What are the responsibilities and job description for the IT Manager position at Farther?
Company Description
Farther is a rapidly growing RIA that combines expert advisors with cutting-edge technology - delivering a comprehensive, tailored wealth management experience.
Farther’s founders are leaders and innovators from the private wealth industry who possess a unique blend of traditional wealth management, fintech, and technology production expertise. We’re backed by top-tier venture capital firms, fintech investors, and industry leaders.
Joining Farther means joining a collaborative team of entrepreneurs who are passionate about helping their clients and our teammates achieve more. If you’re the type who breaks through walls to get things done the right way, we want to build the future of wealth management with you.
The Role
This role will be crucial in maintaining and improving Farther's IT infrastructure, ensuring security, and supporting our growing team. We are looking for a passionate and experienced IT Manager to play a key role in our IT operations, enhance our security posture, and drive efficiency across the organization. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy learning new technologies, and excel at working collaboratively with various teams.
Your Impact
Ready to disrupt wealth management? Let's talk!
Farther is a rapidly growing RIA that combines expert advisors with cutting-edge technology - delivering a comprehensive, tailored wealth management experience.
Farther’s founders are leaders and innovators from the private wealth industry who possess a unique blend of traditional wealth management, fintech, and technology production expertise. We’re backed by top-tier venture capital firms, fintech investors, and industry leaders.
Joining Farther means joining a collaborative team of entrepreneurs who are passionate about helping their clients and our teammates achieve more. If you’re the type who breaks through walls to get things done the right way, we want to build the future of wealth management with you.
The Role
This role will be crucial in maintaining and improving Farther's IT infrastructure, ensuring security, and supporting our growing team. We are looking for a passionate and experienced IT Manager to play a key role in our IT operations, enhance our security posture, and drive efficiency across the organization. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy learning new technologies, and excel at working collaboratively with various teams.
Your Impact
- Design, manage, and deploy security hardening for cloud platforms (e.g., Office 365/Azure AD/AWS).
- Maintain code scanning features to identify and resolve security vulnerabilities.
- Monitor infrastructure (internal and external) for vulnerabilities and drive remediation efforts.
- Develop documentation of changes and measures to improve security posture.
- Manage IT projects, including planning, execution, and completion.
- Provide technical support and troubleshooting for internal users.
- Manage IT budgets and forecasting for large-scale projects.
- Ensure proper operation of key software solutions and enforce security compliance requirements.
- Lead incident handling and incident response efforts
- Passion for cybersecurity and technology.
- Experience in designing, managing, and deploying security hardening for cloud platforms.
- Proven ability to work independently and collaboratively.
- Strong experience in vulnerability management, remediation, and incident response.
- Experience with project management and technical resource allocation.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Experience in documenting changes and measures to improve security posture.
- Experience with Security Operation Center (SOC) platforms.
- Experience with containerized solutions.
- Familiarity with security researcher and threat hunting technologies.
- Proficiency in Python
- Experience with Hadoop, Kafka, and Elasticsearch.
- Experience with SOC 2 Type 2 certification.
- Everything you need to build the perfect dev station from hardware to software
- Learn & grow through book clubs, seminars, and peer learning sessions
- Full health benefits 401(k) matching & Roth IRA options
- Unlimited PTO
- An amazing collaborative atmosphere between product, design, and engineering to solve hard problems together
Ready to disrupt wealth management? Let's talk!
