Sr IT Systems Engineer

Responsibilities

• Own the office technology experience: Be the primary point of contact for all IT needs in our New York office - hardware, software, networking, workspace setup, and everything in between.
• Employee onboarding: Lead the IT onboarding experience for all new hires, ensuring every Kalshian is set up and ready to hit the ground running on day one.
• Executive support: Provide dedicated technology support to senior leadership, handling their needs with speed and discretion.
• Compliance technology: Partner with the SRE and compliance teams to manage and maintain the tools and systems that keep Kalshi secure and audit-ready.
• Endpoint & systems management: Manage device provisioning, MDM, access controls, and software licensing across the organization.
• Process & documentation: Build and maintain IT processes, runbooks, and documentation that scale as the company grows.
• Growth into InfoSec & DevOps: For the right candidate, this role offers a genuine on-ramp into security operations and infrastructure work alongside our SRE team.

Requirements

• 3–5+ years of IT experience, preferably at a technology or financial services company.
• Proven experience owning IT operations end-to-end, including hardware, networking, SaaS tools, and access management.
• Experience with Identity and Access Management (IAM) platforms such as Okta.
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks and security best practices (SOC 2, ISO 27001, or similar is a plus).
• Experience supporting executive stakeholders with professionalism and discretion.
• Strong ownership mentality - you don't wait to be asked and you follow things through to completion.
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment where priorities can shift quickly.
• Curiosity and ambition to grow beyond traditional IT into InfoSec or DevOps over time.

Nice-to-Haves

• Scripting experience (Python, bash, etc)
• Networking fundamentals (APIs, HTTP)
• Cloud Computing (AWS, Azure, GCP)