IT Security Specialist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Establish and uphold security protocols without introducing unnecessary procedures.

• Detect and address security vulnerabilities through practical technical interventions.

• Ensure that engineers and researchers apply security measures effectively.

• Take ownership of implementation decisions, such as the approach to two-factor authentication, and articulate the associated trade-offs.

• Collaborate with engineering and research teams to define pragmatic security standards.

• Enforce security protocols while ensuring they remain user-friendly.

• Oversee access management across platforms like Google Workspace, GitHub, AWS, Google Cloud, 1Password, Slack, and Airtable.

• Grant, modify, and revoke access as team members join, transition roles, or depart.

• Hold administrative and ownership positions on essential platforms.

• Manage cloud accounts and software subscriptions, covering projects, IAM, budgets, quotas, seats, licenses, renewals, and nonprofit pricing.

• Oversee the technical components of onboarding and offboarding processes.

• Provide initial technical support for staff accounts and software-related issues.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in security, DevSecOps, IT operations, or a related field.

• Proven experience managing security in a medium-sized organization.

• Skilled in handling complex technical and research projects, preferably in AI.

• Proficient in collaborating with engineers.

• Experience overseeing IT or security operations across identity, access, endpoints, and cloud environments.

• Extensive knowledge of Google Workspace administration and AWS IAM is highly advantageous.

• Comfortable exercising administrative authority and making access decisions autonomously.

• Familiarity with AI research and Epoch AI is a bonus.

• Professional-level proficiency in English.

• Availability to overlap with UTC−8 and UTC+1 time zones is preferred.

• Willingness to travel for three annual retreats is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual salary ranging from $125,000 to $155,000 USD.

• Fully remote working environment.

• Flexible working hours.

• Competitive global benefits package.

• Comprehensive health insurance, including supplemental local-country benefits where applicable and mandated.

• Life insurance and a pension plan, if applicable in the respective country.

• Generous paid time off with no specific annual cap.

• 30 days of protected PTO per year.

• Unlimited personal and sick leave.

• 4 months of paid parental leave for permanent staff with a minimum of 12 months of tenure.

• Prorated parental leave for those with less than 12 months of service.

• Flexible and generous expense policy for equipment.

• Coverage for productivity tools and learning/development opportunities.

• Unlimited spending on AI tools, subject to regulations and managerial approval.

• Paid work-related travel.

• Three staff retreats each year.

• Paid attendance at relevant conferences.

• Access to well-equipped offices in Berkeley, California.

• Provided meals and snacks.

• Gym access.