IT Specialist

The Role In a Nutshell

As an IT Specialist your role is crucial in ensuring the smooth operation of the company's IT infrastructure and supporting all Chain guardians. You’ll be responsible for managing and troubleshooting various IT systems, providing empathetic, detailed, and prompt technical support to employees, implementing and ensuring compliance with security, and collaborating with the entire company. This role requires strong communication skills, self‑discipline, and the ability to collaborate effectively with internal stakeholders across many different time zones.

• Prioritize excellent customer service to employees; quick response and proper and accurate feedback on technical problems.
• Be our on‑site support for our newly created NYC office by maintaining our network, A/V, and supporting/troubleshooting our IT assets.
• Work with vendors to order, manage, and ship hardware worldwide.
• Manage employee lifecycle through onboarding new Chain guardians with tools, systems, and hardware collaborating closely with Chainguard’s HR/Recruiting team.
• Receive requests through the IT ticketing system, via email, or Slack for assistance on computer related problems including hardware, software, peripheral, and related equipment; determine severity of problems; troubleshoot, resolve or escalated to appropriate technical staff as appropriate.
• Provide on‑call support (some holidays).

• Experience in IT Support, ideally at a remote or startup environment.
• Experience with MacOS and Linux.
• Experience with mobile device management (MDM).
• A strong understanding of IT Security best practices and a desire to improve them.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Some travel required.
• Ability to be in our NYC office 50% of the work week.
• Proactively self‑motivated and self‑starter.
• Strong ability to cycle between working independently and in a team environment.
• Motivated and eager to participate in growing and changing environments (often wearing “many hats”).
• An eagerness to grow and build a company that’s solving an important problem.

$58,000—$70,000 USD

Chainguard is the secure foundation for software development and deployment. By providing guarded open source software, built from source and updated continuously, Chainguard helps organizations eliminate threats in their software supply chains. Founded by the industry’s leading experts on open source software, security and cloud native development, Chainguard has built the largest library of open source software that is secure by default.

Chainguard’s mission is to be the safe source for open source.

• We are customer obsessed – We focus on delivering solutions to our customers that create value and make their lives better.
• We have a bias for intentional action – We prioritize, plan, try things, and fail fast.
• We don’t take ourselves too seriously (but we do serious work) – We are solving an important problem which takes focus, but we also like to enjoy the journey.
• We trust each other and assume good intentions – We’re transparent with decisions to empower team members to make well informed decisions.

• Flexible & Remote‑First Culture:
  Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi‑annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
• Our Approach to Equity:
  Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!).
• 100% Covered Health Insurance:
  We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck.
• ∞ Flexible Time Off:
  Take the time you need – to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset.
• 18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave:
  We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non‑birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child’s first year.

If your experience is close but doesn’t fulfill all requirements, please apply. We’re…