Plasmidsaurus
Senior IT Engineer
San Francisco · Senior
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PythonBashTerraformLinuxPlatform EngineeringCybersecurityComplianceDNS
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About the role
- At Plasmidsaurus, we're scaling a global network of labs where scientists, engineers, robots, and sequencing technology work together to accelerate scientific discovery.
Responsibilities
- Build Reliable, Scalable IT Systems
- 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.
- Own Corporate Security & Compliance
- 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
- 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.
- Takes ownership of the IT function as a whole, building the systems, processes, and capabilities needed to support the company as it grows.
Requirements
- 7+ years of hands-on IT engineering or systems administration experience, ideally in a growing, technically complex company.
- Experience owning SOC 2 compliance, security controls, and audit readiness.
- 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.
- You are someone who:
- BS in Computer Science
- Strong experience administering Google Workspace, identity and access management (SSO, SAML, SCIM), and endpoint management across Mac, Windows, and Linux.
- We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't perfectly align with the job description as we seek out diverse and creative perspectives. Team members who love to learn and collaborate in an inclusive environment will thrive with us. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. If you need additional accommodations to feel comfortable during your interview process, please let us know at careers@plasmidsaurus.com. careers@plasmidsaurus.com
Nice to have
- Experience with MDM, endpoint security, and device lifecycle management
- familiarity with Rippling and SentinelOne preferred.
- Hands-on networking experience, including VLANs, DNS, DHCP, VPNs, and office infrastructure, Tailscale, pfSense and MikroTik experience preferred.
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- About Plasmidsaurus
Company info
- Now we are expanding that same disruptive model across all of genomics.
- With the launch of our new RNA-seq service, we are taking a bold step toward our vision to sequence everything, providing scientists everywhere with faster, simpler, and more affordable access to the data that powers discovery.
- Role Overview At Plasmidsaurus, we're scaling a global network of labs where scientists, engineers, robots, and sequencing technology work together to accelerate scientific discovery.
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