Head of IT

Sygaldry Technologies is building quantum-accelerated AI servers to exponentially speed up training and inference. Our AI servers address the rising compute and energy costs for scaling AI, enabling companies to innovate faster and more affordably. We're building the infrastructure for quantum superintelligence. We pioneer new domains in physics, engineering, and AI, tackling the hardest challenges with a grounded, optimistic, and rigorous culture.

About the role

We're building novel hardware at the intersection of quantum physics, engineering, and AI. That means what sits underneath matters: security that protects novel IP, identity and IT systems that keep a fast-growing team productive, and networking that connects labs and offices across sites. This role owns all of it. You'll be a player-coach: hands-on across identity, endpoint, and security operations, growing into director-level leadership of the IT and security function as we scale. You own the security roadmap, from zero trust and endpoint protection to compliance readiness, and you're the one making sure it all works, stays secure, and scales with us. You'll work with strong senior contractors and grow the team, including future full-time hires.

Responsibilities

• Corporate IT & Endpoint Management:
  • MFA, IdP, MDM, BDR across our physical and cloud fleet
  • User on/off boarding policy and enforcement
  • Laptop and workstations procurement and lifecycle management
  • Accessories procurement, inventory management
  • Roles, groups, access control management
  • Annual budget management
• Security & Compliance:
  • SSO, MFA, SIEM, EDR, and Zero Trust Access across our physical and cloud infrastructure
  • Physical security systems (access card, cameras, security systems)
  • SOC 2 readiness
  • Incident response and technical business continuity policies
  • AI tool governance: owning the policy for which tools we trust and how we use them
  • Technical enforcement of export control policies
• Across Everything:
  • Documentation that makes systems maintainable by others
  • Ownership of vendor relationships
  • Audit and monitoring of policies

Qualifications

You may be a good fit if you:

• Think in systems: you see how identity, endpoints, network, and cloud fit together as one security surface
• Are curious and rigorous: you question assumptions and validate with evidence
• Move fast and build things: perfect is the enemy of done
• Take ownership: when something's broken, you own it to resolution
• Write things down: documentation is how your work scales
• Communicate clearly and assume good intent

Strong candidates may have:

• Built or significantly matured IT and security at a small, fast-growing company; ideally hardware or deeptech
• Taken a company to SOC 2 or a comparable framework from scratch
• Selected and managed long term relationships with external vendors
• Deep identity experience: Integration of IdP and SSO with 3rd party SaaS providers
• Run zero trust architectures (Cloudflare, Zscaler, or similar) and operated EDR and SIEM tooling
• Managed Apple-primary fleets with MDM (Iru/Kandji, Jamf, Mosyle, or similar)
• Led small teams or directed contractors as a player-coach

Benefits

• Visa Sponsorship - We support visas whenever possible
• Compensation - Competitive salary and meaningful equity
• Company-sponsored health coverage for you and your family
• Connection - Company offsites and casual socials to recharge and have fun
• Unlimited PTO to rest and recharge

This position is full-time, on-site in our Ann Arbor, MI HQ/Lab with occasional travel to our San Francisco office for cross-site coordination.