IT Systems Engineer
171k – 214kWashington, DCOnsite5+ YOE
Summary
Design, build, and operate secure IT infrastructure for Scale AI's Public Sector team, focusing on identity management, endpoint administration, and compliance with federal frameworks. Requires 5+ years experience and active security clearance.
About the role
Responsibilities
- Assist with the administration of our tech stack with platforms such as Okta, GCC High, Opal, Slack, Jamf, Jira, and many more
- Provide escalated assistance to the IT Services and Support team
- Partner with Security/Compliance on audit artifacts (SSP updates, POA&Ms, control mappings to NIST 800-53/171, CMMC 2.0)
- Create and update technology documentation for internal IT teams and Scale employees
- Design and maintain Zero-Trust controls (device posture, network segmentation, Conditional Access) across GCC High/Azure Gov and Okta
- Build Okta Workflows and lightweight services (webhooks/queues) to automate joiner–mover–leaver events, access reviews, and deprovisioning
- Own change management for IT systems in regulated environments (CAB records, rollback plans, validation evidence)
Requirements
- 5+ years of IT systems, infrastructure, and/or engineering experience
- Experience with integrating with SaaS APIs and SDKs
- Experience with leveraging Okta or similar identity management systems for authentication and provisioning methods such as SAML, OIDC, and SCIM
- Scripting experience with Python, Powershell, and/or bash
- Experience working within SCIFs
- Familiarity with IL6 / FedRAMP High / CMMC 2.0 control families and how they translate to concrete IT configs
- Possession of an active Secret or TS/SCI clearance
Nice-to-Haves
- IT Security and Compliance focused mindset
- Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code for identity/MDM configs (e.g., Terraform providers for Okta/Jamf/Azure)
Skills
OktaGCC HighAzure GovJamfPythonPowerShellBashSAMLOIDCSCIMTerraformZero TrustFedRAMPCMMCNIST 800-53
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