Member of Operations Staff, IT Manager
Odyssey · Palo Alto, CA · 2 days ago
On-siteInformation TechnologyFull-time
What We're Looking For
- 5+ years in IT support/administration, including 2+ years owning IT (or as a senior/sole IT resource) at a company of similar size
- Strong with macOS and Windows fleets, MDM (Jamf, Kandji, Intune, or similar), and identity/SSO administration
- Solid networking fundamentals: DNS, DHCP, VLANs, VPN, firewall management
- Experience selecting and managing SaaS tools and vendors
- Security-minded: you patch, you enforce MFA, you sweat access reviews
- Clear communicator who's patient with non-technical colleagues
- Comfortable being a team of one: prioritizing, documenting, and asking for help when needed
- Must be able to work 5 days a week at our Palo Alto office
What You'll Do
- Employee support & hardware
- Own day-to-day IT support: troubleshooting, escalations, and walk-up help for the Palo Alto office; remote support for London and Zurich
- Manage the full device lifecycle — procurement, imaging/MDM enrollment, deployment, repair, and retirement — for laptops, monitors, and peripherals
- Run technical onboarding and offboarding: accounts, hardware, and access provisioning/deprovisioning
- Maintain office AV, conference rooms, and printers
- Systems & network
- Own office networking: Wi-Fi, switches, firewalls, VPN, and ISP/vendor relationships
- Administer core SaaS: identity/SSO (e.g., Google Workspace), email, Slack, MDM, and endpoint security
- Manage software licensing, renewals, and IT vendor contracts
- Security & policy
- Define and enforce IT security policy: device compliance, patching, MFA, access reviews
- Lead security tooling rollout (endpoint protection, password management) and phishing awareness
- Support compliance efforts (e.g., SOC 2) with evidence collection and control ownership
- Maintain asset inventory and IT documentation
- Planning
- Own the IT budget and make build/buy/outsource recommendations
- Plan for growth across three offices, including standardizing IT setup internationally