What are the responsibilities and job description for the IT Engineer (USA) position at DroneShield Group Pty Ltd?
Work with cutting edge technology, making the world a safer and more secure place. DroneShield (ASX : DRO) offers an opportunity to solve some of world's most challenging technical problems in the Electronic Warfare, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, RF sensing, Sensor Fusion and distributed systems. Working with high profile customers across militaries, government agencies, airports, critical infrastructure, law enforcement and many others.
With one of the largest listed defence company market capitalisations in Australia and having raised approximately $250m in 2024 alone, DroneShield is undergoing hypergrowth stage, fuelled by rapidly increasing use of drones for nefarious applications, from battlefield, to terrorism, to contraband delivery and commercial espionage.
This role is in the DroneShield Sydney headquarters in Pyrmont, Sydney. There are approximately 200 staff based in the 4,000sqm facility today, scheduled to grow to approximately 300 staff by end of 2026. Overseas on the ground presence includes Virginia (USA), Denmark, Germany and Dubai, as well as distributors in over 70 countries globally.
About the role
DroneShield is seeking an IT Engineer with relevant experience to join the operations team in Warrenton, Virginia.
This position will report to the Program Manager and represents an exceptional opportunity for a result-driven individual in a new niche but exploding market. This role is primarily focused on maintaining, expanding, and implementing new IT systems for the DroneShield U.S. office, to include resolving team member technical issues. There is a high degree of autonomy and growth potential for this role within the organization.
Responsibilities, Duties and Expectations
- Maintain and elevate the performance of pivotal IT systems and infrastructure
- Implement IT infrastructure and services required for company operations
- Administer Microsoft Office 365 domain and all other shared resources for U.S team
- Implement and administer office network to include maintaining adequate remote VPN solutions and enabling access to company resources
- Exercise security best practices across IT systems
- Identify opportunities for ongoing improvements to processes and systems
Qualifications, Experience and Skills
Note for recruitment agencies : we do not accept floated candidates from external recruiters unless they were instructed to do so.
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