IT Specialist, Chainguard
$58-70k
Receive stock options upon hire and promotion
Software supply chain security company
Be an early applicant
Software supply chain security company
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$58-70k
Receive stock options upon hire and promotion
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make the software supply chain secure by default.
Role
Who you are
- Experience in IT Support at a remote-first or startup environment; you’re comfortable with ambiguity and speed
- Strong hands-on experience with macOS and working knowledge of Linux
- Experience administering MDM (e.g., Jamf, Kandji, Fleet, or similar) and endpoint/security tooling
- A practical understanding of IT Security best practices and a desire to improve them through process and automation
- Excellent written and verbal communication—able to translate technical issues for non-technical audiences with empathy
- Willingness to travel occasionally for team meetups or onsite needs
- Self-starter who can switch between heads-down execution and team collaboration without dropping the thread
- Curiosity, adaptability, and comfort wearing “many hats” as we grow
- A builder’s mindset—motivated to create the internal systems and experiences that help a company scale
- If your experience is close but doesn’t fulfill all requirements, please apply. We’re building the best team in technology and are focused on hiring “Chainguardians'' with unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences
What the job involves
- You’ll enable Chainguardians to do their best work through fast, kind support and low-friction IT that’s secure by default—meeting people where they are across time zones, tickets, Slack, and everything in between
- As an early IT Specialist at a remote-first, deeply technical company, you’ll be the human heartbeat behind our internal systems—keeping laptops, logins, and line-of-business tools humming while partnering closely with Security to keep our environment tight
- You’ll triage, troubleshoot, and ship clear answers quickly, all while leveling up self-service and automation so the next person doesn’t have to ask. You’ll thrive if you enjoy wearing many hats, communicating with care, and building durable foundations as we scale
- Prioritize excellent service in Slack, email, and our ticketing system—respond quickly, close the loop, and follow up with clear, accurate fixes
- Own and improve our ticketing process: triage, categorize, SLAs, and clean documentation that helps everyone move faster
- Troubleshoot across hardware, software, peripherals, and identity/access issues; resolve what you can and escalate crisply when needed
- Write self-service docs and how-tos in Confluence so Chainguardians can help themselves next time
- Acquire, image, and maintain endpoints (macOS & Linux); manage software installs, updates, and configurations
- Manage hardware and software assets end-to-end through our MDM and security tooling; keep inventories accurate and lifecycle events clean
- Partner with IT leadership to resolve complex or cross-functional issues; propose pragmatic solutions and drive them to closure
- Ensure day-to-day compliance with IT/Security and company policies; help make “secure by default” the easy path
- Participate in an on-call rotation (including occasional holidays) to keep the lights on and the team unblocked
- Run a smooth employee lifecycle: onboard new Chainguardians with the right hardware, access, and tooling; collaborate closely with Talent/HR
- Work with vendors to order, track, and ship hardware worldwide; own the last mile so Day 1 feels like a welcome, not a scavenger hunt
Our take
Developers rely on open source code and apps in their day to day work, but when the provenance of the code is unknown this creates potential weaknesses that cybercriminals can exploit. Chainguard exists to build security into the coding supply chain by making it possible for companies to enforce security policies based on auditable signatures baked into the code, and by providing a security-first set of container images with no known vulnerabilities for cloud app developers.
In the wake of huge cyber attacks like the Log4j vulnerability and Solarwinds breach, software supply chain security has been an area of major focus for startups hoping to solve problems in this sector. However, most of these focus on scanning and detection of threats. Chainguard's approach comes from the other end of the process, focusing on building security into the software itself. It was built by former Google engineers aware of software developers existing workloads, so is designed to be easily installed and integrated into existing automation systems like Terraform.
Chainguard completed a Series C funding round led by Lightspeed Ventures in 2024, minting it as a new Unicorn on the cybersecurity scene. It is using this funding to expand its go-to-market internationally and expand its Chainguard Images product.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
55% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Apr 2025
$356m
SERIES D
Jul 2024
$140m
SERIES C
Total funding: $612m
Company benefits
- Equity/stock options
- Unlimited PTO
- Remote work with flexible coworking and team meetup opportunities
- Home office and internet stipend
- 100% health/dental/vision insurance coverage for you and your family
Company HQ
Everest, Kirkland, WA
Leadership
Dan Lorenc
(CEO & Co-Founder)Before co-founding Chainguard was a Software Engineer at Google, Disqus and Microsoft.
Kim Lewandowski
(Head of Product & Co-Founder)Prior to co-founding Chainguard was a Product Manager with Google. Before that was the Head of Product & Engineering at Brit + Co and the founder of Spotwag.
Matthew Moore
(CTO & Co-Founder)Was a Software Engineer at VMware, Google and Microsoft.
Ville Aikas
(Co-founder)Was a Senior Staff Engineer at VMware and a Software Engineer for Google and the University of Washingtom. Was previously Owner at VA Systems.
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