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We partner with Fortune 500 companies to secure some of the most complex production environments in the world.We're backed by Greylock & Bain Capital Ventures, and we've built a team with the best minds in applied AI. Our team is comprised of people from:Top universities like Stanford, Berkeley, Penn, Duke, Carnegie Mellon, WaterlooUnicorn, high-growth companies like Scale AI, Databricks, Stripe, Tesla, CoinbaseWorld class cybersecurity experts from Wiz, Abnormal AI, ZscalerPreeminent research labs like Deepmind and SAILWhat You'll DoManage and secure endpoints across our environments - device provisioning, MDM configuration, patching, and fleet-wide inventory trackingOwn corporate identity and access - SSO, MFA, role-based permissions, and automated provisioning/deprovisioning across the employee lifecycle, from a configured laptop on day one through offboardingRun vendor management across our SaaS stack - license provisioning, renewals, and cost tracking for tools like Google Workspace, Slack, Linear, and Microsoft 365Manage physical IT infrastructure across our SF and NYC offices - UniFi network switches, routers, access control systems, and camerasHandle end-user support and ticketing - you're the person the team calls when something breaks or someone needs access, with on-call availability for issues that can't waitBuild automation to scale yourself and eliminate repetitive work - Python for custom integrations, workflow platforms like n8n or Zapier for standard orchestration, and AI-assisted tooling where it moves fasterDefine guardrails for AI tool usage across the company, and build internal documentation, tooling, and workflows that let non-technical teammates self-serve common IT needs securelyWhat We're Looking ForExperience founding or building an IT function from zero at a fast-moving company - you've been the first or second IT hire before and know what it takes to stand something up with no existing playbookSecurity-first mindset from working in a high-security environment (fintech, enterprise SaaS, or similar) - you instinctively reach for the more secure optionStrong scripting and automation skills in Python or similar - you write code to integrate systems, parse and transform data, and replace manual processesAI-native in practice - you use tools like Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex daily to write scripts, build workflows, and automate tasks while keeping security controls in placeProject management instincts that let you operate beyond what a single person can handle through smart prioritization and processHands-on and available - this is an IC role where you're building, supporting, and responding, not managing from a distanceNice to HaveExperience with compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001) and supporting auditsSecurity domain expertise, particularly in vulnerability managementWindows environment administration at scale","company":"Cogent Security","rawCompany":"cogent security","city":"Millbrae","state":"CA","isRemote":false,"isActive":true,"createdAt":"2026-10-24T14:40:44.340Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1299.05","title":"Information Security Engineers","slug":"information-security-engineers"},{"code":"15-1244.00","title":"Network and Computer Systems Administrators","slug":"network-and-computer-systems-administrators"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Founding IT Engineer","description":"Founding It EngineerCogent is an Applied AI Lab building the next generation of AI agents for cybersecurity. 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