Director of IT & Security Operations — Bay Area Onsite

SambaNova, Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 900,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

HSA with employer contribution

Dental and Vision insurance

Life and disability plans

Headspace subscription

Job summary

SambaNova is seeking a Director or Senior Director of IT to lead infrastructure, end-user IT, security operations, and DevOps support across the company. You will set the function's direction, grow the team, and perform hands-on work when needed.

The role requires 10+ years in IT, strong leadership, and experience with Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines. Onsite work at the Bay Area office is expected.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in IT infrastructure and operations.
• 5+ years of experience leading IT teams.
• Experience running both backend infrastructure and end-user IT.
• Experience building or running a security operations program.
• Experience with DevOps tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with Linux, Windows, and macOS administration, identity management such as Okta or Entra ID, and MDM.
• Able to work onsite at our Bay Area office on a regular basis.

Responsibilities

• Lead server and backend infrastructure, including on-prem and cloud systems, networking, storage, and identity.
• Run desktop and end-user IT, including laptop provisioning, SaaS tools, help desk, and onboarding and off boarding.
• Build and run the security program and security operations, including endpoint protection, access control, monitoring, and incident response.
• Partner with engineering on DevOps tooling, CI/CD infrastructure, and automation.
• Hire and manage the IT team, and set its roadmap and budget.
• Manage vendors and contracts for IT and security tools.
• Configure systems, troubleshoot outages, and write automation yourself when needed.

Skills

IT leadership

Hands-on IT

Security operations

DevOps tooling

Education

B.S. in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

SambaNova is seeking a Director or Senior Director of IT to lead infrastructure, end-user IT, security operations, and DevOps support across the company. You will set the function's direction, grow the team, and perform hands-on work when needed.

The role requires 10+ years in IT, strong leadership, and experience with Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines. Onsite work at the Bay Area office is expected.