Information Technology Engineer, Urban Sky

• You should be comfortable in a start-up environment where things change daily and every week comes with new unexpected problems to solve
• 7+ years as an IT specialist
• Certificate, degree (such as CS) or equivalent work experience
• Strong technical expertise in IT infrastructure, networking, security, and cloud-based applications (Office365, AWS, Slack, Zoom, VPNs)
• Positive, can-do attitude and a willingness to take on projects that would typically be done by larger teams
• Exposure to high-security networks, risk management and cybersecurity practices typical for secured networks

Desirable

• As Urban Sky rapidly scales, our information technology systems are being formalized and we are looking for an ambitious and energetic IT Engineer to take on everything from managing our on-site network to building servers and infrastructure to serve Petabytes of aerial data and weather information
• The networks you maintain will directly support vehicles in the stratosphere and critical aerial missions around the world flying weekly
• In this role, you will be the first member of a team we expect to grow with the company
• You will be responsible for keeping our network secure, managing a suite of physical machines including fixed infrastructure on site and employee computers, and keeping multiple networks up and running smoothly including our high speed internet, mission control infrastructure and a computing cluster where things like image processing, AI training and weather data distribution are occurring on a scheduler
• You will be working to create an IT infrastructure that passes muster with organizations that require robust IT security including multiple branches of the US Military and major multinational corporations dealing with sensitive data
• A key initiative in 2025 will be to bring our IT infrastructure to a state where it is compliant with industry standards including NIST 800-171 and others
• Build, manage and document on-site networks
• Manage the primary and backup on-site high-speed internet
• Manage servers that run on-site at Urban Sky
• Document our IT policies around local and remote networks
• Manage Urban Sky IT assets
• Manage the distribution and security of employee computers
• Manage on-site machines like shared parallel-processing towers and servers
• Document the correct usage of shared assets and manage the configuration of these machines for security and usability
• Setup and manage secure authentication across internal and external services
• Manage the building security system
• Door-lock and security camera systems
• Remote alarm and monitoring systems
• Manage the conference rooms
• Room scheduling
• Video conferencing
• Implement a NIST 800-171 Compliance program
• Develop the necessary documentation, system configurations and compliance checks required for us to pass a NIST 800-171 audit, and operate in a secure way in accordance with that standard