IT & Security Specialist

Roles & Responsibilities

• Collaborate on the IT & Security project roadmap, helpdesk workflows, and prioritization process for cross-functional initiatives such as migrations, system rollouts, and security enhancements
• Build and maintain a structured, automated, and audit-ready set of security and compliance processes, procedures, and protocols
• Work directly with product and engineering, and departmental stakeholders on shared security initiatives and clear project plans for complex technical changes
• Administer and strengthen the company-wide authentication, access management standards, and disaster recovery processes for critical systems
• Facilitate vendor relationships, evaluations, contracts, and renewals to ensure tools spend is carefully and thoughtfully managed
• Provide hands-on helpdesk and endpoint support for a fully remote team, including device setup, security tooling, and troubleshooting

Required Skills & Experience

• 3-5 years of hands-on experience in an IT, Security, or Technical Operations role
• 3+ years of experience working in a fully remote environment
• Experience executing IT project roadmaps, vendor relationships, and enterprise system migrations or rollouts
• Working knowledge of enterprise identity and access management, authentication standards, and disaster recovery planning
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to thrive with a great deal of autonomy and ownership in your role
• Experience working with data via multiple delivery methods
• AWS security (IAM, CloudTrail, Inspector, Organizations + SCP)
• SSO + identity provider (preferably Okta)
• Compliance automation (e.g., Vanta)
• Basic scripting (e.g., Python, Bash)

Desired Skills & Experience

• Previous experience at a data company is not required but is always appreciated
• Remote security tooling (Tailscale, SentinelOne, 1Password)
• Exposure to infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Pulumi, Terraform)
• Monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Datadog)
• Salary: $120,000 - $140,000

Benefits

• Stock
• Competitive Salaries
• Unlimited paid time off
• Medical, dental, & vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Health, fitness, and office stipends
• The permanent ability to work wherever and however you want

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Requirements

• 3-5 years of hands-on experience in an IT, Security, or Technical Operations role
• 3+ years of experience working in a fully remote environment
• Experience executing IT project roadmaps, vendor relationships, and enterprise system migrations or rollouts
• Working knowledge of enterprise identity and access management, authentication standards, and disaster recovery planning
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to thrive with a great deal of autonomy and ownership in your role
• Experience working with data via multiple delivery methods
• AWS security (IAM, CloudTrail, Inspector, Organizations + SCP)
• SSO + identity provider (preferably Okta)
• Compliance automation (e.g., Vanta)
• Basic scripting (e.g., Python, Bash)
• Previous experience at a data company is not required but is always appreciated
• Remote security tooling (Tailscale, SentinelOne, 1Password)
• Exposure to infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Pulumi, Terraform)
• Monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Datadog)
• Salary: $120,000 - $140,000