IT Systems Engineer, Identity – Automation

Clay

IT Systems Engineer helping to build identity and automation systems at Clay while collaborating across teams. Managing employee access and security foundations to support growth.

Posted 6/16/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $160,000 - $210,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build the foundation of identity at Clay. You’ll help design and deploy the systems that govern how employees access technology across the company. From identity architecture and access management to lifecycle automation and device trust, you’ll play a key role in establishing the next generation of Clay’s security and IT foundations.
Create seamless employee experiences. You’ll help build onboarding, offboarding, and device enrollment experiences that feel effortless for employees while maintaining strong security controls. We believe great IT experiences should be both secure and invisible.
Automate everything possible. You’ll design and implement workflows that eliminate manual work, improve consistency, and allow IT to scale efficiently. Whether it’s lifecycle management, access provisioning, SaaS administration, or operational processes, you’ll look for opportunities to replace repetitive work with thoughtful automation.
Help build the systems that power IT. You’ll contribute to the evolution of our internal technology stack, including identity, endpoint management, service management, and operational workflows that support employees around the world.
Partner across teams. You’ll work closely with Security, People Ops, Finance, GTM, and Engineering to deliver technology solutions that support business goals while maintaining a strong employee experience.
Raise the bar for operational excellence. You’ll help improve reliability, security, and scalability across our internal systems while contributing to compliance and governance initiatives that support Clay’s continued growth.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Have 6+ years of experience in IT engineering, enterprise systems, identity and access management, or a related role.
Hold an Okta Certified Administrator or Okta Certified Consultant certification, or be able to demonstrate equivalent hands-on experience leading a significant Okta implementation. Certification is strongly preferred.
Have experience designing, implementing, or significantly expanding identity and access management platforms such as Okta.
Understand modern identity concepts including SSO, lifecycle management, SCIM, RBAC, group-based access controls, device trust, and conditional access.
Are passionate about automation and have experience building workflows using platforms such as Okta Workflows, N8N, Tines, Workato, or similar tools.
Have experience supporting endpoint management, device security, and modern workplace technologies.
Are comfortable operating in ambiguity and enjoy building systems and processes from the ground up.
Can balance long-term architectural thinking with hands-on operational work.
Are an excellent collaborator who communicates effectively across technical and non-technical teams.
Have a can-do, get-it-done attitude. Are willing to do whatever it takes to get nascent IT department up and running smooth!

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

identity and access managementlifecycle managementSSOSCIMRBACgroup-based access controlsdevice trustconditional accessautomationendpoint management

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingadaptabilityoperational excellenceattention to detailinitiativecreativitystrategic thinkingcustomer focus

Certifications

Okta Certified AdministratorOkta Certified Consultant