Senior IT Systems Engineer

Location: Hybrid, based in the San Francisco or New York office; three days per week in person.

Salary: $175,000–$225,000 per year, plus equity.

Company

Baseten provides inference infrastructure, applied AI research, and developer tooling that help AI companies bring machine-learning models into production.

What you will do

• Own the architecture, configuration, and administration of Okta, including SSO, MFA, authentication policies, groups, and application integrations.
• Lead the Okta migration and integrate applications through SAML, OIDC, and SCIM.
• Design and build automated joiner, mover, and leaver workflows across HRIS, Okta, Google Workspace, MDM, and SaaS applications.
• Develop automation with Okta Workflows, REST APIs, and scripting to reduce manual IT processes.
• Implement role-based and least-privilege access controls, periodic access reviews, device trust, and compliance enforcement with the Security team.
• Maintain documentation, runbooks, and architecture diagrams, support SOC 2 evidence requirements, and act as a technical escalation point for IT Support.

Requirements

• 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 of Python, Bash, or PowerShell, plus experience with REST APIs.
• Experience administering Google Workspace and an MDM platform such as Kandji or Jamf.
• Demonstrated experience 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 technical and non-technical audiences.

Nice to have

• Okta Certified Professional, Administrator, or Consultant certification.
• Experience managing identity or SaaS configuration as code, such as Terraform.
• Experience with AWS IAM or cloud identity.
• Experience at a high-growth startup.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive compensation with meaningful equity.
• For U.S. employees, 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents.
• Flexible PTO and a company-wide Winter Break from Christmas Eve through New Year's Day.
• Paid parental leave and a fertility and family-building stipend through Carrot.
• For U.S. employees, a company-facilitated 401(k).
• Exposure to ML startups and opportunities for learning and networking.