Remote IT & Security Specialist: Build Secure Systems

People Data Labs; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock

Competitive salary

Unlimited PTO

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k)

Wellness stipends

Remote work flexibility

Job summary

People Data Labs is seeking an IT & Security Specialist to support security, compliance, tools administration, and helpdesk needs in a fully remote environment. You’ll work closely with our IT & Security Engineer, report to the VP of Finance & Operations, and help scale secure, compliant systems across the company.

The ideal candidate has experience on an IT/security team for a remote company, values building repeatable processes, and can balance automation with the human touch to keep coworkers

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of hands-on IT, Security, or Technical Operations experience.
• 3+ years in a fully remote environment.
• Experience executing IT project roadmaps, vendor relationships, and enterprise system migrations or rollouts.
• Working knowledge of enterprise identity and access management, authentication standards, and disaster recovery planning.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to thrive with autonomy and ownership in your role.
• Experience working with data via multiple delivery methods.
• AWS security (IAM, CloudTrail, Inspector, Organizations + SCP).
• SSO + identity provider (preferably Okta).
• Compliance automation (e.g., Vanta).
• Basic scripting (e.g., Python, Bash).

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on the IT & Security project roadmap, helpdesk workflows, and prioritization process for cross-functional initiatives such as migrations, system rollouts, and security enhancements
• Build and maintain a structured, automated, and audit-ready set of security and compliance processes, procedures, and protocols
• Work directly with product and engineering, and departmental stakeholders on shared security initiatives and clear project plans for complex technical changes
• Administer and strengthen the company-wide authentication, access management standards, and disaster recovery processes for critical systems
• Facilitate vendor relationships, evaluations, contracts, and renewals to ensure tools spend is carefully and thoughtfully managed
• Provide hands-on helpdesk and endpoint support for a fully remote team, including device setup, security tooling, and troubleshooting

Skills

IT Operations

Security

Remote work

Vendor management

Project management

Authentication

Disaster recovery

Written communication

Verbal communication

Data delivery methods

AWS security

Okta

Vanta

Python scripting

Bash scripting

Tools

Okta

Pulumi

Terraform

Datadog

Tailscale

SentinelOne

1Password

Job description

People Data Labs is seeking an IT & Security Specialist to support security, compliance, tools administration, and helpdesk needs in a fully remote environment. You’ll work closely with our IT & Security Engineer, report to the VP of Finance & Operations, and help scale secure, compliant systems across the company.

The ideal candidate has experience on an IT/security team for a remote company, values building repeatable processes, and can balance automation with the human touch to keep coworkers