Senior IT Operations Engineer

Hi, we're DuckDuckGo, the online protection company and remote-first team of 300+ on a mission to raise the standard of trust online. Founded in 2008 and profitable since 2014, annual revenue now exceeds $100m USD and millions use our browser on Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android, our search engine, and the latest — Privacy Pro. Our culture of trust, inclusivity, and empowered project management underpins everything we do, where each team member takes full ownership of their projects, from scoping and execution to postmortem. If you're seeking end-to-end ownership of your work — you've come to the right place!

Working on the IT Ops Team, you’ll support over 300 team members with the necessary internal tools and systems that empower them to complete their projects with expertise, speed, and ease. You’ll work on projects to continuously review and improve service delivery standards and mechanisms for internal tools with the goal of consistently delivering excellent and trustworthy IT Services, and work on other related projects. Examples of recent projects include:

• Speeding up and simplifying the onboarding process for new team members

• Deploying Intune MDM for all corporate computers.

• Building Azure Active Directory Authenticated VMs for Windows App Testing

As a Senior IT Ops Engineer you’ll be instrumental in ensuring our team members have what they need to raise the standard of trust online.

• Must have experience administering Microsoft Entra for medium-to-large (300+) organizations, ideally in a remote setting.

• Experience administering and supporting cloud and SaaS applications, including Office 365, connected via Entra SSO / IDP, SharePoint, etc.

• Experience administrating and managing medium-to-large Microsoft Entra tenants, preferably using Terraform or some other Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) technology.

• Experience deploying and managing device management (MDM) systems for desktop and mobile (preferably with Microsoft Intune).

• Ability to remote troubleshoot on macOS, Windows, Linux, iPhone, Android, and Office365.

• Basic familiarity with Linux sysadmin utilities.

• Sound understanding of best practices for administrative access, including least privilege and other security measures.

• Excellent writing skills for admin-facing and user-facing documentation.

$178,500 USD annually and stock options. Compensation is identical within professional levels, regardless of geographic location or team. Compensation for each professional level is transparent across the organization.

Our Team Member Support Guide explains how we prioritize your wellbeing including paid parental leave, office setup, and co-working allowances.

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DuckDuckGo provides equal work opportunities to all team members and applicants, and it prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, caste, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by our policies or federal, state, or local laws.

We want to ensure that our hiring process is accessible. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process because of a medical condition or disability, please send an email to [email protected] to let us know the nature of your request.

• You’ll be required to attend meetings on camera via video conferencing

• Expect to travel at least two times a year: once for our all-hands meetup and again for a team retreat (each around 4-5 days). While extenuating circumstances may impact attendance, everyone is strongly encouraged to attend.

• While we offer a flexible work arrangement with no core hours, expect an average full-time commitment of 40 hours per week.

• A successful candidate must pass a background check as a condition of joining the team.

• By applying for this role, you confirm that all information submitted is accurate and complete. You further acknowledge that providing false or fraudulent information during the application process is cause for denial of an offer, revocation of any existing offer, or other adverse action, up to and including termination after the start of your commencement of work.