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Senior IT Operations Engineer

Profluent · Emeryville, California, United States; Hybrid (2-3 days on-site) · Hybrid

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About Profluent

The next frontier is authoring new biology, and with AI, we have the power to write the future—creating solutions that transform medicine, agriculture, and beyond. Backed by Insight and Air Street.

About the role

The Senior IT Operations Engineer is responsible for the design, deployment, and day-to-day management of the company's entire IT infrastructure. This role owns everything from workstation provisioning and identity/access management to network architecture, cloud environments, backups, and end-user support.

What they're looking for

  • Bachelor Degree in Information Technology
  • 8+ years in a similar IT Operations role, at least 2-3 years in a high-growth startup or solo environment
  • Proven track record and experience in transitioning off an external MSP or managing a solo IT environment at a high-growth startup
  • Profound knowledge of Google Workspace and Google office applications
  • Experience in supporting SOC 2 Type 2 efforts, collecting and providing evidence and log records, review and reporting cadence
  • Hands-on experience with Rippling (or comparable HRIS/IT platform) for onboarding, rules, deployment scripting, and MDM
More about this role

Profluent is the frontier AI lab for biology. Profluent builds powerful foundation models for all of life's molecules, unlocking solutions that transform medicine, agriculture, and beyond. Founded in 2022 and headquartered in Emeryville, CA, Profluent is backed by leading investors including Altimeter Capital, Bezos Expeditions, Spark Capital, Insight Partners, Air Street Capital, AIX Ventures, and Convergent Ventures and has raised over $150M to date.

The Senior IT Operations Engineer is responsible for the design, deployment, and day-to-day management of the company's entire IT infrastructure. This role owns everything from workstation provisioning and identity/access management to network architecture, cloud environments, backups, and end-user support. The ideal candidate is a hands-on generalist who can move fluidly between strategic infrastructure planning and hands-on troubleshooting, ensuring a secure, reliable, and well-documented technology environment across the organization. This position is reporting to the Director of Security, Compliance & IT.

  • Google Workspace & Productivity Applications
  • Administer and support Google Workspace (Gmail, Drive, Calendar, Admin...

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