IT Lead - Crux

We’re financing the future of energy

Crux is the capital platform for the clean economy. We modernize capital raising and deployment for clean energy and critical infrastructure with solutions across advisory, investments, technology, and intelligence.

Our team of 120+ is composed of experts in energy, tax, finance, government, and technology. We have raised $77 million in capital from some of the best investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Lowercarbon Capital, New System Ventures, Overture, Ardent Venture Partners, QED, Canapi, and others.

About the Role

Crux is hiring an IT Lead to own all vendor procurement, contracts, provisioning, and IT strategy, as well as the full employee technology experience across software and hardware. If technology blocks or enables someone's work at Crux, this person owns it, including execution of security policy.

What You'll Do

• Own employee SSO provisioning for new-hire onboarding as well as offboarding
• Drive faster turnaround on SOC2 audit requests
• Audit all systems, identify usage patterns, and find cost-cutting opportunities
• Vendor renegotiation cadence
• Device management & endpoint tooling

What We're Looking For

• 4–7 years of experience in IT at a high-growth startup, ideally as the sole or primary IT owner — not one of many on a team
• Hands-on depth with the modern startup IT stack: Google Workspace, an MDM platform, an identity provider, SSO/SAML, and SaaS lifecycle tooling
• Direct experience contributing to a SOC2 audit cycle: owning evidence, managing a control area, or running the program
• Track record negotiating SaaS contracts and rationalizing vendor spend
• Comfort managing a mixed Mac/Windows environment
• Bias toward automation: you see a manual provisioning request and think about how to eliminate the category, not just fulfill the ticket
• Regular, practical use of AI tools as part of daily IT work
• Ability to operate without a team, manage a high-volume request queue, and still make time for the structural work

Bonus Points

• Experience at a high-growth startup running IT
• Experience running security (pattern-matching instincts for risk, even without owning strategy)
• Experience working in a regulated business/industry

What We Bring

• Remote-first operating model: Work from anywhere in the US and Canada, or work out of our optional offices in DC, NYC, and co-working spaces in other major hubs.
• Healthcare: We cover 100% of premiums for employees on Aetna and Kaiser and subsidize 70% for dependents.
• Dental & Vision: We cover 100% of premiums for employees and 50% for dependents.
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of PTO per year plus 10 company holidays.
• Parental Leave: 16 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents.
• Compensation: Base salary of $140,000 - $200,000, company-wide bonus tied to revenue goals, and stock options.