Overview
Customer.io is looking for a strategic, hands-on IT leader to join our globally distributed team. Reporting to the Director of IT & Security, this senior individual contributor role shapes the IT systems, processes, and tools that keep our business secure, efficient, and scalable—while delivering a seamless employee experience worldwide.
You’ll partner across functions—People Experience, Security, Legal, Engineering, and Sales—to define IT priorities, implement secure workflows, and streamline processes that scale with our growth. This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives influencing without authority, turning complex challenges into elegant, repeatable systems, and using IT as a business enabler.
What you’ll do
- Lead the design and execution of IT systems and processes, with a focus on security, scalability, and employee experience.
- Partner across teams to review workflows, identify improvement opportunities, and implement solutions that enable rapid organizational growth.
- Own day-to-day technical support in a tiered IT model, including software provisioning, hardware troubleshooting, and application support for remote employees.
- Collaborate with People Experience to optimize onboarding, offboarding, and lifecycle IT workflows, ensuring employees have timely access to the right tools and systems.
- Maintain and evolve IT infrastructure, including user management, device compliance, endpoint protection, and security policy enforcement via MDM tools.
- Implement and manage identity and access management (IAM), single sign-on (SSO), and role-based access controls across systems.
- Partner with Security and Compliance to adhere to internal controls and standards (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR).
- Proactively identify and remediate vulnerabilities across company-managed systems and applications.
- Align IT strategy with broader business priorities and help translate technical initiatives into tangible business impact.
What we’re looking for
- 7+ years in a senior IT role, ideally in a fully remote or distributed SaaS company, with experience in IT support, systems administration, and security.
- Hands-on experience with cloud-first environments, IAM, zero-trust principles, endpoint security, and data loss prevention.
- Proven ability to partner across business functions to implement systematic, efficient, and secure workflows.
- Strong influencing skills—able to drive alignment and adoption without direct authority.
- Curiosity and openness to emerging technologies, including AI and automation, to improve IT efficiency and employee experience.
- Hands-on experience with SaaS IT tools (Google Workspace, Okta, Slack, Zoom) and MDM solutions (Jamf, Kandji, Intune).
- Familiarity with security frameworks (NIST, CIS Controls) and compliance/audit preparation (SOC 2, ISO, HIPAA).
- Experience with security incident response, risk assessment, and remediation planning.
- Excellent troubleshooting skills on macOS and Windows systems.
- A collaborative, customer-first mindset, focused on making the employee experience seamless and secure.
What we value
- Strategic impact: Drive outcomes that matter across the business.
- Hands-on problem solving: Own issues end-to-end, from strategy to execution.
- Collaboration: Partner effectively across teams and time zones.
- Security first: Protect systems, data, and people.
- Curiosity: Explore new tools and processes to improve efficiency.
- Empathy: Make your teammates’ experience better every day.
Salary, benefits, and inclusion
Starting salary for this role is $120,000 USD (or equivalent in local currency) depending on experience and market rate adjustments. Our inclusive benefits package supports well-being and growth, including 100% coverage of medical, dental, vision, mental health, and supplemental insurance premiums for you and your family, 16 weeks paid parental leave, unlimited PTO, remote-work stipends, wellness stipends, and a professional development budget.
Application process
- 30-minute video call with Recruiter
- 45-minute video call with Hiring Manager
- 45-minute video call with Peer Team member
- 45-minute video call with DevSecOps Lead
- Take-Home Assignment + Review Call
All final candidates will be asked to complete a background check and employment verifications as part of our pre-employment process.
We are an equal opportunity employer. We strive to build an inclusive team culture and to practice bias-free hiring. If you have questions about the role or the process, please contact jobs@customer.io.