TechOps Analyst (NYC)
Persona
IT
New York, NY, USA
Posted on Jan 14, 2025
Founded in 2018, Persona is a 300-person tech startup based in San Francisco. We’re fortunate to be backed by some of Silicon Valley’s leading venture capital firms. Persona offers flexible building blocks that help businesses fight fraud, stay compliant, and build trust among their customers. For example, Coursera uses Persona to ensure the right person is earning each degree, DoorDash verifies couriers and anyone ordering alcohol, and Lime checks the ages of customers before they ride electric scooters or bikes. To learn more, check out this short video.
About the role
Persona is excited to hire a TechOps Analyst to join our team! As our first New York City-based IT hire, you’ll play a pivotal role in our broader IT team, taking the lead on various tasks to ensure the smooth operation of our internal systems in our New York office. This position is perfect for individuals who are eager to build on their IT career in a high-growth technology startup environment, reporting directly to the Head of Security.
The ideal candidate will play a vital role in providing technical assistance to end-users and ensuring the smooth operation of our clients' IT systems. This role is ideal for individuals who are beginners in the field of IT but possess a strong passion for problem-solving and meticulous attention to detail, along with customer experience skills dealing with leaders as well as individual contributors.
This is a hybrid position based out of our New York City office in lower Manhattan next to Madison Square Park. We are currently in-office Tuesdays - Thursdays with the option to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays.
What you'll do
- Be the front-line support supporting every New York city-based employee, including our leadership team
- Work with our People Ops team to ensure smooth onboarding/offboarding for employees
- Setting up video conferencing for company all-hands
- Procure and track all tech equipment for all employees (remotely and in-office)
- Research new tools to optimize internal efficiencies across teams
What you'll bring to Persona
- 3 years of experience working in IT/TechOps or equivalent experience
- Strong passion for technology, automation and efficiency
- Experience with MacOS, Google Workspace, jamfPRO and Okta
- Comfort building trust through collaboration and successful cross-functional engagements
- Working knowledge of computer systems, security, network and systems administration, databases and data storage systems
- Great at finding solutions and explaining your thought process to achieving results
- Firm grasp on TechOps/IT best practices
Benefits and Perks
Persona offers a wide-range of thoughtful and inclusive benefits for this role, including medical, dental, and vision, 3% 401(k) contribution, unlimited PTO, quarterly mental health days, family planning benefits, professional development stipends, wellness benefits, among others.
While we believe competitive compensation and benefits are a critical aspect of you deciding to join us, we do hope you consider why our core values and culture are right for you. If you’d like to better understand what it’s like working at Persona, feel free to check out our reviews on Glassdoor.
Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging
At Persona, we strive to put diversity and inclusion at the forefront of everything we do, reflecting our core values. Our DEIB Employee Resource Group seeks to build a diverse and inclusive team that fosters an environment where each Personerd feels empowered to bring their unique differences to work and achieve their full innovative potential. Our hope is that by fostering such an environment, we strengthen our business and relationships by putting people first.
We strive to promote a culture that celebrates diversity and inclusiveness regardless of, but not limited to, race, gender, sexual orientation, family status, religion, ethnicity, national origin, physical disability, veteran status, or age.