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Staff IT Systems Engineer

Palo Alto, CA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-31 → 2026-09-26

Core

Senior technical owner of Obsidian's identity, endpoint, and IT platform foundation, operating the stack as code to secure SaaS access and device fleets.

Role type

Staff IT Systems Engineer (Identity & Platform Infrastructure)

Builds

Identity orchestration layer, SSO application catalog, AI-augmented IT operations, and hardened endpoint management fleet.

Domain

SaaS Security / Identity Management / IT Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Okta (SSO, MFA, Lifecycle, Identity Governance), Jamf Pro, Terraform/OpenTofu, GitOps, Python/PowerShell scripting, AI coding tools, MDM at scale, API automation

Preferred skills

HRIS-driven provisioning (Rippling/Workday), Google Workspace (GAM7), Secrets management (Vault/Doppler), iPaaS automation (Workato), Zero-trust access (Zscaler/Tailscale), Compliance automation (Drata), GCP, MCP tooling

Technologies

Okta, Jamf Pro, GitHub, OpenTofu, Terraform, Google Workspace, Google Cloud, Workato, Zscaler, Tailscale, Drata, Vault, Doppler

Responsibilities

Own Okta identity provider configuration and lifecycle orchestration from HRIS; Manage core platform configuration as version-controlled code; Author AI-assisted configuration and build self-service workflows; Automate and harden the endpoint management fleet; Set technical standards and mentor the IT function.

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic ownership

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