Senior IT Engineer

Senior IT Engineer
San Jose, CA

Muon seeks a Senior IT Engineer to join our IT team. The ideal candidate is a seasoned identity and access management (IAM) professional with a strong background in Okta. In this role you will own authentication and authorization across the organization—spanning SaaS applications, cloud environments, on‑premises infrastructure, and user endpoints—while architecting scalable, secure identity solutions that keep pace with our rapidly growing company.

You will focus on identity and access management, including access request workflows and access review systems, and help design authorization models that enforce our access restrictions for CUI, EAR, and ITAR data. Experience with Active Directory is a plus. This position is onsite and requires working in our San Jose, CA office five days a week.

• Own authentication across the organization, including SaaS applications, cloud environments, on‑premises infrastructure, and user endpoints.
• Architect and continuously evolve our Okta environment to fit our needs while retaining the flexibility required by a fast‑growing company.
• Design authorization models for each system that grant access on a least‑privilege, as‑needed basis.
• Build and maintain access request workflows and access review systems to streamline provisioning and periodic access certifications.
• Define and enforce access restrictions that protect CUI, EAR, and ITAR‑controlled data.
• Administer and integrate identity across Okta, Active Directory, Google Workspace, and Microsoft 365.
• Manage identity and access across AWS, GCP, and Azure cloud platforms.
• Partner with IT, Security, and business teams to align identity and access management with compliance and operational requirements.

• 5+ years of IT experience.
• Hands‑on experience with Okta and identity management.
• Experience administering Microsoft Active Directory and Microsoft 365.
• Experience with Google Workspace administration.
• Experience managing identity and access across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
• Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, and access governance, including access requests and access reviews.
• Proactive, reliable, and able to work with minimal supervision.

• Experience supporting U.S. Government programs.
• Experience with CUI data handling.
• Experience with EAR/ITAR‑controlled data handling.
• Active or eligible for a U.S. security clearance.

The salary range for this role is $165,000 - $184,000, plus a competitive equity grant and comprehensive benefits package. Final compensation will be determined based on skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location as assessed during the interview process.

Founded in 2021, Muon Space is an end‑to‑end Space Systems Provider that designs, builds, and operates LEO satellite constellations delivering mission‑critical data. Our revolutionary, integrated technology stack enables customers to optimize every dimension of their missions for faster time‑to‑orbit and superior constellation remote sensing performance. Our state‑of‑the‑art facility in the heart of Silicon Valley is optimized for manufacturing spacecraft and rapid, flexible payload integration m climate monitoring to national security, Muon Space is dedicated to delivering Earth Intelligence for a safer and more resilient world.

At Muon salary is only part of our total compensation package. In addition to salary, full‑time employees receive equity compensation as well as benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401k retirement plan, short & long term disability and life insurance. We also offer three weeks paid vacation for new employees, along with 12 paid holidays, unlimited sick time…