
IT Specialist
Chainguard
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $58,000 - $70,000 per year
About the role
- Prioritize excellent customer service to employees; quick response and proper and accurate feedback on technical problems
- Be our on site support for our newly created NYC office by maintaining our network, A/V, and supporting/troubleshooting our IT assets
- Work with vendors to order, manage, and ship hardware worldwide.
- Manage employee lifecycle through onboarding new Chainguardians with tools, systems, and hardware collaborating closely with Chainguard’s HR/Recruiting team.
- Receives requests through the IT ticketing system, via email, or Slack for assistance on computer related problems including hardware, software, peripheral, and related equipment; determines severity of problems; troubleshoots, resolves or escalates to appropriate technical staff as appropriate
- Provides on-call support (some holidays)
Requirements
- Experience in IT Support, ideally at a remote or startup environment
- Experience with MacOS and Linux
- Experience with mobile device management (MDM)
- A strong understanding of IT Security best practices and a desire to improve them
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences
- Some travel required
- Ability to be in our NYC office 50% of the work week
- Proactively self-motivated and self-starter
- Strong ability to cycle between working independently and in a team environment
- Motivated and eager to participate in growing and changing environments (often wearing “many hats”)
- An eagerness to grow and build a company that’s solving an important problem.
Benefits
- Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
- Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!).
- 100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck.
- ∞ Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need – to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset.
- 18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child's first year.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
IT SupportMacOSLinuxmobile device managementIT Security best practicestroubleshootinghardware managementsoftware supportnetwork maintenanceA/V support
Soft Skills
excellent customer servicewritten communicationverbal communicationself-motivatedteam collaborationindependent workadaptabilityproblem-solvingproactive attitudeeagerness to learn