Senior Identity & Automation Engineer (Okta & SSO)

Baseten; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation + equity

100% health insurance (US)

Flexible PTO + Winter Break

Paid parental leave

Fertility stipend

401(k) retirement plan

ML startups exposure

Job summary

Baseten is seeking a Senior IT Systems Engineer to own the identity, authentication, and automation layer of Baseten’s internal IT environment. You will design how employees access systems from hire to departure, focusing on engineering rather than frontline support, and you will lead our Okta environment with automation to replace manual IT processes.

This senior IC role partners with Security to enforce access controls as Baseten scales, and serves as a technical escalation point for the IT

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in IT systems engineering, identity engineering, or a related role.
• Deep hands-on experience administering Okta, including Okta Identity Engine, Okta Workflows, authentication policies, and lifecycle management.
• Strong working knowledge of SAML, OIDC, SCIM, and MFA implementations.
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language (Python, Bash, or PowerShell) and experience working with REST APIs.
• Experience administering Google Workspace and an MDM platform (e.g. Kandji or Jamf).
• Track record of designing and delivering automation that measurably reduced manual IT work.
• Working knowledge of security and compliance frameworks such as SOC 2.
• Clear written and verbal communication, including the ability to document systems for both technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture, configuration, and ongoing administration of Okta, including SSO, MFA, authentication policies, group structure, and application integrations.
• Lead the ongoing Okta migration and integration of new and existing applications via SAML, OIDC, and SCIM.
• Design and build automated joiner, mover, and leaver workflows across HRIS, Okta, Google Workspace, MDM, and SaaS applications.
• Develop automation using Okta Workflows, REST APIs, and scripting to eliminate manual IT processes.
• Implement and maintain role-based access control, least-privilege access models, and periodic access reviews in partnership with the Security team.
• Integrate identity with endpoint management to support device trust and compliance enforcement.
• Support compliance requirements such as SOC 2 through access controls, audit evidence, and documentation.
• Write and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and architecture diagrams for identity and automation systems.
• Serve as an escalation point and technical resource for the IT Support team.

Skills

Okta Admin

SAML/OIDC/SCIM

Scripting (Python)

Google Workspace

MDM (Kandji/Jamf)

Automation design

SOC 2 compliance

Strong communication

Job description

Baseten is seeking a Senior IT Systems Engineer to own the identity, authentication, and automation layer of Baseten’s internal IT environment. You will design how employees access systems from hire to departure, focusing on engineering rather than frontline support, and you will lead our Okta environment with automation to replace manual IT processes.

This senior IC role partners with Security to enforce access controls as Baseten scales, and serves as a technical escalation point for the IT