Liftoff is the leading growth acceleration platform for the mobile industry, helping advertisers, publishers, game developers and DSPs scale revenue growth with solutions to market and monetize mobile apps.

Liftoff’s solutions, including Accelerate, Direct, Influence, Monetize, Intelligence, and Vungle Exchange, support over 6,600 mobile businesses across 74 countries in sectors such as gaming, social, finance, ecommerce, and entertainment. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Redwood City, CA, Liftoff has a diverse, global presence.

ABOUT THIS TEAM: 

Liftoff is seeking a Systems Engineer to join our IT Team and provide additional support for project-related needs. Our IT Team is one of the key backbones for our company and maintains all essential IT operations for Liftoff. This includes operating systems, security tools, applications, servers, email systems, laptops, desktops, software, and hardware.

Responsibilities:

• Own projects, solutions, and key responsibilities within a larger business initiative
• Design, implementation, and ongoing management of the Okta Identity and Access management platform.
• Implement overall AWS management and controls
• Manage the complete lifecycle of user identities, including provisioning, de-provisioning, and access modifications. Implement and maintain automated workflows for user onboarding and offboarding.
• Leverage APIs to integrate, automate and administer SaaS services such as Google Workspace, Slack, Google Meet and other services not fully integrated with Okta or Okta workflows.
• Continue developing and maturing our IaaS functionality leveraging Hashicorp Secret Manager, Terraform, Kubernetes, and Github Actions.
• Identifying gaps between SaaS based automations and existing scripts and determining the best approach to shore up those deficiencies.
• Develop system-monitoring and support automation to enhance and scale the quality of support
• Enhance existing network configurations to make recommendations and implementing changes keeping IT and Security requirements in mind.
• Handle business-critical IT tasks and systems that provide commercial advantage in a global marketplace
• Enable faster and smarter business processes and implement analytics for meaningful insights
• Analyze the AI landscape to determine existing and potential tools to implement to further improve our use in both IT and the overall business. 
• Nurture dependable IT infrastructure and networking that’s always up and running
• Partner with internal and external partners to communicate project status, activities, and achievements
• Own projects, solutions, and key responsibilities within a larger business initiative

Requirements

• 7+ years experience with SaaS applications such as Okta, Google Workspace, Slack, JAMF, Crowdstrike and other tools
• Strong networking background, preferably within a full Meraki network stack
• 5+ years experience with AWS platform and architecture. 
• Strong scripting skills and API experience
• Recommended Experience
• JIRA project management and administration
• Terraform
• Mac centric endpoint environment

This role is eligible for remote-first work in CA, OR, or WA and this person will periodically (1-2x/month) be reporting to our office headquarters in Redwood City, CA.

Liftoff is committed to providing and maintaining a work environment where all employees and candidates are treated with dignity and respect and that is free of bias, prejudice, and harassment. Liftoff is further committed to providing an equal employment opportunity for all employees and candidates for employment free from discrimination and harassment on the basis of sex, gender (including sexual harassment, gender harassment, and harassment due to pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, gender nonconformity, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, ancestry (including association, affiliation, or participation with persons or activities related to national origin, English-proficiency or accent, or immigration status), physical or mental disability, medical condition(s), genetic information of an individual or family member of the individual, marital or domestic partner status, age, veteran or military status, family care status, requesting or taking pregnancy, parental or disability leave, requesting an accommodation, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law, regulation, or ordinance. All such discrimination and harassment is unlawful and will not be tolerated. Liftoff maintains a continued commitment to equal employment opportunity and expects the full cooperation of all personnel.

Agency and Third Party Recruiter Notice:

Liftoff does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers or Recruiting Team. All candidates must be submitted via our Applicant Tracking System by approved Liftoff vendors who have been expressly requested to make a submission by our Recruiting Team for a specific job opening. No placement fees will be paid to any firm unless such a request has been made by the Liftoff Recruiting Team and such a candidate was submitted to the Liftoff Recruiting Team via our Applicant Tracking System.