We're hiring a Founding IT Engineer to build and own our IT function from the ground up. You'll stand up the systems, automation, and processes that keep our teams productive and secure as we scale: endpoints, identity, access control, physical infrastructure, and vendor management across offices in San Francisco, New York, and a growing remote workforce.

This role is in person in San Francisco, 4 days a week.

Manage and secure endpoints across our environments - device provisioning, MDM configuration, patching, and fleet-wide inventory tracking

Own corporate identity and access - SSO, MFA, role-based permissions, and automated provisioning/deprovisioning across the employee lifecycle, from a configured laptop on day one through offboarding

Run vendor management across our SaaS stack - license provisioning, renewals, and cost tracking for tools like Google Workspace, Slack, Linear, and Microsoft 365

Manage physical IT infrastructure across our SF and NYC offices - UniFi network switches, routers, access control systems, and cameras

Handle end-user support and ticketing - you're the person the team calls when something breaks or someone needs access, with on-call availability for issues that can't wait

Build automation to scale yourself and eliminate repetitive work - Python for custom integrations, workflow platforms like n8n or Zapier for standard orchestration, and AI-assisted tooling where it moves faster

Define guardrails for AI tool usage across the company, and build internal documentation, tooling, and workflows that let non-technical teammates self-serve common IT needs securely

Founding IT Engineer

Responsibilities

Qualification

Required

Preferred

Company

Cogent Security

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