# Staff IT Systems Engineer

Hiring organization: [Obsidian Securty](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/obsidian-securty)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/5443689f-c547-4b1e-907c-a83adf412b49

Listed on Obsidian Securty's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Seniority: Staff
- Location: Palo Alto, CA
- Salary: 203000 – 224000 USD per year

## Summary

This Staff role owns Obsidian's identity platform, endpoint management, and IT infrastructure-as-code foundation, reporting to the VP of Business Systems. It suits experienced systems engineers who have deep hands-on expertise with Okta, Jamf, and Terraform and want to set technical standards at a high-growth security company moving toward IPO.

_Our summary, not Obsidian Securty's wording._

## Skills named

GitHub Actions, Google Cloud Platform, Google Workspace, HashiCorp Vault, Okta, PowerShell, Python, Terraform

## Required

- 8+ years building and operating IT systems, identity, or platform infrastructure in production
- Deep hands-on Okta ownership across SSO, MFA, Universal Directory, Lifecycle Management, and conditional access
- Hands-on Jamf Pro expertise managing production Mac fleets
- Infrastructure-as-code ownership with Terraform or OpenTofu in production via GitOps workflow
- Daily use of AI coding tools to ship production work
- Hands-on MDM depth with Jamf or Intune at fleet scale including device compliance and trust
- Scripting fluency in Python, PowerShell, or comparable language with SaaS and platform API automation
- Clear written and verbal communication for technical and business stakeholders

## Nice to have

- Experience with lifecycle or identity-governance orchestration and HRIS-driven provisioning
- Google Workspace administration at scale including GAM7
- Secrets and non-human credential management tools
- Workflow automation on iPaaS or agent platforms like Workato
- Zero-trust network access and enterprise browser deployment experience
- SOC 2 or ISO 27001/27701 compliance knowledge and automation tooling
- Google Cloud Platform and agentic or MCP tooling experience
- B2B SaaS or cybersecurity domain background

Apply on Obsidian Securty's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/obsidiansecurity/jobs/5367878008