Remote Senior IT Systems Engineer

Summary

Join our Engineering team as a Senior IT Systems Engineer and enable our next phase of growth. This role requires a strong background in IT systems to improve Canary's systems and processes.

Requirements

• Minimum of 6 years of experience in IT systems engineering
• Proficiency in system design, implementation, and troubleshooting across various IT environments
• Experience in a high growth organization or startup environment
• Strong knowledge of server and network infrastructure, including hardware, software, and cloud technologies such as Google Workspace, Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services
• Experienced with Apple and Microsoft Windows operating systems, hardware, and software
• Previous experience administering identity providers
• Previous experience in managing and administering a centralized MDM solution

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary IT point of contact and an escalation point
• Establish working relationships with internal teams to understand, prioritize, and effectively deliver IT support requests and projects
• Review and delegate high priority requests as required
• Troubleshoot and identify the root cause of complicated software and hardware issues to prevent repetition
• Establish processes and metrics to help identify areas of improvement, as well as celebrate the great work being done
• Perform hands-on fixes at the desktop level; installing and upgrading software and configuring systems and applications in collaboration with other IT team members
• Manage user access related to the onboarding and offboarding of team members
• Deliver new hire IT orientation
• Develop and contribute to knowledge base articles for end user reference
• Manage IT asset inventory and lifecycle management program

Benefits

• Canary Days: As a company we want to ensure that the team has time to recharge. Each month we provide company wide days off to ensure there is at least one extended weekend or day off
• Self Improvement Club: We meet each month and share our personal goals for the month. Each individual is provided a budget towards any purchases that help us achieve these goals
• Professional Development Chats: We provide budget to help drive cross functional professional development conversations across the organization
• Travel Reimbursement: Team members are able to visit our offices across New York, San Francisco or Dallas when they choose, and are provided a travel stipend for doing so.  Spend time working with the team in their office, and use the rest of your time exploring a new city!
• Personal Travel Reimbursement: If you stay at a hotel that Canary works with, we provide a credit towards your stay