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Afero

IT Engineer

Los Altos, California, United States

Location
Los Altos, California, United States
Work
On-site
Employment
Not stated
Level
Mid level
Function
IT
Pay
$128K – $163K a year
Posted
10 days ago

Pay and the market here

The top of this role’s range, $163K a year, is 16% above the median of $140K for mid level it jobs in California (middle half $105K – $160K, 46 jobs that state pay).

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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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is expected to be $128,000 - $163,000. Actual pay is determined by a range of factors including work location, job-related skills and experience, relevant education, training or certifications, and other business and organizational needs. At Afero, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the range for their role, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. This range reflects base salary only; Afero also offers competitive benefits and equity compensation, which are not included in these numbers.

Source

Posted by Afero on their own hiring page, jobs.lever.co. OptiTalent shows it as published, read 07 Nov 2026 12:12 UTC; the original is the reference.

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