Public Sector IT Systems Engineer (Okta, Zero-Trust)

United States Digital Space LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 149,000 - 186,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health

Dental and vision coverage

Retirement benefits

Learning and development stipend

Generous PTO

Commuter stipend

Job summary

Scale AI is hiring a highly skilled foundational IT Systems Engineer for our Public Sector IT team to design, build, and operate secure, scalable infrastructure. You’ll work on automation across identity and access management, endpoint management, and our SaaS stack using Okta workflows and GCC High/Azure Gov.

You will design and maintain Zero-Trust controls, automate joiner–mover–leaver events, and ensure audit-ready configurations for compliance with NIST 800-53/171 and CMMC 2.0.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of IT systems, infrastructure, and/or engineering experience.
• Experience with integrating with SaaS APIs and SDKs.
• Experience with leveraging Okta or similar identity management systems for authentication and provisioning methods such as SAML, OIDC, and SCIM.
• Scripting experience with Python, Powershell, and/or bash.
• Experience working within SCIFs.
• Familiarity with IL6 / FedRAMP High / CMMC 2.0 control families and how they translate to concrete IT configs.
• Possession of an active Secret or TS/SCI clearance.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the administration of our tech stack with platforms such as Okta, GCC High, Opal, Slack, Jamf, Jira, and many more.
• Provide escalated assistance to the IT Services and Support team.
• Partner with Security/Compliance on audit artifacts (SSP updates, POA&Ms, control mappings to NIST 800-53/171, CMMC 2.0).
• Create and update technology documentation for internal IT teams and Scale employees.
• Design and maintain Zero-Trust controls (device posture, network segmentation, Conditional Access) across GCC High/Azure Gov and Okta.
• Build Okta Workflows and lightweight services (webhooks/queues) to automate joiner–mover–leaver events, access reviews, and deprovisioning.
• Own change management for IT systems in regulated environments (CAB records, rollback plans, validation evidence).

Skills

IAM best practices

Zero-Trust

Okta Workflows

SaaS administration

Python

PowerShell

bash

Documentation

NIST 800-53/171

CMMC 2.0

SCIFs

Tools

Okta

GCC High

Opal

Slack

Jamf

Jira

Job description

Scale AI is hiring a highly skilled foundational IT Systems Engineer for our Public Sector IT team to design, build, and operate secure, scalable infrastructure. You’ll work on automation across identity and access management, endpoint management, and our SaaS stack using Okta workflows and GCC High/Azure Gov.

You will design and maintain Zero-Trust controls, automate joiner–mover–leaver events, and ensure audit-ready configurations for compliance with NIST 800-53/171 and CMMC 2.0.