Senior IT Systems Engineer, Public Sector

Scale AI is seeking a Senior IT Systems Engineer for its Public Sector IT team. This role involves designing, building, and operating secure, scalable infrastructure to support employees. The engineer will focus on automating identity and access management, endpoint management, and the SaaS stack using tools like Okta Workflows and GCC High/Azure Gov. The position requires familiarity with federal frameworks such as FedRAMP High, IL6, and CMMC to deliver compliant, audit-ready systems. The ideal candidate will have strong IAM best practices, SaaS administration experience, and a zero-trust mindset, ensuring system integrity in a high-security environment.

Must Have

• 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)
• 5+ years of IT systems, infrastructure, and/or engineering experience
• Possession of an active Secret or TS/SCI clearance

Good to Have

• IT Security and Compliance focused mindset
• Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code for identity/MDM configs (e.g., Terraform providers for Okta/Jamf/Azure)

The Role:

Scale AI is hiring a highly skilled foundational IT Systems Engineer for our Public Sector IT team to design, build, and operate secure, scalable infrastructure that empowers employees to do their best work. You’ll join a creative, fast-moving, solutions-oriented group that architects and implements automation across identity and access management, endpoint management, and our broader SaaS stack. Leveraging Okta Workflows, GCC High/Azure Gov, and your familiarity with federal frameworks (FedRAMP High, IL6, CMMC), you’ll deliver robust, audit-ready systems that meet stringent compliance requirements. The ideal candidate pairs deep IAM best practices and hands-on SaaS administration with a zero-trust mindset, clear documentation, and a genuine drive to make people happy—while protecting system integrity in a fast-paced, high-security environment.

You will:

• 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).

Ideally you'd have:

• 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).