IT Systems & Security Engineer

Virtual Peaker is looking for an IT Systems & Security Engineer that will help solve the climate crisis by supporting our mission of building the utility of the future. The intermittent nature of wind and solar energy makes it much harder for electric utilities to keep the grid in balance. Renewable energy is going to save humanity, and Virtual Peaker is part of the solution.

Job Description

As the IT Systems & Security Engineer you will be responsible for supporting Virtual Peaker’s team to maintain essential IT infrastructure, including operating systems, security tools, applications, servers, emails systems, laptops, software, and hardware. Take responsibility for projects and tools within the larger business initiative. Work with internal and external partners to communicate project status, activities, and achievements.

Role Responsibilities

• Maintain, update and configure device management policies in Kandji to ensure compliance with organizational standards
• ​​Design, implement, and manage Okta workflows
• Regularly monitor security dashboards to identify potential security threats
• Conduct periodic reviews of VPN, AWS, and other critical system configurations to ensure they meet security requirements
• Design and implement backup strategies for critical systems to ensure business continuity and succession planning
• Oversee the deployment of workstations and laptops, ensuring devices are properly configured and compliant with organizational policies
• Manage the provisioning and ongoing access of users in IT systems and applications
• Manage the patching and security updates of EC2 instances
• Address and remediate issues identified in SecureFrame tests

Education and Experience

• Proven success in an IT role
• Experience with or knowledge of programming languages and operating systems, current equipment and technologies, enterprise backup and recovery procedures, systems performance-monitoring tools, user directory systems, virtualization, HTTP traffic, content delivery, and caching
• Experience in project management and application design and integration
• Experience with cyber security concepts and practices

What to expect

• Full remote position, with remote-work stipend.
• Competitive salary + Equity
• A collaborative workplace, which will challenge you and celebrate your work
• Full benefits medical, dental, vision, 401k
• Generous vacation time, sick leave, and holidays
• Diverse and inclusive community for everyone

Interested?

Virtual Peaker is a small remote-first team tackling huge problems, and that means that everyone, from the interns on up, is critically important to our mission. If you want to be a bit player on a huge team thinking about micro-optimizations, this role is definitely not for you. If you want to take responsibility for changing the outcome of human civilization, we want to hear from you.

Competitive Salary

Benefits: stock options, generous 401k, remote-first stipend, and health, dental, and vision insurance.

Location: Remote