IT Systems Engineer

Remote

About the role

About Teleport Don't wait for the future of infrastructure. Be part of it. Teleport is the AI Infrastructure Identity Company. We're solving one of the hardest problems in security: giving every human, machine, workload, and AI agent a cryptographically secured identity, improving engineering velocity while maintaining security. We make trusted computing simple. This gives you the freedom, power, and autonomy to build and innovate with confidence. Remote-first and globally distributed, we work with companies like Nasdaq, Doordash, and Elastic to secure infrastructure for an AI world. Here is why we love this job ourselves, and hope you will enjoy it too: We use a modern and innovative approach to solving traditional IT problems spanning Infrastructure as Code (IaC), shell scripting, and workflow automation tooling like Temporal/Go. We work on a wide range of IT problems including networking, security, and integrations with existing systems. Our products are loved by their users. We practice thorough code reviews and have an open design process. Here are the projects you may be working on: Building our next generation IT workflow automation tooling using Temporal and Go running on Kubernetes. Collaborate with the engineering team on dogfooding Teleport, specifically Teleport Identity (identity governance) and Teleport Policy (access policies). Building hardened security & automation for macOS endpoints. Writing IT automation using tools like Terraform, shell scripts, and Go. Writing integrations with tools like Panther, Jamf Pro, Okta, Rippling, Google Chrome Enterprise. Traditional IT Helpdesk tasks of helping internal customers with access, lockout, integrations, and configuration. What to expect once you apply: You will join 30 minute intro call and we will walk you through the

compensation, interview process, and

requirements You join a Slack channel and submit a coding challenge using Terraform and shell scripts (or Go) using Github.

Requirements: Willingness and ability to roll up your sleeves and work across traditional IT tasks - setting up and debugging IT tools, Okta, Rippling, Zendesk, helping internal customers with their setup (helpdesk), and dive deep into K8s and Go + Temporal. Programming experience in Go. Experience with Temporal is a

bonus. Linux systems engineering experience, Kubernetes IaC (Terraform) and shell scripting experience. IT security & administration experience.

Nice to have: Experience with data warehousing concepts and platforms such as AWS Redshift, Fivetran, and DBT Why Teleport You're joining a company where the problem is real,

the team is small, and your work shows up directly in the product. We're not a big company, you won't get lost in a crowd. You'll have the freedom and autonomy to do what you're great at, alongside teammates who care about doing it right and want to see you succeed. The work is collaborative, there's real room to grow, and the mission is one worth showing up for. Remote-first and globally distributed, we're genuinely passionate about what we're building. The

Benefits At Teleport, we believe your career is more important than a list of

perks. That's why we focus on making your day-to-day the best it can be — giving you the autonomy, access, and support to do the best work of your career. - Extensive health coverage - Annual expense budget - Rest and recovery policies that maximize your ability to recharge - Investment in your future with retirement savings plans - Professional development opportunities Teleport is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classifications protected by federal, state, or local law. Candidate Privacy Notice: For information about our collection and processing of job applicant personal data for this position, please see our Job Applicant Privacy Policy and Notice of Collection at goteleport.com/legal/apply/job-applicant/

About Teleport

Teleport unifies identities — humans, machines, and AI — with strong identity implementation to speed up engineering, improve resiliency against identity-based attacks, and secure AI in production infrastructure.

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Job details

Location

Remote

Company

NameTeleport
IndustryAccess
Team Size3

Funding

Total raised

$169M

Last stage

Series E Plus

Investors

Bessemer Venture Partners
IInsight Venture Partners
SS28 Capital
Kleiner Perkins

Founders

SK

Sasha Klizhentas

Co-founder

TW

Taylor Wakefield

Co-founder

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.