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Senior IT Engineer

Plasmidsaurus· Engineering
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Hybrid (San Francisco)$170k - $195k + equityFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Senior IT Engineer responsible for building and maintaining scalable corporate IT infrastructure, security, and global connectivity across Plasmidsaurus' 10 sites. Own identity management, security, compliance (SOC 2), and office networking to keep employees productive and secure as the company scales.

Responsibilities

  • Build and continuously improve reliable, automated IT systems and processes that support the company as it scales.
  • Own the IT administration, integrations, and security of systems including Google Workspace (IdP), Rippling, and SentinelOne, ensuring reliable identity and access management, SSO/SCIM provisioning, and role-based access controls.
  • Build and improve secure, automated onboarding, offboarding, device management, and access provisioning across our global workforce.
  • Manage employee workstations, endpoint security, and access to corporate and on-prem systems across Mac, Windows, and Linux environments.
  • Lead and manage our SOC 2 compliance efforts in Vanta, including developing cybersecurity policies, preparing for audits, monitoring controls, and addressing gaps.
  • Own and strengthen organizational security through identity and access controls, endpoint protection, phishing prevention, vendor reviews, and security awareness.
  • Identify and address corporate IT security risks proactively, coordinating assessments and partnering with Platform Engineering on production infrastructure risks.
  • Deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot office and lab networks across our 10 global sites, working with Platform Engineering on architecture, automation, and new site buildouts. Our networks use pfSense, MikroTik, Terraform, and Ansible.

Qualifications

  • BS in Computer Science
  • 7+ years of hands-on IT engineering or systems administration experience, ideally in a growing, technically complex company.
  • Strong experience administering Google Workspace, identity and access management (SSO, SAML, SCIM), and endpoint management across Mac, Windows, and Linux.
  • Experience with MDM, endpoint security, and device lifecycle management; familiarity with Rippling and SentinelOne preferred.
  • Experience owning SOC 2 compliance, security controls, and audit readiness.
  • Hands-on networking experience, including VLANs, DNS, DHCP, VPNs, and office infrastructure, Tailscale, pfSense and MikroTik experience preferred.
  • Experience with scripting and infrastructure automation using tools such as Python, Bash, Terraform, and Ansible.
  • Strong troubleshooting skills and a track record of independently improving IT systems, processes, and security.

Skills

Required:Google Workspace administrationIdentity and access managementEndpoint managementSOC 2 complianceNetworkingScripting/Automation
Last updated Oct 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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