Senior IT Systems Engineer: Identity, AI-Driven Ops

Obsidian Security; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 203,000 - 224,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity and 401k

Healthcare coverage

PTO & holidays

Parental leave

Development resources

Job summary

Obsidian Security is hiring a Staff IT Systems Engineer to own the identity, endpoint, and IT platform foundation. You will drive identity flows from HRIS to Okta, manage a fleet of Mac devices via Jamf Pro, and codify configurations as part of an infrastructure-as-code operating model.

You will lead AI-assisted operations, automate access provisioning, and raise the bar for security-first IT practices in a rapidly growing company.

Qualifications

• 8+ years building and operating IT systems, identity, or platform infrastructure in production.
• Deep ownership of Okta across SSO, MFA, Lifecycle Management, and conditional access.
• Hands-on Jamf Pro expertise managing a production Mac fleet.
• Infrastructure-as-code ownership with Terraform/OpenTofu.
• Daily use of AI coding tools to ship production work.

Responsibilities

• Own the identity foundation and Okta tenancy end-to-end.
• Operate IT as code across Google Cloud, Jamf, and policy governance.
• Lead AI-assisted IT operations and self-service workflows.
• Manage endpoint security, device trust, and zero-trust access controls.
• Mentor teammates and set IT standards for scalable operations.

Skills

Okta ownership

Jamf Pro

Terraform/OpenTofu

GitOps/GitHub Actions

Python/PowerShell scripting

AI-assisted operations

Zero-trust concepts

Identity & access governance

Tools

Jamf Pro

Terraform

OpenTofu

GitHub Actions

Google Workspace

Job description

Obsidian Security is hiring a Staff IT Systems Engineer to own the identity, endpoint, and IT platform foundation. You will drive identity flows from HRIS to Okta, manage a fleet of Mac devices via Jamf Pro, and codify configurations as part of an infrastructure-as-code operating model.

You will lead AI-assisted operations, automate access provisioning, and raise the bar for security-first IT practices in a rapidly growing company.