Senior Director, IT & Security Operations

Minority Professional Network, Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

HSA with employer contribution

Well-being and telework support

Job summary

SambaNova Systems is seeking a Director of IT to lead infrastructure, end-user IT, and security operations across the company. You will set direction for the IT function, grow the team, and contribute hands-on when needed. Level will be Director or Senior Director based on experience.

You will partner with engineering on DevOps tooling, CI/CD, and automation, while overseeing budgeting and vendor management. This role may require regular onsite presence in the Bay Area.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in IT infrastructure and operations.
• 5+ years of experience leading IT teams.
• Experience running 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

10+ years IT infrastructure and ops

5+ years leading IT teams

Backend & end-user IT

Security operations program

DevOps tooling collaboration

Cross-OS admin (Linux/Windows/macOS)

Identity management (Okta/Entra)

Onsite Bay Area work

Startup/high-growth experience

Hardware/semiconductor IT support incl

SOC 2 / ISO27001 compliance experience

Scaling IT teams during growth

Education

B.S. in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

SambaNova Systems is seeking a Director of IT to lead infrastructure, end-user IT, and security operations across the company. You will set direction for the IT function, grow the team, and contribute hands-on when needed. Level will be Director or Senior Director based on experience.

You will partner with engineering on DevOps tooling, CI/CD, and automation, while overseeing budgeting and vendor management. This role may require regular onsite presence in the Bay Area.