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# IT Lead

- **Company:** Endurance
- **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Business Systems, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Procurement Software, Phishing, Technical Data Management Systems, EndPointSecurity, Wi-Fi Technology, Microsoft InTune, Information Technology, Casper Suite, Gsuite
- **Published:** July 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=7d036ff6e652b9c5

## About the Role

* 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, * 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

## Description

* 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


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