Kikoff

Fintech

ITSystemsEngineer

$190–240k San Francisco, California, United States Remote Friendly
The Brief

“IT Systems Engineer at Kikoff. Skills: Systems engineering, macOS fluency, MDM, Okta administration, Scripting, Python, Bash, AI tools, Security automation. Standing up AI-powered internal tooling (MCP, agents). Owning our corporate identity foundation”

What You'll Achieve.

Empower everyone to achieve financial security; Help millions of people build credit, access liquidity, and save money; Automate internal ops; Extend what the security and engineering teams can do; Turn manual security tasks into automated workflows

Industry & Context.

Fintech

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

4+ years in systems engineering, corporate IT, or a hybrid IT/security role, Deep macOS fluency, Hands-on MDM experience (i. e. , Rippling, Jamf, Kandji), Okta administration, Proficient in scripting and building software, SaaS stack management, Proficient using AI tools (Claude, Cursor, Codex or similar) as part of your daily workflow, Experience building or operating MCP servers or LLM agents, Familiarity with security concepts: least privilege, zero trust endpoint posture, log forwarding, DLP basics, Exposure to AWS IAM or cloud infrastructure, Experience with device trust architectures (Okta Device Trust, CrowdStrike, or similar), Built internal tooling from scratch

Nice to Have

Ideally at a startup

What You'll Do.

Standing up AI-powered internal tooling (MCP

Owning our corporate identity foundation

Improving our overall corporate security

Owning and evolving our SaaS stack (Okta

and lifecycle management

Identity design agents that automate internal ops and extend what the security and engineering teams can do

Endpoint hardening & macOS/Windows fleet management

Configuration profiles

CIS benchmark enforcement

Security automation — turn manual security tasks into automated workflows: access reviews

onboarding/offboarding

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work directly with the engineering and security teams

Communication Scope

Clear communication

Free ATS check

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