Head of IT, Automation & Security

Magic; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

401(k) plan with 6% matching

Health, dental, vision insurance

Unlimited paid time off

Visa sponsorship and relocation to SF

Small, focused team

Job summary

Magic in San Francisco is seeking a Head of IT to own and scale our critical infrastructure, security posture, and internal tools. This hands-on leadership role merges strategy with day-to-day engineering, building automations and leading a small team.

You will manage identity, endpoints, SaaS services, and on-site networks, collaborate with Security, and drive self-service. We seek a pragmatic leader who can think from first principles, reduce toil, and deliver reliable systems as Magic grows.

Qualifications

• Experience owning and scaling IT functions in a fast-paced technical environment.
• Hands-on leader who sets direction, develops a small team, and contributes technically.
• Deep experience with macOS, MDM, Google Workspace, SaaS, identity, and access.
• Expertise using automation, APIs, AI tools to reduce manual work.
• Strong security experience across endpoints, identity, access, and incident response.

Responsibilities

• Own the function end-to-end: systems, endpoints, identity, SaaS, office infra, IT security.
• Lead a small team; set technical direction, priorities, and standards.
• Make automation the default to enable self-service and reduce toil.
• Own identity, access, endpoints, and core SaaS including SSO, SCIM, MFA, MDM.
• Partner with Security on least privilege, patching, vulnerability management, incident response.
• Oversee office technology across locations: networking, AV, conference rooms, physical security.

Skills

IT leadership

Hands-on contributor

macOS

MDM

Google Workspace

SaaS management

Identity & access

Automation scripting

Bash/Python

Security & incident response

Tools

APIs

AI tools

Scripting (Bash/Python)

Job description

Magic in San Francisco is seeking a Head of IT to own and scale our critical infrastructure, security posture, and internal tools. This hands-on leadership role merges strategy with day-to-day engineering, building automations and leading a small team.

You will manage identity, endpoints, SaaS services, and on-site networks, collaborate with Security, and drive self-service. We seek a pragmatic leader who can think from first principles, reduce toil, and deliver reliable systems as Magic grows.