IT & Information Security Manager

Embedding VC

$300K — $500K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in corporate IT or information security with hands-on experience in security monitoring and incident response.
  • Strong knowledge of macOS environments and Google Workspace administration.
  • Familiarity with security technologies like SSO, MFA, and SIEM.
  • Proficient in analyzing logs for potential security risks.
  • Understanding of least-privilege access and SaaS administration.
  • Excellent troubleshooting, communication, and project management skills.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the IT infrastructure and information security program focused on macOS and Google Workspace.
  • Maintain a critical digital asset inventory with access controls and security policies.
  • Monitor and investigate unusual activities such as suspicious logins and unauthorized access.
  • Oversee employee access permissions throughout their lifecycle, including onboarding and offboarding.
  • Administer and secure Mac devices and Google Workspace settings.
  • Lead security incident response from investigation to remediation.
  • Provide daily IT support and manage IT assets and vendor relationships.

Benefits

  • Meaningful equity stake in the company.
  • High level of autonomy in your role.
  • Opportunity for growth in a dynamic environment.
Full Job Description
About the Role

We are looking for an experienced IT & Information Security Manager to oversee our corporate IT operations and protect the company's critical digital assets. You will manage our macOS and Google Workspace environment, strengthen access controls and security monitoring, investigate unusual activity, and support employees' day-to-day IT needs.

This is a hands-on role that combines IT operations with information security. The ideal candidate is practical, detail-oriented, and comfortable balancing strong security controls with a seamless employee experience.

What You'll Do

- Manage the company's IT infrastructure and information security program, with a primary focus on macOS devices, Google Workspace, SaaS platforms, and cloud services.

- Maintain an inventory of critical digital assets and implement appropriate access controls, security policies, and monitoring mechanisms.

- Monitor and investigate unusual activities, including suspicious logins, excessive downloads, bulk data exports, unauthorized access, and external file sharing.

- Manage employee accounts, devices, and access permissions throughout the full lifecycle, including onboarding, role changes, periodic access reviews, and offboarding.

- Administer and secure Mac devices and Google Workspace, including MDM, endpoint protection, authentication, email security, Drive sharing, audit logs, and data protection settings.

- Lead security incident response, including investigation, evidence preservation, risk assessment, remediation, and follow-up improvements.

- Provide day-to-day IT support and manage IT assets, vendors, internal policies, security training, backup, and business continuity.

What We're Looking For

Core Requirements

- Five or more years of experience in corporate IT or information security, including hands-on experience in security monitoring, access governance, or incident response.

- Strong experience administering macOS environments, MDM platforms, and Google Workspace.

- Familiarity with security technologies such as SSO, MFA, EDR, DLP, IAM, SIEM, and centralized logging.

- Ability to analyze endpoint, account, cloud, and application logs and investigate potentially high-risk activities.

- Strong understanding of least-privilege access, data protection, employee onboarding and offboarding, SaaS administration, and IT asset management.

- High level of integrity and discretion, with strong troubleshooting, communication, documentation, and project management skills.

Compensation

- $300k-$500k total compensation including base salary, bonus, equity.

- Equity - meaningful ownership in what you build.

- High autonomy, high growth environment.

Work Setup

- Bay Area preferred.

- Visa sponsorship available.

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