IT Lead

Endurance runs on its systems: the laptops, networks, identity, and security stack behind a team designing, building, and deploying power plants on the seafloor. This role owns all of it. You will be our first full-time IT hire, and you will own IT end to end.

Today we run on a managed service provider. Your first job is to bring that work in-house: take over day-to-day support, device management, identity, and network operations across two Seattle facilities, and reshape the MSP relationship into a lean retainer for after-hours coverage and project surge. From there you will build the security posture and systems we need as we scale, including the handling of export-controlled technical data.

This is a hands-on generalist seat at a roughly 50-person company that is growing fast, operates hardware labs and manufacturing space, and runs offshore missions. You will keep the basics excellent, keep people unblocked, and make pragmatic build-versus-buy calls without a playbook.

Key Responsibilities • Own end-user support, laptop and device lifecycle, and IT onboarding and offboarding for a fast-growing team • Administer identity and access: SSO, MFA, account provisioning, and permissions across our SaaS stack • Run network infrastructure across two facilities: firewalls, switching, Wi-Fi, VPN, and ISP relationships, including new building deployments • Manage our security stack, including endpoint detection, anti-phishing, and monitoring, and lead phishing response and security awareness • Manage the managed service provider relationship: scope, budget, escalation paths, and the transition of routine work in-house • Implement device management and access controls that support ITAR/EAR compliance and a path toward NIST 800-171 readiness, working with our export controls counsel • Support mission and field IT: satellite connectivity, shoreside and vessel communications, and equipment readiness for offshore deployments • Own IT procurement and asset tracking, and partner with finance on budget, renewals, and vendor consolidation • Help evaluate and stand up core business systems, including an ERP implementation planned for 2027

Qualifications • 5+ years of hands-on IT experience, including at least 2 years as the primary IT owner • Strong generalist skills across identity (Google Workspace), networking (Ubiquity), device management (Intune, Jamf, or similar), endpoint security, and chat (Slack) • A service mindset: you keep people unblocked and you sweat response time • Comfort operating with ambiguity, writing the documentation yourself, and making pragmatic build-versus-buy decisions • U.S. person status as defined under U.S. export control regulations (ITAR/EAR), due to access to controlled technical data

Preferred Skills • Experience in an ITAR/EAR or CMMC / NIST 800-171 environment • Experience supporting labs, manufacturing floors, or field and maritime operations • Security or network certifications such as Security+, CISSP, or CCNA

Benefits & Perks • Global Fieldwork: Travel to fascinating deployment sites along oceanic ridges in locations like the Pacific Northwest, Hawaii, Iceland, Japan, New Zealand, and the Azores • Hands-on Experience: Participate in sea trials and deployment operations in partnership with leading oceanographic institutions • Cutting-edge Development: Work with technology that spans high-power electronics, marine systems, and clean energy • Impactful Work: Help solve one of the world's most pressing challenges • Competitive Compensation: Comprehensive salary and equity packages • Benefits: Vision, Dental, Health insurance coverage • Dive Certification: Company-sponsored recreational dive certification