IT & Security Specialist

IT & Security Specialist

Location

Remote

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

Remote

Department

Product & Engineering

Overview

Application

People Data Labs is the trusted provider of workforce data. We do the heavy lifting of data collection and standardization to enable companies to build and scale innovative, compliant data solutions.

As an IT and Security Specialist at PDL, you’ll help with security, compliance, tools administration, helpdesk support, and other information technology needs. You’ll work closely with our IT & Security Engineer, report to the VP of Finance & Operations, and partner closely with different departments across the company.

We are an intentionally smaller data company that believes revenue can scale without significant headcount (and therefore cost) increases. We are both fully profitable and growing, and we are looking for the next person to play a role in the connective tissue that keeps everyone at PDL successful and safe.

We believe you can take security and compliance seriously while still having a fun and appropriately unhinged remote workplace. The ideal candidate for this role has worked on an IT and/or security team for a fully remote environment, and values building systems and processes that make their coworkers’ lives easier.

We believe AI tools and workflows can be leveraged in the right places, but we are not looking for someone focused on implementing AI for the sake of implementing AI. Our people are our secret sauce, both with our customers and behind the scenes. We don't need AI to replace the human touch.

Roles & Responsibilities

Collaborate on the IT & Security project roadmap, helpdesk workflows, and prioritization process for cross-functional initiatives such as migrations, system rollouts, and security enhancements

Build and maintain a structured, automated, and audit-ready set of security and compliance processes, procedures, and protocols

Work directly with product and engineering, and departmental stakeholders on shared security initiatives and clear project plans for complex technical changes

Administer and strengthen the company-wide authentication, access management standards, and disaster recovery processes for critical systems

Facilitate vendor relationships, evaluations, contracts, and renewals to ensure tools spend is carefully and thoughtfully managed

Provide hands-on helpdesk and endpoint support for a fully remote team, including device setup, security tooling, and troubleshooting

Required Skills & Experience

3-5 years of hands-on experience in an IT, Security, or Technical Operations role

3+ years of experience working in a fully remote environment

Experience executing IT project roadmaps, vendor relationships, and enterprise system migrations or rollouts

Working knowledge of enterprise identity and access management, authentication standards, and disaster recovery planning

Strong organizational and project management skills

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Ability to thrive with a great deal of autonomy and ownership in your role

Experience working with data via multiple delivery methods

AWS security (IAM, CloudTrail, Inspector, Organizations + SCP)

SSO + identity provider (preferably Okta)

Compliance automation (e.g., Vanta)

Basic scripting (e.g., Python, Bash)

Desired Skills & Experience

Previous experience at a data company is not required but is always appreciated

Remote security tooling (Tailscale, SentinelOne, 1Password)

Exposure to infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Pulumi, Terraform)

Monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Datadog)

Salary: $120,000 - $140,000

Benefits

Stock

Competitive Salaries

Unlimited paid time off

Medical, dental, & vision insurance

401(k)

Health, fitness, and office stipends

The permanent ability to work wherever and however you want

Why People Data Labs?

Great People make great teams. It is as simple and elegant as that. We believe in building highly functional, energetic, and engaging teams to serve our customers. People, Customers, Shareholders, in that order, sets us up for success and delivering on our promises.

If all of that sounds good to you, we can’t wait to hear from you and build something amazing together!