IT Manager

Full-time - Mid Level

Dallas, TX

About the position

This role will be crucial in maintaining and improving Farther's IT infrastructure, ensuring security, and supporting our growing team. We are looking for a passionate and experienced IT Manager to play a key role in our IT operations, enhance our security posture, and drive efficiency across the organization. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy learning new technologies, and excel at working collaboratively with various teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, manage, and deploy security hardening for cloud platforms (e.g., Office 365/Azure AD/AWS).
• Maintain code scanning features to identify and resolve security vulnerabilities.
• Monitor infrastructure (internal and external) for vulnerabilities and drive remediation efforts.
• Develop documentation of changes and measures to improve security posture.
• Manage IT projects, including planning, execution, and completion.
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting for internal users.
• Manage IT budgets and forecasting for large-scale projects.
• Ensure proper operation of key software solutions and enforce security compliance requirements.
• Lead incident handling and incident response efforts.

Requirements

• Passion for cybersecurity and technology.
• Experience in designing, managing, and deploying security hardening for cloud platforms.
• Proven ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Strong experience in vulnerability management, remediation, and incident response.
• Experience with project management and technical resource allocation.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience in documenting changes and measures to improve security posture.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Security Operation Center (SOC) platforms.
• Experience with containerized solutions.
• Familiarity with security researcher and threat hunting technologies.
• Proficiency in Python.
• Experience with Hadoop, Kafka, and Elasticsearch.
• Experience with SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Benefits

• Everything you need to build the perfect dev station from hardware to software.
• Learn & grow through book clubs, seminars, and peer learning sessions.
• Full health benefits + 401(k) matching & Roth IRA options.
• Unlimited PTO.
• An amazing collaborative atmosphere between product, design, and engineering to solve hard problems together.