IT Systems Engineer, Identity & Automation

About this role

ABOUT CLAY

Our mission is to help organizations turn any growth idea into reality.

We see growth as a creative practice, not a formula. Finding and reaching your best-fit customers takes unique ideas and constant iteration. As AI makes execution faster and tactics easier to copy, creativity is the only lasting advantage. We're already helping thousands of customers https://clayrun.notion.site/Wall-of-Love-b243f2b67607438b9fad99341e6b8d47 — including Anthropic, Notion, Google, and Ramp — go to market with unique data, signals, and AI research.

In 2025, we raised a $100M Series C https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/business/dealbook/clay-ai-marketing-fundraise.htmlbacked by world-class investors including Sequoia, CapitalG, and First Round — and crossed $100M in revenue.

In 2026, we announced our second employee tender offer https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/business/dealbook/clay-start-up-tender-offers.html in 9 months at a new $5B valuation. We also launched a community equity round https://www.clay.com/blog/community-equity-offering, for our customers, agency partners, and club members.

Some things to know about us:

- Our community http://community.clay.com includes 11,000+ customers, 150+ integration partners, 125+ agencies, 50+ Clay clubs https://luma.com/claylive, and 30k members on Slack.

- Our culture https://nextplayso.substack.com/p/spotlight-clay is unique inside and outside of work. Our team members are also DJs, activists, writers, clowns, marathoners, skydivers, psychedelic therapists, social workers, and more.

- All employees can work for free with world-class coaches who specialize in creativity, management, and more.

- Our operating principles — including negative maintenance and non-attached action — guide our work. Read more about them here https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/61477f2c24a826836f969afe/685d83a71452245cc1129791_4d770abfd83e276ec15315a2e06945bd_Clay2025_OperatingPrinciples.pdf.

- Read about us in the NYT https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/business/dealbook/clay-ai-marketing-fundraise.html, Forbes http://google.com/search?q=forbes+clay&rlz=1C5OZZY_enUS1155US1155&oq=forbes+clay&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQABiABDIHCAIQABiABDIHCAMQABiABDIHCAQQABiABDIHCAUQABiABDIHCAYQABiABDIHCAcQABiABDIHCAgQABiABDIHCAkQABiABNIBBzkzM2owajSoAgOwAgHxBVAe8UAxJx_p&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8, First Round Review https://review.firstround.com/podcast/inside-clays-unconventional-path-to-1-25b/, and more https://www.clay.com/press.

Hear from our employees directly on our Glassdoor https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Clay-EI_IE9850794.11,15.htm page!

IT SYSTEMS ENGINEER, IDENTITY & AUTOMATION @ CLAY

The IT Team at Clay is seeking an experienced Senior IT Systems Engineer to help build and scale the systems that power employee access, security, device management, and IT operations.

As Clay continues to grow, we are investing in a modern, automation-first IT foundation built around identity, device trust, lifecycle management, and operational scale. While this role spans multiple areas of enterprise technology, identity and automation will be the primary focus during the first year.

You’ll work closely with Security, People Operations, Finance, and Engineering to create seamless employee experiences while strengthening the operational and security foundations required to support Clay’s next stage of growth.

We’re looking for someone who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, building scalable systems, and replacing manual processes with thoughtful automation.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

- 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.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

- 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,…