Plasmidsaurus
Senior IT Engineer
San Francisco, Remote. Posted a month ago
The role
The Senior IT Engineer will build and improve automated IT systems and processes to support a global network of 10 sites. This role involves owning corporate IT infrastructure, security, compliance, and office networking.
What you will do
- Build and improve reliable, automated IT systems and processes.
- Own IT administration, integrations, and security of Google Workspace, Rippling, and SentinelOne.
- Build secure, automated onboarding, offboarding, device management, and access provisioning.
- Manage employee workstations, endpoint security, and access to corporate and on-prem systems across Mac, Windows, and Linux.
- Lead and manage SOC 2 compliance efforts in Vanta.
- Strengthen organizational security through identity and access controls, endpoint protection, phishing prevention, and vendor reviews.
- Identify and address corporate IT security risks.
- Deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot office and lab networks across 10 global sites.
Required qualifications
- BS in Computer Science
- 7+ years of hands-on IT engineering or systems administration experience
- 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
- Experience owning SOC 2 compliance, security controls, and audit readiness
- Hands-on networking experience, including VLANs, DNS, DHCP, VPNs, and office infrastructure
- Experience with scripting and infrastructure automation using tools such as Python, Bash, Terraform, and Ansible
- Strong troubleshooting skills
Nice to have
- Familiarity with Rippling and SentinelOne
- Tailscale, pfSense and MikroTik experience
About the company
Plasmidsaurus is on a mission to accelerate new cures and promote a healthier planet by unlocking a new level of productivity for scientists. They provide sequencing services used by innovators, including Nobel laureates and Fortune 100 pharma.