Head of IT

About Sygaldry

Sygaldry Technologies is building quantum-accelerated AI servers to exponentially speed up training and inference. Our AI servers address the problem of 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. Our team is growing — we're looking for people who want to shape how quantum and AI intersect, and unlock the potential of both together.

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 won't be doing it alone: you'll work with strong senior contractors and grow the team, including future full-time hires.

What You'll Own

• 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)
• SOX 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

How You May Be a Good Fit

• Think in systems: you see how identity, endpoints, network, and cloud fit together as one security surface
• 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

Built or Significantly Matured IT and Security at a Small, Fast-Growing Company

• Strongly preferred

Take Ownership

• Lead small teams or directed contractors as a player-coach

How We’re Different At Sygaldry

• Curiosity and intellectual courage drive our work
• We approach ambitious challenges with a grounded, optimistic, and rigorous culture
• We prioritize mission over ego and collaborate openly with a strong sense of shared purpose
• We dream big, yet we execute with a love of detail

Culture & Benefits

• We lean into thoughtful use of agentic AI tools. Claude Code, Codex, and AI-assisted workflows are part of daily operations across the team, and we expect this role to benefit from these tools too.

Location

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