IT & Security Specialist - People Data Labs

People Data Labs is a trusted provider of workforce data, specializing in data collection and standardization to enable companies to build and scale innovative, compliant data solutions.

As an IT and Security Specialist at PDL, you will contribute to security, compliance, tools administration, helpdesk support, and other information technology needs. You will work closely with our IT & Security Engineer, report to the VP of Finance & Operations, and partner with various departments across the company.

We are a profitable and growing data company that believes in scaling revenue without significant headcount increases. We are looking for someone to play a crucial role in keeping everyone at PDL successful and safe. We value taking security and compliance seriously while maintaining a fun and appropriately unhinged remote workplace. The ideal candidate has experience on an IT and/or security team in a fully remote environment and values building systems and processes that enhance coworkers' lives.

We believe in leveraging AI tools and workflows strategically, but we are not seeking someone focused on implementing AI for its own sake. Our people are our secret sauce, both with our customers and behind the scenes; we don't need AI to replace the human touch.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Collaborate on the IT & Security project roadmap, helpdesk workflows, and prioritization process for cross-functional initiatives such as migrations, system rollouts, and security enhancements.
• Build and maintain a structured, automated, and audit-ready set of security and compliance processes, procedures, and protocols.
• Work directly with product and engineering, and departmental stakeholders on shared security initiatives and clear project plans for complex technical changes.
• Administer and strengthen company-wide authentication, access management standards, and disaster recovery processes for critical systems.
• Facilitate vendor relationships, evaluations, contracts, and renewals to ensure tools spend is carefully and thoughtfully managed.
• Provide hands-on helpdesk and endpoint support for a fully remote team, including device setup, security tooling, and troubleshooting.

Required Skills & Experience

• 3-5 years of hands-on experience in an IT, Security, or Technical Operations role.
• 3+ years of experience working in a fully remote environment.
• Experience executing IT project roadmaps, vendor relationships, and enterprise system migrations or rollouts.
• Working knowledge of enterprise identity and access management, authentication standards, and disaster recovery planning.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to thrive with a great deal of autonomy and ownership in your role.
• Experience working with data via multiple delivery methods.
• AWS security (IAM, CloudTrail, Inspector, Organizations + SCP).
• SSO + identity provider (preferably Okta).
• Compliance automation (e.g., Vanta).
• Basic scripting (e.g., Python, Bash).

Desired Skills & Experience

• Previous experience at a data company is not required but is always appreciated.
• Remote security tooling (Tailscale, SentinelOne, 1Password).
• Exposure to infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Pulumi, Terraform).
• Monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Datadog).

Benefits

• Stock
• Competitive Salaries
• Unlimited paid time off
• Medical, dental, & vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Health, fitness, and office stipends
• The permanent ability to work wherever and however you want

Why People Data Labs?

We believe in building highly functional, energetic, and engaging teams to serve our customers. Our priorities are People, Customers, Shareholders, in that order, which sets us up for success and delivering on our promises. If this sounds good to you, we can’t wait to hear from you and build something amazing together!