Senior IT Automation & Security Engineer

Perplexity; California (MO); On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Perplexity in San Francisco is seeking an IT Systems Administrator for an early, high-impact role. You’ll build automation, tune IT ticketing, and roll out secure, scalable workflows that keep pace with a fast-moving company.

You’ll automate user and device management, enable self-service, harden security, and lead projects across endpoint management, IAM, and the IT backend, with hands-on scripting in Bash or Python.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on IT systems administration experience.
• Strong skills in macOS and Google Workspace.
• Hands-on expertise administering and automating Okta, including securing access with strong auth policies and end‑to‑end user lifecycle automation using Okta Workflows; scripting experience with Bash or Python is highly preferred.
• Sharp troubleshooting instincts across MDM, Okta and common SaaS applications.
• A solid grasp of cybersecurity fundamentals, including IAM, RBAC, least privilege and encryption.
• Experience managing a ticketing system, including ITIL Problem Management and creating and monitoring of SLAs.
• A track record of leading IT projects from upgrade to rollout with minimum supervision.
• Clear communication and a genuine interest in automating away busywork.

Responsibilities

• Use Perplexity's Computer product to build AI automations, custom skills, and IT workflows that take repetitive work off your plate.
• Tune agentic IT ticketing, including ticket analysis, KPI creation, and workflows that resolve common requests automatically.
• Automate the management of users and devices so IT is as hands-off as possible.
• Enable Self Service and help other departments automate their processes as well.
• Manage and optimize corporate software systems.
• Improve our MDM setup and create a polished Onboarding experience.
• Roll out and enforce strong security policies.
• Lead IT projects across endpoint management, IAM and the IT backend; train and support staff on IT systems, in person and remotely.

Skills

Clear communication

Tools

macOS

Google Workspace

Okta

Bash

Python

MDM

IAM

RBAC

encryption

ITIL

Job description

Perplexity in San Francisco is seeking an IT Systems Administrator for an early, high-impact role. You’ll build automation, tune IT ticketing, and roll out secure, scalable workflows that keep pace with a fast-moving company.

You’ll automate user and device management, enable self-service, harden security, and lead projects across endpoint management, IAM, and the IT backend, with hands-on scripting in Bash or Python.