IT Manager, Quandela
Office located in Massy, Paris
Quantum computing solutions
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Quantum computing solutions
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
Office located in Massy, Paris
21-100 employees
Company mission
To solve today’s hardest problems with the computational solutions of tomorrow.
Role
Who you are
- A successful first experience of 7 years in a CIO / IT Manager role in a scaleup, ideally multisite and international
- A strong service orientation, good problem-solving skills, and the ability to simplify and drive change by supporting colleagues through transitions
- IT project management skills to establish, maintain, and autonomously evolve an IT Roadmap, understanding both technical and business issues
- Proven experience in managing and implementing processes
- Proficiency in IT support best practices (ITIL)
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, particularly in English (minimum B2 level)
- A strong appetite for challenges and contributing to the growth of a Startup
- Proficiency in Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux
- Hardware and accessories for laptops and smartphones
- Tools and best practices for centralized device management with an Endpoint Manager, ideally Intune
- Microsoft 365 and major SaaS productivity applications (Jira, Confluence, Lucca…)
- Security concepts, techniques (Pentest, Sandboxing, CDR…), and products (EDR, VPN, antivirus…)
- Understanding of domain functionality, user administration with Active Directory, and single sign-on (SSO)
- Deep understanding of network protocols, network administration, and network security principles
- Knowledge of security policies, maintenance, password management, phishing…
What the job involves
- Our IT infrastructure primarily consists of around a hundred laptops (60% Windows / 30% Mac / 10% Linux), a fleet of about twenty dedicated servers running on Linux (on premise and on OVH), printers, and conference equipment for our various meeting rooms (screens, microphones, webcams, etc.)
- We also use Snipe IT for assets management, Intune for endpoint management, a VPN (Open VPN), an EDR (BitDefender), and around twenty SaaS tools including Jira, Office 365, Confluence, Lucca, etc
- As an IT Manager, you will be responsible for your team, managing hardware, providing on-site support, managing SaaS and installed tools, and promoting best security practices
- Lead and coordinate the IT team to ensure the smooth operation and optimization of resources, implementing best practices to guarantee the efficiency and performance of the team
- Hardware Management: Supervise the inventory, acquisition, deployment, maintenance, and renewal of equipment with various suppliers, ensuring optimal budget management
- Software License Management: Efficiently manage contracts, particularly for SaaS, across the entire infrastructure, including acquisition, renewal, and auditing to ensure compliance with our Terms of service and optimize expenses
- Configuration and Customization: Establish standardized configurations for devices based on different roles and departments within the company. Adapt software and settings to the specific requirements of users while ensuring compliance and security
- Centralized Device Management: Optimize Endpoint Management for managing and securing the infrastructure using Intune
- Network Architecture and Server Management: Ensure the performance, security, and availability of systems
- ROI Approach: Regularly analyze the usage of IT equipment to identify opportunities for optimization, upgrades, or resource reallocation to maximize return on investment
- Provide technical support to all internal and external employees, address issues related to devices and software used, and ensure effective support for remote work
- Ensure effective use of Jira for managing incidents and support requests, ensuring efficient reporting, prioritization, and handling of incidents according to ITIL best practices, and training colleagues in its use
- Optimize and maintain a regular policy for updating OS and software to ensure the security and efficiency of operations. This includes managing security patches and essential updates
- Optimize and maintain centralized access rights management, particularly by integrating SSO solutions with Active Directory to ensure the unification of identities and accesses to various applications and resources within the company
- Ensure the implementation, management, and maintenance of backup systems as well as business continuity and disaster recovery plans to guarantee the availability and integrity of the company's data in case of disaster or service interruption
- Manage and coordinate IT infrastructure across multiple sites to ensure consistency, performance, and security of systems
- Supervise our EDR, Bitdefender, to protect endpoints from advanced security threats. Optimize detection settings, incident response, and automated remediation to prevent intrusions and malicious attacks
- Manage and optimize our VPN (Open VPN)
- Supervise and optimize the onboarding process for future employees to ensure effective and rapid integration within the company
- Organize training sessions on new tools and best security practices
- To sum up, you will play a high-impact role in managing and securing our IT systems and in supporting the IT team and all of our colleagues
- Finally, you will be supported throughout your development and we will ensure that you have all the cards in hand to allow you to be fulfilled on a daily basis
Application process
- If you have any questions, that's great, and it will be an opportunity for you to ask them when you meet Jean Senellart, our Chief Product Officer!
Our take
As quantum computing shifts from the realm of theory to that of reality, Quandela is here to facilitate its accelerated uptake. The company supplies access to Quantum Processing Units via the "Quandela Cloud", and is also developing photonic quantum computers to sell to industrial customers.
Through its cloud gateway, users can submit jobs to Quandela's quantum computers and monitor them from an online interface, helping to make quantum computing more widely accessible. The company also runs a computing platform called MosaiQ, through which new quantum computing algorithms and protocols can be prototyped, developed, and implemented.
Having already made strides in the sector, Quandela's latest focus is the delivery of its commercial quantum computers, the first of which was bought and hosted by cloud provider OVHcloud in an industry-first transaction. Recent funding will support the expansion of this side of the business and otherwise support the company's as-yet-confidential roadmap.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Nov 2023
$52.6m
SERIES B
Jun 2022
$2.7m
GRANT
Total funding: $71.2m
Company benefits
- Help tackle the quantum revolution and build a company that bears real meaning
- Challenging but caring work environment
- As much room as possible for creative free thinking, so that you can express yourself
- Get to know Europe - The food, the culture, the beautiful sights… and the healthcare!
Company values
- We sincerely believe in the technology we’re working on
- We have large ambitions and a limitless potential
- We know creativity is key for engineers and scientists alike
- Trust in our collaborators is paramount
- We’re all engaged toward the same goal!
- We can be total nerds about our respective fields and we won’t shy away from it
Company HQ
Quartier Atlantis, Massy, France
Articles
Leadership
Niccolo Somaschi
(CEO)Earned a PhD from the University of Southampton, then went on to be a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at CNRS, working with solid-state quantum light sources.
Valerian Giesz
(COO)Former CEO of the company. Co-founded non-profit La French Tech Paris-Saclay, at which they are now a Board Member. Earned a PhD in Nanotechnology from Université Paris-Saclay.
Director of Research at the Centre for Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies at CNRS. Lectures in Advanced Quantum Mechanics at École Polytechnique.
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