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Afero

IT Engineer

Location
Los Altos, CA, United States
Work type
On-site
Salary
USD 128,000 – 163,000 / year
Posted
(3 days ago)

About the role

Why Join Afero? The next wave of AI lives in everyday devices. Help build it.

Our vision is to make all the world's devices secure and AI-powered, through innovation and scale. Come build the products used by millions of people every day.

Afero is the IoT platform as a service trusted by manufacturers and brands to make connected devices both smart and secure. Today, Afero technology powers more than 20 million devices across 200+ products from 50+ manufacturers. Afero has more than 130 patents, one of the largest IoT patent portfolios globally, and was named a 2024 IoT Breakthrough Winner for IoT Security Platform of the Year. Afero is driven by a team of world-class executives and veterans in mobile, hardware, security, consumer and cloud, leveraging experience from Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Netflix, Disney, Roku and Danger.

Microcontrollers, the low-cost, low-power chips inside plugs, bulbs, locks, sensors, thermostats, and meters, ship at a rate of more than 4 billion a year, more than phones, laptops, and servers combined. Yet they lack a common software layer for identity, connectivity, provisioning, updates, fleet management, and enterprise-grade security. Afero delivers that layer: a unified platform, tested at scale in The Home Depot's Hubspace smart home ecosystem, for devices that cannot run a general-purpose operating system like Linux or Android. These devices form the far edge, connecting the physical and digital worlds so modern AI can meet people where they are. 

To learn more, please visit www.afero.io.

Key Responsibilities

Okta administration (user lifecycle, group and app assignments, SSO/SCIM integrations)

Google Workspace administration

Mac fleet management with Jamf Pro and Apple Business Manager, including OS and patch compliance

SaaS administration, including Atlassian (Jira and Confluence), GitHub, and Slack

Onboarding and offboarding

IT support and incident response

Support for periodic access reviews

Hardware procurement, provisioning, asset inventory, and lifecycle

Office technology: conference room AV, printers, physical access control

Documentation and runbooks

Vendor and license management

Required Qualification

4+ years of IT experience, including hands-on administration of Okta, Jamf Pro, and Google Workspace

Strong macOS support and management skills

Experience working independently in a small or mid-size company

Clear written communication with a team distributed across time zones, with occasional early-morning or evening availability

Nice to Have

Windows, Intune, and Microsoft 365/Entra ID experience

Office networking experience

Scripting or API automation (Bash, Python, or similar)

Okta Certified Administrator or Jamf certifications

Afero is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran or disability status.