Senior Systems Engineer - Identity Platform

Coinbase; Jefferson City (MO); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Jefferson City is looking for an experienced system engineer to join their IT Operations team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in identity management systems, specifically with cloud identity providers. Responsibilities include designing secure identity systems, implementing automation, and providing tooling expertise to ensure efficient operations. This role requires a proactive mindset and the ability to communicate technical concepts clearly.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building and maintaining corporate IAM systems.
• Demonstrated success implementing identity management tooling.
• Strong understanding of security concepts for identity management.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain secure identity systems.
• Provide IAM tooling expertise to IT and Security teams.
• Implement automation to reduce inefficiencies.

Skills

Identity lifecycle and provisioning

SSO

MFA

RBAC

Clear communication

Self-starter

Critical thinking under pressure

Tools

Okta

Google Workspace

AWS

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Ready to be pushed beyond what you think you’re capable of?

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. It’s a massive, ambitious opportunity that demands the best of us, every day, as we build the emerging onchain platform — and with it, the future global financial system.

To achieve our mission, we’re seeking a very specific candidate. We want someone who is passionate about our mission and who believes in the power of crypto and blockchain technology to update the financial system. We want someone who is eager to leave their mark on the world, who relishes the pressure and privilege of working with high caliber colleagues, and who actively seeks feedback to keep leveling up. We want someone who will run towards, not away from, solving the company’s hardest problems.

Our work culture is intense and isn’t for everyone. But if you want to build the future alongside others who excel in their disciplines and expect the same from you, there’s no better place to be.

While many roles at Coinbase are remote-first, we are not remote-only. In-person participation is required throughout the year. Team and company-wide offsites are held multiple times annually to foster collaboration, connection, and alignment. Attendance is expected and fully supported.

Coinbase is hiring! We are looking for an experienced system engineer (SE) to join the IT Operations Corporate Engineering team to build and scale our workforce identity and access management tooling and processes. A successful candidate will have demonstrated previous success in similar role(s) in rapidly growing, security-first environments. The right person is passionate about secure access, automation, and managing modern cloud identity providers.

What you’ll be doing:

• Partner across Coinbase to design, implement, and maintain performant, reliable, and secure identity systems
• Provide corporate IAM tooling subject matter expertise to adjacent IT, Security, and Engineering teams
• Implement automation tooling and scripts to eliminate manual, repetitive tasks and reduce inefficiencies in system operations
• Participate in testing and implementing changes
• Create and update comprehensive documentation and runbooks that detail system configurations, operational procedures, and troubleshooting steps across system lifecycle
• Facilitate incident response, conduct root cause analysis, and blameless retrospectives
• Define metrics and bolster monitoring/observability across corporate IAM systems
• Participate in regular on-call rotation to ensure 24x7 uptime for critical systems

What we look for in you:

• 5+ years of experience building, iterating upon, and maintaining corporate IAM systems
• Deep domain-knowledge with prominent cloud identity provider(s): Okta, Duo, Google Workspace, Entra ID, Ping, etc.
• Demonstrated success implementing and managing tooling that solves problems related to: identity lifecycle and provisioning, SSO, MFA, ABAC, RBAC, directory services, zero trust networking, PAM, PIM, and secrets management
• Strong understanding of security concepts, particularly how they apply to identity management
• Familiarity with a modern programming language (Golang, Python, Ruby, Java, C# etc.)
• Experience using and managing AWS, GCP, Azure, or other cloud environments
• Clear communication—demonstrate ability to explain technical concepts simply
• Self starter—possess a continuous learning mindset
• Demonstrate critical thinking under pressure

Nice to haves:

• Experience configuring and implementing modern open source tooling such as: Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, Docker
• Experience working in a highly regulated environment
• Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth company

Coinbase is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Commitment to Equal Opportunity: Coinbase will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.