency. You'll work closely with operations, engineering, and the IT Searchbar team to ensure seamless system performance and assist with technical escalations for system-related issues.
How you'll have an impact

• You'll mentor team members to grow and develop in their careers and help increase their scope and impact throughout their tenure at Klaviyo.
• Both give and receive meaningful feedback focusing on empathy, curiosity, and investment in growth.
• Establish team standards, implement frameworks for intake and prioritization of projects and tasks, and establish and monitor objectives and key results (OKRs).
• Partner with the stakeholders to build, maintain, and improve tooling/infrastructure and documentation that helps meet the business needs for today and the future.
• Collaborate with IT and internal teams to automate and improve workflows, implement and enhance escalation processes, and drive IT initiatives.
• Implement new processes, and evaluate and improve existing processes.

Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience leading systems administrator teams or equivalent.
• You have experience defining problem statements, managing technical projects, collaborating with stakeholders, and delivering impactful results.
• You're familiar with a wide range of IT systems, including enterprise device management, secure identity, and endpoint security.
• You have experience deploying and managing macOS and iOS devices and building configuration profiles and policies.
• You're interested in automating workflows and repetitive tasks.
• You have experience in IdP configuration, management, and maintenance. Experience with Okta or Azure is a plus.
• You value clean, concise controls and easily editable security functionality within tools.
• You have a basic understanding of vendor management and IT budget management.
• You have a baseline level of experience with scripting using Bash, Powershell, or Python. Python is preferred, and any AWS Lambda function experience is a plus.

Nice to have

• You've worked with Workato, Okta, Okta Workflows or other similar SSO and automation solutions.
• The candidate has baseline experience working with enterprise-scale networking topics, which includes routing, DNS, and building and maintaining multiple global office networks and VPNs.
• You have experience as a systems administrator or systems engineer in a fast-paced and high-growth IT environment.
• Ability to build applications and tools that provide and/or use APIs to transfer data.
• Experience with VPC, EC2, Security Groups, ACLs, IAM in AWS and GCP.

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Our salary range reflects the cost of labor across various U.S. geographic markets. The range displayed below reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all our US locations. The base salary offered for this position is determined by several factors, including the applicant's job-related skills, relevant experience, education or training, and work location.
In addition to base salary, our total compensation package may include participation in the company's annual cash bonus plan, variable compensation (OTE) for sales and customer success roles, equity, sign-on payments, and a comprehensive range of health, welfare, and wellbeing benefits based on eligibility. Please visit Klaviyo Rewards to find out more about our Total Rewards package.
Your recruiter can provide more details about the specific salary/OTE range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Base Pay Range For US Locations:
$116,000 - $174,000 USD
Get to Know Klaviyo
We're Klaviyo (pronounced clay-vee-oh). We empower creators to own their destiny by making first-party data accessible and actionable like never before. We see limitless potential for the technology we're developing to nurture personalized experiences in ecommerce and beyond. To reach our goals, we need our own crew of remarkable creators-ambitious and collaborative teammates who stay focused on our north star: delighting our customers. If you're ready to do the best work of your career, where you'll be welcomed as your whole self from day one and supported with generous benefits, we hope you'll join us.
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