Remote IT Engineer jobs
10 open positions in the United States, newest first.
IT engineers build and run the technology employees use to do their jobs: laptops, accounts, email, collaboration tools, office networks and the software-as-a-service applications a company depends on. They sit a level above the help desk, automating onboarding, managing device fleets and securing access. The customers are the company's own staff, not its external users.
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Senior IT Engineer, Identity and Access Management
1Password · Remote (US)
Engineering Full-time Posted Oct 29, 2026 -
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About the IT Engineer role
What the work looks like
- Manage the identity provider, such as Okta or Microsoft Entra ID, including single sign-on and access policies.
- Administer device management with Intune or Jamf to configure, patch and secure laptops and phones.
- Automate employee onboarding and offboarding so accounts and licenses are created and removed reliably.
- Resolve escalated support tickets that the help desk could not fix, and document the solution.
- Administer Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 and evaluate, roll out and retire other business applications.
What employers ask for
- Identity management with Okta or Entra ID
- Device management with Intune or Jamf
- Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace administration
- Scripting in PowerShell, Bash or Python
- Networking and endpoint security basics
- SaaS administration and license management
Doing this job remotely
At companies with a distributed workforce, IT is done remotely by necessity: devices ship directly to employees and are configured over the internet. Companies with offices still need someone for conference rooms, network closets and hardware swaps, so some roles are hybrid. Supporting staff across time zones can mean staggered hours or an on-call rotation.
Where it comes from and where it leads
IT engineers typically come up from help desk and desktop support roles, then system administration. Next steps include senior IT engineer and IT manager, or specialization in security, identity, cloud infrastructure or corporate systems engineering.