IT Manager

Freethink

$70K — $100K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5 years of IT experience required.
  • Advanced proficiency in macOS and Windows environments; Linux is a plus.
  • Familiarity with networking protocols and tools like zsh, bash, and PowerShell.
  • Empathy and strong communication skills for effective user support.
  • Openness to feedback and a desire for continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary IT support contact, resolving technical issues for a 100+ person workforce.
  • Oversee onboarding and offboarding processes, including equipment configuration and account management.
  • Administer company SaaS applications, managing user access and support.
  • Maintain on-prem and cloud media asset infrastructures in coordination with the VP of IT.
  • Track and manage IT asset inventory to ensure readiness and compliance.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional growth in a supportive team environment.
  • Access to leadership development resources through Big Think+ platform.
  • Comprehensive wellness benefits including health advocacy and telemedicine services.
  • Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans, plus life and disability coverage.
Full Job Description
IT MANAGER | On-Site (Washington, D.C.)

About the Role

What You'll Do
  • Serve as a primary point of contact for IT support across the organization, managing the help desk, resolving technical issues, and ensuring timely, high-quality support for a 100+ person distributed workforce.
  • Oversee the end-to-end IT onboarding and offboarding process, including provisioning and configuring computers and equipment, creating and disabling user accounts, shipping and retrieving hardware, and ensuring employees have the tools and access needed to be productive from day one.
  • Serve as an administrator of the company's SaaS applications (e.g., Slack, Google Workspace, Adobe, ClickUp, and other business systems), including user provisioning, license and seat management, renewals, access administration, and employee support.
  • In coordination with our VP of Information Technology & Infrastructure, manage day-to-day media asset infrastructure, including on-prem FreeNAS storage server maintenance and administration, on-prem maintenance for 10-GbE switches, shipping and receiving portable hard drives for worldwide production teams, LTO backup operations, and cloud storage administration.
  • Oversee the company's IT asset inventory, including computers, monitors, peripherals, and other equipment, ensuring assets are accurately tracked, properly maintained, with up-to-date operating systems and software, and ready for employee use.
  • Administer Iru MDM and Apple Business Manager with Apple Accounts federated with Google Workspace.
  • Administer Munki and Autopkg across our fleet of computers.
  • Administer CrowdStrike across our fleet of computers.
  • Manage OS and software updates across all employee issued computers.
  • Oversee the setup, backup, and archiving of shared PostgreSQL databases for DaVinci Resolve workstations.
  • Make strategic decisions about hardware deployments and hardware lifecycles.

What You'll Need
  • 5 years of IT experience.
  • Ability to be present in our Washington, DC office Monday through Friday, from 9:00am-6:00pm ET, with a meal break.
  • Strong attention to detail and a positive, can-do attitude.
  • Strong ability to prioritize well and proactively see projects through to completion.
  • Empathy for fellow employees who require technical assistance.
  • Openness to feedback and challenge and a desire for continuous learning and improvement.
  • Advanced proficiency in macOS, Windows environments - Linux is a plus.
  • Familiarity with zsh, bash, vim, PowerShell, ssh, and rsync.
  • Familiarity with YoYotta a plus.
  • Familiarity with basic networking.
  • Familiarity with Amazon Web Services.
  • Knowledge of video post-production workflows a plus.

What You'll Get:
  • Join a supportive, collaborative team with opportunities to grow in a fast-paced environment.
  • Access the Big Think+ platform to sharpen your own leadership skills.
  • Comprehensive wellness benefits: memberships to HealthAdvocate, Teladoc, OneMedical, and Talkspace.
  • Competitive benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, life and disability coverage, 401(k), and more!

Please note that this role is based in our Washington, DC office, located in Chinatown. The IT Manager is expected to work on-site Monday through Friday from 9:00am-6:00pm ET.

Salary Range: $70-100k

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