Sr. Systems Administrator (Employee Systems)

Cosm • Salt Lake City, UT

6d • $130,000 - $145,000

About The Position

The Enterprise Systems and Employee Technology (ESET) team makes sure Cosm's employees have the tools they need to work quickly and efficiently: computers, SaaS services, and software. This team owns zero-touch provisioning, MDM, and device deployments across the organization, administers Cosm's portfolio of 100+ SaaS applications, maintains and optimizes the employee onboarding/offboarding lifecycle, and keeps Cosm's growing Okta deployment running smoothly.

Requirements

• 6+ years in corporate IT, with demonstrated depth in identity and endpoint management. Equivalent practical experience is welcome in place of a degree.
• Hands-on Okta administration experience, including Workflows for non-trivial automation use cases.
• 3+ years implementing and managing modern identity standards — SAML, OIDC, OAuth 2.0, SSO, MFA, and SCIM provisioning.
• Experience with an Identity Governance & Administration platform and with entitlement and access review design (Okta IGA, Sailpoint, etc)
• 3+ years managing macOS and Windows at scale with modern MDM (Intune, JAMF, Kandji/Iru, etc).
• Demonstrated experience building or maintaining zero-touch provisioning in a production environment.
• Working knowledge of Active Directory and Entra ID.
• Comfortable scripting to automate routine work (PowerShell, Bash, or Python) and integrating systems via vendor APIs.
• Solid grounding in core IT fundamentals — DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, SMB, NFS, and certificate management.
• Strong communicator and self-starter with a methodical approach to troubleshooting and the ability to prioritize a varied workload independently or as part of a team.

Nice To Haves

• Okta Certified Administrator (Level 2) or Okta Certified Professional.
• Experience managing Okta configuration as code through Terraform, Pulumi, or a similar platform HIGHLY preferred
• Jamf 200 certification.
• Experience with Zero Trust, SASE, or DLP solutions (Zscaler, Cloudflare, or similar).
• Experience with additional device management platforms (Kandji, Autopilot).
• Familiarity with modern ITSM platforms (ServiceNow preferred).
• Experience supporting SaaS license management, renewals, and utilization reporting.

Responsibilities

• Own Cosm's Okta deployment: configuration, integrations, Workflows, and the identity roadmap as the environment scales.
• Design and maintain automated joiner–mover–leaver processes across the full employee lifecycle, in partnership with People Operations.
• Build and continuously improve zero-touch provisioning and device deployment across all Cosm locations and platforms.
• Administer Cosm's portfolio of 100+ SaaS applications: tenant configuration, SSO and SCIM integrations, entitlement models, and lifecycle management.
• Administer and optimize Apple Business Manager, Microsoft Intune, and Jamf, keeping the endpoint fleet current, compliant, and consistently configured.
• Run recurring account and access reviews, and produce evidence supporting [NIST CSF 2.0 / SOX ITGC] audit requirements.
• Automate routine administration through scripting and vendor APIs, reducing manual toil across the team.
• Partner with Service Management on hardware inventory and asset lifecycle across all locations.
• Act as the escalation point for identity, SaaS, and endpoint issues escalated by the Service Desk — resolving root causes and reducing recurrence through automation, configuration, and knowledge transfer.
• Create and maintain technical documentation and runbooks, and raise what the Service Desk can resolve independently through training and self-service enablement.
• Mentor teammates on identity and endpoint management practices, and act as a technical resource across the IT organization.

Benefits

• The annualized salary range for this position in California is $130,000 to $145,000. The base pay offered will factor in internal equity and may also vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and relevant experience, among other factors

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed