Senior IT Engineer - US West Coast

Workman Labs; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Runway is hiring a senior IT engineer on the West Coast as the first point of contact for a globally distributed company. You will handle help-desk tickets, manage the device lifecycle, configure Google Workspace, and enforce endpoint compliance.

The role offers room to grow into security and automation, with potential to influence policy rollout and tooling. Salary ranges from $110,000–$170,000 per year for this remote position.

Qualifications

• IT support experience in a help-desk or internal IT role.
• Familiarity with macOS and terminal troubleshooting.
• Experience with Google Workspace administration and CLI tools.
• Understanding of DNS, DHCP, LAN/WAN basics.
• Basic cybersecurity knowledge: endpoint security and access controls.
• Strong written communication for remote collaboration.
• Self-direction and initiative in a distributed team.
• Experience with MDM platforms.
• Exposure to cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP) and IaC concepts.
• Familiarity with zero-trust concepts.
• Background in compliance frameworks (SOC2, ISO 27001).
• Exposure to GDPR or data privacy requirements.

Responsibilities

• Handle help-desk tickets: triage and resolve employee requests.
• Manage the device lifecycle: procure, provision, configure, and ship laptops; off-boarding wipes.
• On-boarding and off-boarding: create accounts and apply security profiles.
• Administer Google Workspace: manage users, groups, licenses.
• Support endpoint compliance and device trust tooling.
• Deploy and enforce security policies across the fleet.
• Manage corporate software licenses and access reviews.
• Assist office networking and conference room setups.
• Train employees with guides and short walkthroughs.
• Document runbooks and knowledge base articles.
• Contribute to SOC2 evidence collection and security policy rollout.
• Contribute to IaC and automation via scripting / CI/CD.
• Lead IT projects on endpoint management and tooling over time.

Skills

IT support

macOS

Google Workspace

Networking basics

Cybersecurity basics

Written communication

Scripting / automation

MDM platforms

Cloud concepts

Zero-trust concepts

SOC2 / ISO 27001

GDPR / data privacy

Job description

Runway is hiring a senior IT engineer on the West Coast as first point of contact for a globally distributed company: help-desk tickets, device lifecycle, Google Workspace and endpoint compliance, with room to move into security and automation.

$110,000 – $170,000 / yr

Location

Remote (US West Coast)

Remote

Seniority

Senior

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What you'll do

Responsibilities

• Handle help-desk tickets: Triage and resolve employee requests - password resets, access provisioning, Slack/Google Workspace/Zoom troubleshooting, and general "my thing is broken" support Unique
• Manage the device lifecycle: Procure, provision, configure, and ship laptops for new hires. Handle off-boarding wipes and returns. Keep the asset inventory accurate. Unique
• Run on-boarding and off-boarding: Create accounts, apply security profiles, draft welcome communications, and make sure new employees have everything before day one
• Administer Google Workspace: Manage users, groups, aliases, and license assignments. You'll use both the admin console and CLI tools regularly.
• Support endpoint compliance: Work with our device trust tooling to keep employee machines meeting security policies, and follow up when they don't
• Deploy and enforce security policies: Help roll out and maintain endpoint security configurations, access controls, and compliance requirements across the fleet
• Manage corporate software: Handle seat assignments, renewals, license optimization, and access reviews across our SaaS stack
• Support office networking and AV: Help maintain networking equipment, conference room setups, and office technology across our physical locations as needed
• Train and enable employees: Deliver lightweight technical guidance and training on IT systems, both for new hires and for ongoing support (written guides, short walkthroughs, the occasional screen share)
• Write things down: Maintain run-books, knowledge base articles, and process docs. If you fix something, document how.
• We don't expect you to stay in a pure helpdesk lane. Our SOC2 program has ongoing evidence collection and device trust work to pick up, and there's security policy work that needs someone to own the rollout and enforcement side. Unique
• On the infrastructure side, we manage cloud resources through infrastructure-as-code, and there's room to contribute once you're comfortable. We also automate a lot (scripting, CI/CD pipelines) and there's no shortage of manual process waiting to be turned into a workflow.
• Over time, you'd lead IT projects around endpoint management, security improvements, and internal tooling rather than just executing on them.

What you'll need

Experience

• Some form of IT support experience. A help-desk role, an internal support function, or just being the person everyone came to when something broke. The title matters less than the reps. Unique
• Comfort with macOS. Our user endpoint fleet is mostly Mac. You should be able to troubleshoot system issues, manage profiles, and work in the terminal without hand-holding.
• Familiarity with Google Workspace administration, or the confidence to pick it up fast. CLI admin tooling experience is a plus. Unique
• A working understanding of networking fundamentals: DNS, DHCP, LAN/WAN basics, and how traffic moves. You don't need to be a network engineer, but you shouldn't be lost when a connectivity issue comes in.
• Basic understanding of cybersecurity principles. You should know what endpoint security, encryption, and access controls are, and why they matter, even if you haven't built policies from scratch.
• Strong written communication. This is a remote role and coordination happens in Slack and Notion. If you can't write clearly, the timezone gap makes everything harder.
• Self-direction. There's separation between you and the rest of the IT team for part of the day. You need to be someone who sees what needs doing and does it. Unique
• Curiosity about how systems work. Maybe you've run a homelab, automated something tedious with a script, or set up a Pi. We care more about the impulse than the resume line.
• Experience with MDM platforms (any of the major ones)
• Any exposure to cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, etc) and infrastructure-as-code concepts
• Familiarity with zero-trust networking concepts and tools
• Background in compliance frameworks (SOC2, ISO 27001)
• Exposure to international IT regulations or data privacy requirements (GDPR, etc.) Unique