Hover

Senior IT Administrator

Hover$133K — $165K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2-4 years of end-to-end IT support experience, mainly in macOS and some Windows
  • Hands-on experience with SaaS IT systems like Jamf, Google Workspace, and Okta
  • Track record of managing SAML IDP environments, including advanced work with Okta
  • Experience using IT helpdesk systems, preferably Jira Service Management
  • Ability to create and maintain effective office technologies, including conferencing and networking solutions
  • Strong analytical skills with a focus on problem-solving and root cause analysis
  • Understand the impact of AI in the workplace, particularly in IT applications

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the first point of IT contact through Jira, Slack, and in-person support
  • Take ownership of issues from problem identification to resolution
  • Ensure smooth onboarding for new employees by managing system setups and hardware provisioning
  • Manage SSO authentication with Okta and maintain security protocols
  • Support office infrastructure, including network and conference systems, in collaboration with Workplace teams
  • Continuously improve IT service delivery as the company grows
  • Triage IT issues by severity and urgency while balancing multiple priorities

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and equity in a fast-growing company
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents
  • Unlimited and flexible vacation policy for work/life balance
  • Generous paid parental leave and bonding time for new parents
  • Mandatory self-care days each month for employee well-being
  • Recurring wellbeing resources such as fitness classes and virtual therapy
  • Support for ongoing education and professional training opportunities
Full Job Description
Hover is looking for a service-minded IT Administrator for our New York, NY office who takes pride in helping people do their best work. In this role, you'll be the first point of contact for IT support for our 300+ employees across the U.S., primarily supporting macOS and modern cloud-based tools in a fast-growing environment. You'll own issues end-to-end, digging into root causes, solving problems thoughtfully, and delivering a great experience for every internal customer you support. You won't just keep the lights on. Alongside a small, highly collaborative IT team, you'll help continuously improve how we deliver IT services, contributing ideas and initiatives that make our systems more reliable, scalable, and user-friendly over time. At Hover, IT is a true business partner. We work closely with teams across the company-from People Ops and Workplace to Engineering, Sales, and Recruiting-to build and automate systems that expand what those teams can do. We also partner with Security to protect accounts, devices, and data, supporting company-wide security practices and ongoing SOC 2 compliance. You will contribute by: In this role, you'll serve as the first point of contact for IT support at Hover, working directly with employees through Jira, Slack, and in-person interactions to resolve issues quickly and thoughtfully. You'll take ownership of problems from start to finish, digging into root causes and delivering reliable solutions that help teammates stay productive. You'll also play a key role in the hire-to-retire experience, ensuring new employees have a great first day through system setup, hardware provisioning, and live onboarding support. You'll manage our SSO authentication environment in Okta for internal user access, maintaining security groups, building out SAML integrations, and evolving the system as appropriate as user identity innovations occur. In partnership with our Workplace teams in San Francisco and New York, you'll help keep office networks, conferencing systems, and AV technology running smoothly, while continuously improving how IT services are delivered as Hover grows. Your background includes: • 2-4 years of experience providing end-to-end IT support in a fast-growing start-up environment, predominantly in macOS with some Windows • Cloud-first thinking with hands-on experience working with the latest SaaS IT systems, including Jamf, Google Workspace, Okta, Intune, etc. • A demonstrated track record of managing SAML IDP environments, specifically in Okta. You have advanced experience implementing Zero Trust, Device Trust, and certificate-based identity management. • Use of one or more common IT helpdesk systems to manage requests (Jira Service Management preferred), with experience improving usability and automation in that platform • Experience creating a productive office environment by deploying and maintaining simple and reliable conference room systems, networking, and desk technologies • Proven analytical and creative problem-solving abilities, with the ability to dig into root causes and core issues behind sometimes ambiguous customer requests • Ability to juggle multiple-often competing-priorities and triage issues by severity and urgency • A solid understanding of the risks and opportunities of AI in today's workplace, both for IT use and the company as a whole • Previous experience working towards individual and team service level agreements for customer satisfaction, ticket response rates, and ticket closure rates Nice to have: • Apple Certified Support Professional certification or equivalent • Okta Certified Professional • Endpoint vulnerability detection and remediation experience: EDR, CrowdStrike Falcon, etc. • Experience responding to evidence collection requests for SOC 2 Type II or similar security compliance frameworks Benefits: • Compensation - Competitive salary and meaningful equity in a fast-growing company • Healthcare - Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and dependents • Paid Time Off - Unlimited and flexible vacation policy • Paid Family Leave - We support work/life balance and offer generous paid parental and new child bonding leave • Mandatory Self-Care Days - A day set aside each month to allow employees to recharge • Remote Wellbeing Resources - We provide recurring fitness classes, meditation/ mindfulness tools, virtual therapy, and family planning assistance • Learning - We encourage continued education and will help cover the cost of management training, conferences, workshops, or certifications Hybrid roles at Hover Hover has Hubs in San Francisco and New York City, where we expect that all employees living within a 50-mile radius of our offices will come into their local Hover office at least three times a week to build rapport and foster organic connection. At this time, Hover is not considering fully remote roles. The US base salary range for this full-time position is $133,000-$165,000 annually. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all applicable US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

About Hover

The Hoover Company is a home appliance company founded in Ohio, United States. It also established a major base in the United Kingdom; and, mostly in the 20th century, it dominated the electric vacuum cleaner industry, to the point where the Hoover brand name became synonymous with vacuum cleaners and vacuuming in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Hoover North America was once part of Maytag, but was sold by Maytag's new owners Whirlpool Corporation in 2007 to Hong Kong multinational manufacturing company Techtronic Industries for $107 million. Hoover International had already split from Hoover North America in 1993, and was acquired by Candy in 1995, which was acquired by Haier in 2019. In addition to producing floorcare products, Hoover was also an iconic domestic appliance brand in Europe, particularly well known for its washing machines and tumble dryers in the UK and Ireland, and also had significant sales in many parts of Europe. Today, the Hoover Europe brand, as part of the portfolio of brands owned by Chinese multinational home appliances company Haier remains a major player in the European white goods and floor care sectors in a number of countries.
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