Systems Engineer at WorkOS
San Francisco, CA
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Jul 22, 2026
San Francisco, CA
Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A systems engineering role focused on designing and automating internal IT infrastructure rather than day-to-day support. The work centers on owning identity management (primarily Okta), macOS fleet management, SaaS lifecycle automation, and infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, with scripting in Python and Bash. Suited to someone who builds and automates at scale, with a tier 2/3 escalation responsibility alongside an existing MSP partner handling frontline support.
Senior level · 7+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 410 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (network and computer systems administrators). range 170–750
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $101,310 (middle half $79,725–$129,425).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The SOC classification is a genuine judgment call. The role is titled 'Systems Engineer' and centers on identity infrastructure, endpoint management, and IT automation — primarily operating and architecting systems rather than shipping application software. 15-1244 (Network and Computer Systems Administrators) is the best fit, but the strong emphasis on writing scripts, Terraform IaC, and shipping automation pipelines gives 15-1252 (Software Developers) a credible claim as a runner-up.
No compensation figures are disclosed in the posting.
Jamf and Kandji are listed as interchangeable MDM options ('Jamf, Kandji, or equivalent') under the required qualifications; they are captured as alternatives on a single skill.
DNS, HTTP, VPNs, and firewalls are listed together as 'networking fundamentals' in the required qualifications. DNS is used as the representative skill; the others are general networking concepts rather than distinct named tools.
GCP and AWS appear only under the 'Nice to Have' section as cloud infrastructure experience options.
SOC 2 and ISO 27001 are listed together as alternatives under 'Nice to Have' compliance experience.
LLMs and GitOps appear under 'Nice to Have' and are marked preferred accordingly.
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