BESXAR
Head of IT
Washington, DC
Sponsorship not specified$171k-$800kDetected 141 days ago
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About the role
- This is a critical, hands-on leadership role responsible for establishing secure, scalable, and well-documented IT systems from early-stage through rapid growth.
- Select, deploy, and administer device management and endpoint security tooling (e.g., MDM/UEM, EDR, disk encryption, password policies, certificate management).
- Define and operationalize baseline security practices: vulnerability and patch management, endpoint compliance reporting, backups, incident response runbooks, and tabletop exercises.
Responsibilities
- In the near term, we will use a Managed Service Provider (MSP) to assist with routine IT requests and provide help desk support during busy periods.
- You will own the roadmap, define sensible requirements with stakeholders, execute the highest-impact work yourself, and manage vendors/MSP to deliver a reliable user experience.
- Own the IT roadmap and operating model for a fast-moving startup including standards, priorities, tradeoffs, and delivery.
- Partner with Engineering, Operations, and Finance to translate ambiguous needs into clear, pragmatic requirements and projects.
- Design and operate identity and access management (IAM): onboarding/offboarding (joiner-mover-leaver), SSO, MFA, least-privilege access, and periodic access reviews.
- Build and maintain a mixed-device environment across Windows, macOS, and Linux: provisioning, baseline configuration, patching, endpoint security, and device lifecycle management.
- Implement IT controls that support export-control and ITAR compliance in partnership with Legal/Export Compliance, including access boundaries, controlled environments/enclaves, logging, and audit trails.
- Own SaaS and vendor lifecycle management: evaluation, procurement, license management, renewals, and security reviews.
Requirements
- 7+ years of progressive IT experience (systems administration, IT operations, or IT engineering), including ownership of core infrastructure.
- Hands-on experience with Windows and macOS administration and lifecycle management
- Experience implementing and administering identity systems (SSO, MFA) and access controls with a least-privilege mindset.
- Experience with device management (MDM/UEM) and endpoint security controls (disk encryption, EDR, patching, compliance reporting).
- Experience supporting export-controlled environments and implementing ITAR-supporting technical controls in partnership with compliance/legal teams.
- Familiarity with common security/compliance frameworks (e.g., NIST 800-171) and how to translate control requirements into practical technical implementations.
- Experience in early-stage or high-growth environments where speed, pragmatism, and strong judgment matter.
Nice to have
- Preferred Skills and Experience
- Exposure to research computing or compute clusters.
- HPC is not required in the first 6-12 months, but the ability to plan for future needs is a plus.
Compensation
- Base salary will vary depending on job-related knowledge, education, skills, experience, business needs, and market demand.
Company info
- Besxar Space Industries, Inc. (Besxar) is a venture-backed, high-growth technology company pioneering a new class of space-based manufacturing to overcome the limits of terrestrial semiconductor fabrication. We are building complex products at the intersection of hardware, software, and regulated industries. Our teams move quickly, iterate in tight loops, and hold themselves to high standards for reliability, security, and operational excellence.
- We operate in an environment where certain information may be export-controlled. We take compliance seriously, but strive for practical processes that keep the team moving fast while protecting sensitive data.
- About the Team
- IT is foundational to everything we do. This is a critical, hands-on leadership role responsible for establishing secure, scalable, and well-documented IT systems from early-stage through rapid growth.
- Besxar Space Industries, Inc. (Besxar) is a venture-backed, high-growth technology company pioneering a new class of space-based manufacturing to overcome the limits of terrestrial semiconductor fabrication.
- We are building complex products at the intersection of hardware, software, and regulated industries.
- Our teams move quickly, iterate in tight loops, and hold themselves to high standards for reliability, security, and operational excellence.
- We operate in an environment where certain information may be export-controlled.
- We take compliance seriously, but strive for practical processes that keep the team moving fast while protecting sensitive data.
- Plan for scale. Define when to hire an internal IT Systems Administrator and which functions should remain with MSP vs. brought in-house.
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